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http://www.twincities.com/ci_19818141It looks like poutine, that fast food sensation from the French Canadians, is spreading southward. A concoction that blends french fries with cheese curds and gravy, poutine is a belly-busting, caloric bomb that is now available in several restaurants in the Twin Cities, MN area, and will almost certainly make an appearance at the world-famous Minnesota State Fair this summer.
Compared with almost any fast food, poutine is possibly the least nutritious, fattiest thing to hit the market ever. Styles of poutine vary, and one St. Paul restaurant offers it with an added touch: fois gras. Uff da, as we say here.
Sounds good, huh?
Read more at the link...
RZM
(8,556 posts)Thought it was ok, but I didn't really like it enough to justify what it does to the waistline.
Lost-in-FL
(7,093 posts)I am drooling just thinking about it.
But I am now vegan and won't do it again. C'est la vie!
JBoy
(8,021 posts)No homemade, fancy gravy. Just the stuff from the can.
Lost-in-FL
(7,093 posts)All I can say is that at least in their restaurant, the chicken gravy is made from scratch from what I was told. All I saw when I got to the restaurant for the first time was entire columns of chicken being cooked in several giant rotisserie ovens in their restaurant. So of course, that would make for tons of gravy. The rotisserie chickens is to die for, ridiculously juicy
liked it better than their fried chicken. But then liked their poutine better than the rotisserie chicken. I don't know, I am confused!
My husband might have to go all on his own next time. I want to continue being a herbivore. That's just how I
BTW
like that picture. Lol!
lapislzi
(5,762 posts)with the sauce packets. Cheese curds are a little harder to come by.
Je me souviens!
Monk06
(7,675 posts)2 quarts of 2% milk 1/2 cup of vinigar.
Bring milk to a slow boil ad vinegar and reduce heat and stir until the milk separates and
and let stand for five minutes. Drain and pour off liquid and strain curds with cheese cloth
Pinch the curds and refrigerate.
Hotler
(11,484 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 4, 2012, 03:40 AM - Edit history (1)
55% more vinegar. Note Drain the mixture in cheese cloth and press into a loaf
let it sit then refrigerate. You can cut the curd or make twists your choice.
It is very cheap to make and very easy. Don't pay $5 for a small tub of curd
when you can make it yourself in bulk for the same price.
The best recipes are for Paneer which is what the indians call cheese curd
Vay Reh Vah has the best vid on how to prepare.
Hotler
(11,484 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)In the Pacific northwest.
There's also a Mexican version.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)As an occasional indulgence, it probably can't hurt. It can't be any worse than the deep-fried cheese curds sold here at the state fair and elsewhere. Now, they're good, but not for a regular diet.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Carne Asada Fries from San Diego, CA
The dish typically consists of french fries, carne asada, guacamole, sour cream and cheese. The dish is high in calories, with a meal-sized portion containing 2000 Calories (kcal) or more.[4][5] Generally, only shoestring fries are used, but other cuts of potato may be used. The carne asada is usually finely chopped to avoid using a knife or additional cutting. Guacamole and sour cream are added. Finally, it is topped with cheese, although the variety of cheese is dependent on the area or establishment. A commonly used cheese is Cotija. However, many establishments use a less-costly shredded cheese mix which melts with the other ingredients and keeps longer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carne_asada_fries
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)than that dish looks. Some carne asada, a little pico de gallo and some warm tortillas, and I'm set. More would be gilding the lily, I think.
Lightning_McQueen
(16 posts)that likes to make this.
I'll have to ask her to make it for me the next time I visit B'more.
In the meantime, there's a place on the west side that does serve some form of poutine, and I have to check it out.
fishwax
(29,152 posts)http://wisconsincheesetalk.com/2011/04/20/the-badger-poutine/
Personally, I don't like brown gravy, so the dish doesn't appeal to me. It may well be that combining it with cheese curds would improve my opinion of gravy, but I can't imagine the combination would be better than cheese curds alone
JVS
(61,935 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)We just can't compete for anything, anymore.
rox63
(9,464 posts)I've personally had poutine in a diner in Manchester, NH. There are lots of people of French-Canadian heritage in New England.
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rox63
(9,464 posts)So I know from Mill Girls.
My great aunt and grandmother both worked in the mills, until they closed down and moved down south. Their parents came down from Quebec as well.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I saw the original show (used to be you never missed an episode of This Hour Has 22 minutes..), all those years ago, and us Canadians certainly had a laugh at GWB and Huckabee. Love listening to Rick Mercer.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)BeeBee
(1,074 posts)or for when you get the drunchies.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)when if this was a food item from American culture, there'd be scores of "Never had it; I'm too good for it,"
or "Fat-assed American food," or "I'm so ashamed when my social superiors come from Europe and are forced to
see pictures of it."
Canada: a place so superior, even its Death Chow is better.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)for the Taco Bell sausage and egg breakfast thing. Poutine looks much worse than that, and probably is worse for you. But, because it's exotic, it sounds appetizing to people, I guess. I will try them next time I have a chance. Both the poutine and the Taco Bell thing.
redqueen
(115,108 posts)JI7
(89,289 posts)if someone posted about the best Apple Pies in America the responses would probably be positive even though it's not really good for you.
marmar
(77,127 posts)Otherwise, it's one of the great gastronomic spots on this side of the Atlantic.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)Montreal is a fantastic city for food. Whenever I visit I tend toward Jewish delis and Lebanese food, both of which are in short supply here on the west coast.
I've had some outstanding poutine in Moncton NB. That's where I first heard the word "poutinize" (Upgrading the fries that come with your burger to poutine) Why yes, I think I will poutinize that, thank you. And if you ever travel the backroads of Quebec and see a "Casse-Croute" with a hand-written sign, get their poutine. High probability they use fresh, local cheese curds.
I used to work in Ottawa, and there was a great chip wagon on the corner that served poutine. Nothing like trudging out on a cold winter day, shivering waiting for your poutine to be served up in a styrofoam bowl, then running back to the office, and having everyone drool as you take it back up the elevator. "Screw off! Go freeze your ass off and get your own poutine!"
Noodleboy13
(422 posts)Duplex restaurant was mildly famous for our poutine. Our gravy took 2 days to make; Roast bones, make stock, reduce stock 50%. We were recently bought out by a rather aggressive chef/owner, and people in the neighborhood are now wondering where to get their poutine.
I mean come on, starch, cheese and gravy is like the mid-western trifecta of food.
peace
Noodleboy
JI7
(89,289 posts)even though it doesn't look good at all.
sendero
(28,552 posts).... I wouldn't eat that stuff on a dare, it looks disgusting!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,305 posts)I like it better with Ritz crackers rather than French fries.
Believe me, nothing beats Poutine on a Ritz.
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)If it's not a staple of your diet, what's the problem?
Amonester
(11,541 posts)When I was working at the (cough, cough) planet hollywood Montreal (long gone, bankrupt...), they had it on the menu!
All those visitors in coaches from nearby VT, NY, NH had to pay at least twice the price of poutines everywhere else.
Now they have them in all mcdonalds here...
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Our two latest exports to the world - global warming denial and now poutine.
Ugh. What's next? A dwarf-tossing league?