Poutine

A Strange Way To Eat French Fries And Cheese

by Daniel Robitaille (daniel@ocean.seaoar.uvic.ca)
written 17 Jul 1994

This article is classified "Real"


A Poutine is something that you can eat.  You can't do anything else
with a poutine, and so a poutine is very different from an object like
a towel with which you can do a lot of different and useful things.


Where can someone find a poutine?
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Unless you find yourself in Quebec (a small part of a country on
Earth named Canada) you can't.  But don't despair, this article will
give you the recipe of this wonderful food.

If you are lucky enough to have both feet in Quebec, you can find poutine
at almost every places where food can be obtained.  And that includes the
major Fast Food companies, more used to serving burgers than this divine
meal.  Why do these big Fast Food chains only serve poutine in Quebec and
nowhere else?  No one is really sure but sometimes we must stop asking
difficult questions to reality, and so we will consider that fact as
unquestionable.


How to cook your own poutine?
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First you need a receptacle to put your poutine in.  This can be anything:
A plate, a soup bowl, your hands (if you don't mind holding warm things),
or, as they usually use in some restaurants, a nice white styrofoam bowl.

In that receptacle, you need to put some warm french fries.  If you don't
know what french fries are, call a restaurant doing home deliveries and
ask for some.

On these french fries you had some cheese cut in small pieces.  You can
use any kind of cheese.  But please try to use cheese which is still
fresh.  Cheese with green patches is not usually considered fresh.  But if
you are going to eat your poutine alone, you are free to use whatever
cheese you want to.

You mix the french fries and the cheese together.  And since the french
fries are warm, the cheese should start to melt right away.

Now you need to put some sauce on top of this mix.  In grocery stores in
Quebec you can usually find sauce specifically created to be used with
poutine.  But you can use any sauce you want to, but don't forget that an
official poutine sauce is brown.  Hot Chicken sauce is usually considered
a valid substitute.  (If you don't know what a Hot Chicken is... don't
ask!  I'm not going to describe that here.)

Your poutine is ready to eat.  Enjoy your meal.

See also:
  • Cheese
  • Towels
  • Canada, Earth
  • Cuisine Unauthentique
  • McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Earth

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