May 23, 2007
Puttin' on the Poutine
When will they learn, those pretentious New Yawk snots? With the solemnity befitting the announcement of a cure for cancer, the NYTimes reports that three Gotham spots now serve Montreal's beloved junk food, poutine. Whazzat? Duh: french fries with cheese curds and gravy, dumbo.
In Australia, where Canadian eating habits aren't automatically ridiculed, they've eaten poutine for decades. Aluminum to-go containers are filled to the brim with hot, glorious gravy so the fries stay warm. Aussie-born Teressa Davis insisted on having poutine on the menu at Steelhead Diner, especially since her Market neighbor, Beecher's Cheese, provides fresh curds daily. "We're so avant garde that I can't even stand it," she says.
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only the french and new yorkers would like that crap.
seriously nyc has the worst food ever.
matty
chicago
also what does this have to do with seattle?
"What does this have to do with Seattle?" Did you even read the post? Or are you one of those guys who just likes to trash anything that's not Chicago beef? Sheesh!
oh
sorry. :)
Poutine, how I love thee!
Ok, please tell me this diner isn't going to butcher the shit out of our beloved recipe? What kind of ingredients are they using? We need to know if their version is worthy of ridicule like Martha Stewart's so famously was. Heh.
Oh, you know what? If that's a picture of their version, already I can tell they aren't doing it right. If it's not their version, the one in the picture looks like it won't taste right.
"In Australia, where Canadian eating habits aren't automatically ridiculed, they've eaten poutine for decades."
Umm... Where?? I've lived in Australia all my life, and travelled extensively within Australia, and I have NEVER seen this dish. We might eat chips and gravy, but I challenge you to find an Aussie that even knows what a cheese curd is.
I'd be very interested to know where you got this information.
PS. You're right about the ridicule, we prefer to have a go at Americans.
I'm a French Canadian living in Australia and I'd love to know where I can get some poutine! Do reveal your sources!
I think poutine has alot of variations depending on where you live - Iv'e seen it with mozz, cheddar and curds:
Lara - you are right about the cheese curds in Oz - I grew up eating plain chips and gravy - but we would throw cheese in the top when we got 'em home. I did grow up in Mount Gambier though - dairy country - we ate cheese on freaking everything.
Cat - I don't know where you live but you can get chips and gravy at just about any fish and chips store - and it's great with or without cheese. And if you can't find a store that will give you gravy - just get the chips and whip up a batch of Gravox on the stove at home. Divine!!
Must be eaten quickly however.
Time is not kind to the poutine.
You guys need to stop doubting and come down to the Steelhead - I stand behind my husband's recipe.
New Brunswick Poutine are completely different. Pork is involved.
Seems that the Greeks were probably the first to put cheese on fries...and fresh goat cheese at that. Canadians just put gravy on it and that may not be an improvement!
If New York has the worse food ever, then they should definately have poutine on the menu.
Sure, we eat a lot of that stuff in Quebec, but I don't have poutine every day! Gees, try eating at McDonald's every day...
If you ever visit Quebec City, you'll notice a bunch of restaurants who actually claim THEY invented the darn thing. Ashton is the one who claims it the loudest, I think. GORRAMIT! It's just cheddar cheese curds, fries and gravey! It's like putting cream in your coffeee and getting the copyright for it. Hey, put some salt on your poutine and call it something else!
Anyhow: Congratulations New York, you can now officially forget about two-piece bathing suits.