Dear Canadians...

AshleyC0117 · April 2012

I'm watching Live with Kelly and they just taught me about poutine (spelling?) and all it's deliciousness. I have never heard of it before and now I'd like to hop a flight to Canada and eat some. Is it as good as it looks!?

raynes · April 2012

Better!

It's like magic in your mouth.

ADub09 · April 2012

YUCK ~ I hate it ~ BUT I will gladly take you out for some if you fly up here!! Kelly was filming just 1.5 hours from where we live!!!!

jkfranklin · April 2012

Wait! What is it?

raynes · April 2012

jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.

mommy~to~mj · April 2012

Yes! But I find you need to be in the mood for it. It's heavy and greasy.

You can try making your own - just get some canned gravy and shredded mozza and it's a decent make-shift poutine.Though not as good as the "real" stuff.

DragonflyBelle · April 2012

You had me up until cheese curds...I like cottage cheese, but cannot imagine it warm...

HannahO28 · April 2012

raynes:
jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.

That sounds so disgusting and awesome at the same time. I'm just couple hours from Ontario, who wants to meet me?

MegSowers · April 2012

I'm watching Live, too. Looks like an amazing pregnancy food! mmm

mommy~to~mj · April 2012

DragonflyBelle:
You had me up until cheese curds...I like cottage cheese, but cannot imagine it warm...

Cheese curds are different than cottage cheese...it's closer to little clumps of mozzarella cheese because it melts like regular cheese.

Ruby412 · April 2012

That sounds delicious. And also made me realize that I've never been to Canada! Need to add that to my bucket list:

-Visit Canada

-Eat delicious cheesey gravy fries

raynes · April 2012

mommy~to~mj:
DragonflyBelle:
You had me up until cheese curds...I like cottage cheese, but cannot imagine it warm...
Cheese curds are different than cottage cheese...it's closer to little clumps of mozzarella cheese because it melts like regular cheese.

Ditto this. Nothing like cottage cheese. Not at all wet, and much bigger pieces. They also squeak against your teeth when you eat them plain.

Annnnnnnd, now I want to ditch my spinach salad and get poutine for lunch.

My favourite brunch place does a breakfast poutine. Fries, pulled pork, cheese curds, a poached egg and Hollandaise sauce. Omg so good.

vtwd40 · April 2012

YUM!! My dad is Canadian and I have a lot of family there. I have also craved poutine multiple times this pregnancy. And of course, I'm craving it now....

Mamasaurus · April 2012

I see some Americans jonesing for this. You don't have to go to Canada to get it. Chicago-area Houlihan's restaurants offers it, but they call it Disco Fries. You can also get it at a handful of non-chain restaurants in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. If you want real, fresh cheese curds, you kind of want to go to Wisconsin anyways.

raynes · April 2012

HannahO28:
raynes:
jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.
That sounds so disgusting and awesome at the same time. I'm just couple hours from Ontario, who wants to meet me?

What part of Ontario, we're a fairly sizable province.... But, I'm in! Poutine GTG!

HannahO28 · April 2012

raynes:
HannahO28:
raynes:
jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.
That sounds so disgusting and awesome at the same time. I'm just couple hours from Ontario, who wants to meet me?
What part of Ontario, we're a fairly sizable province.... But, I'm in! Poutine GTG!

I'm in mid-Michigan. I can make it to London in two and a half hours.

PinkSapphires · April 2012

We spend a week in Nova Scotia every year (Cape Breton). DH's family is from there, and every year we must get poutine!

smudgee · April 2012

I love Poutine. And Buttertarts. And Coffee Crisp Chocolate Bars. And Ketchup Chips. Us Canadians got it good when it comes to junk food!

raynes · April 2012

HannahO28:
raynes:
HannahO28:
raynes:
jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.
That sounds so disgusting and awesome at the same time. I'm just couple hours from Ontario, who wants to meet me?
What part of Ontario, we're a fairly sizable province.... But, I'm in! Poutine GTG!
I'm in mid-Michigan. I can make it to London in two and a half hours.

Hmmmmm, I can make it to London in about an hour..... and I have lots of family there..... rxbeth is in Windsor too.

mommy~to~mj · April 2012

PinkSapphires:
We spend a week in Nova Scotia every year (Cape Breton). DH's family is from there, and every year we must get poutine!

I'm pretty close to there! (Relatively speaking in a country the size of Canada.) I'm in New Brunswick

Cape Breton is beautiful, I've been there a few times.

vtwd40 · April 2012

smudgee:
I love Poutine. And Buttertarts. And Coffee Crisp Chocolate Bars. And Ketchup Chips. Us Canadians got it good when it comes to junk food!

Wow, meanie!!! Those are all the things my dad brings us back when he visits his family....and cherry blossoms. My aunt makes the best buttertarts. I have a Dr appt today, I can't go pigging out on a million cravings...but thanks for that!!

BigAppleBiggerBelly · April 2012

This was my favorite drunk food in college (Northern Maine). I was a vegetarian but made my only exception for poutine! We used to make lots of border runs when we were under 21 to go clubbing in Quebec, and this was always our end-of-night selection. Mmmm. I don't like fries, hate gravy and am weirded out by squeaky cheese curd, but together it's pure bliss. When I was last in Montreal, I got an upscale version at a fancy restaurant with gnocchi as the base. ZOMG, amazing.

Ashley, I've seen it on a few menus here. There used to be a restaurant named Poutine in the LES, but I think it might have closed. I know I had it somewhere along Smith St in Cobble Hill one night.

DragonflyBelle · April 2012

mommy~to~mj:
DragonflyBelle:
You had me up until cheese curds...I like cottage cheese, but cannot imagine it warm...
Cheese curds are different than cottage cheese...it's closer to little clumps of mozzarella cheese because it melts like regular cheese.

Oh ok! Then I might need to try this too!

BigAppleBiggerBelly · April 2012

smudgee:
I love Poutine. And Buttertarts. And Coffee Crisp Chocolate Bars. And Ketchup Chips. Us Canadians got it good when it comes to junk food!

And beaver tails!

PinkSapphires · April 2012

mommy~to~mj:
PinkSapphires:
We spend a week in Nova Scotia every year (Cape Breton). DH's family is from there, and every year we must get poutine!
I'm pretty close to there! (Relatively speaking in a country the size of Canada.) I'm in New Brunswick
Cape Breton is beautiful, I've been there a few times.

We drive from Massachusetts to Cape Breton, so we spend some quality time driving through New Brunswick. It is such a beautiful province! One of the more enjoyable parts of our journey.

AshleyC0117 · April 2012

BigAppleBiggerBelly:
This was my favorite drunk food in college (Northern Maine). I was a vegetarian but made my only exception for poutine! We used to make lots of border runs when we were under 21 to go clubbing in Quebec, and this was always our end-of-night selection. Mmmm. I don't like fries, hate gravy and am weirded out by squeaky cheese curd, but together it's pure bliss. When I was last in Montreal, I got an upscale version at a fancy restaurant with gnocchi as the base. ZOMG, amazing.

Ashley, I've seen it on a few menus here. There used to be a restaurant named Poutine in the LES, but I think it might have closed. I know I had it somewhere along Smith St in Cobble Hill one night.

Yes! My best friend lives on Smith St and just informed me there is a deli near her that serves it. I know what I'll be having sometime this week for sure!

jenwet · April 2012

There's a bar here in Denver that serves this. Thanks for the reminder- we'll now be heading there this week:)

Ashley- my brother goes to Mile End Deli on Hoyt street for these ALL the time. He says it's fantastic - Go! Report back!

AshleyC0117 · April 2012

jenwet:
There's a bar here in Denver that serves this. Thanks for the reminder- we'll now be heading there this week:)
Ashley- my brother goes to Mile End Deli on Hoyt street for these ALL the time. He says it's fantastic - Go! Report back!

Yes this is the place my friend suggested! She's making me wait for her to go so we're going to go Thurs or Fri when she's working from home. Yumm!

PetitePomme · April 2012

I love poutine! It's the ultimate comfort food...warm, gooey and salty...yum!

Mrs.Teddy · April 2012

HannahO28:
raynes:
HannahO28:
raynes:

jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.

That sounds so disgusting and awesome at the same time. I'm just couple hours from Ontario, who wants to meet me?

What part of Ontario, we're a fairly sizable province.... But, I'm in! Poutine GTG!

I'm in mid-Michigan. I can make it to London in two and a half hours.

Then you could be in Windsor within the hour? Seriously Costco here has some delicious poutine!

wewillservehim · April 2012

mommy~to~mj:
PinkSapphires:
We spend a week in Nova Scotia every year (Cape Breton). DH's family is from there, and every year we must get poutine!
I'm pretty close to there! (Relatively speaking in a country the size of Canada.) I'm in New Brunswick
Cape Breton is beautiful, I've been there a few times.

I'm in NB too woohoo! Poutine is not really my thing though.

AmandaR204 · April 2012

They have them in Jersey as well, I personally like crunchy crispy fries, poutine is pretty soggy and unappetizing

rxbeth · April 2012

Mrs.Teddy:
HannahO28:
raynes:
HannahO28:
raynes:

jkfranklin:
Wait! What is it?

French fries topped w/ cheese curds and covered in gravy. The gravy melts the cheese and it's just wonderful. Salty, fatty, bad-for-you wonderful.

That sounds so disgusting and awesome at the same time. I'm just couple hours from Ontario, who wants to meet me?

What part of Ontario, we're a fairly sizable province.... But, I'm in! Poutine GTG!

I'm in mid-Michigan. I can make it to London in two and a half hours.

Then you could be in Windsor within the hour? Seriously Costco here has some delicious poutine!

Let's all do this! And WHY have I not eaten poutine at Costco before? OMG, it's like a 5 minute drive. Stupid, Beth!

Johlise · April 2012

I love poutine!

Johlise · April 2012

smudgee:
I love Poutine. And Buttertarts. And Coffee Crisp Chocolate Bars. And Ketchup Chips. Us Canadians got it good when it comes to junk food!

Don't even tell me I miss some of that stuff so much!!! Every time I make a trip to Canada I buy some Ketchup chips, and come to think of it I haven't had a butter tart since I got married which is close to 3 years Sad I think that will be the order for food next time I go visit my family! As well as some Coffee Crisp chocolate bars, yumm!!

mellihall · April 2012

Oh crap! Now I need a poutine.....

Want a personalized experience?

Dear Canadians...

Re: Dear Canadians...

Choose Another Board

Search Boards