Ahhhh thanks for the memories! I loved getting gravy fries at the diner as a teenager. We'd cruise back and forth from one diner to the other (our town on Long Island had two), pick the one with the higher number of cute boys (as deduced by the cars in the lot) and head in for our fries. If we REALLY had the munchies, we'd also get Belgian waffles with ice cream and hot fudge.
Cooking: cauliflower (roasted)
Raw: Comice pear (with cheese, yum)
My home town is known for it's french fries in the summer, and poutine is served up regularly at these establishments...Around here it's not summer until your had your helping of poutine.
I have only ever tried poutine once, so, soooo good... the taste memory lingers on, my mouth is watering once again...
I wonder if I can source curds in the UK...
I want poutine... :(
I've never been to Quebec, but I used to have the most amazing poutine at a Canadian bar in Paris called the Moose. For an American living in Paris, it tasted like comfort food even though I'd never had it before. A great antidote to too many croissants and baguettes - not that I'm complaining!
I'll have to get myself to Quebec soon for the real thing - or at least Brooklyn or Portland!
We live in northeastern Massachusetts, but we drive to Portland Maine to have the poutine at Duckfat. The gravy isn't very vinegary, but the cheese curds are fresh and local, the fries spectacular.
I even named my swirly-colored Maine Coon cat Poutine!
Best poutine I ever had came from a chip wagon on the Gaspe pennisula in Quebec. It was a total meal in a stryrofoam container - the fresh french fries, squeaky cheese, homemade gravy - along with (ready for this?) peas, cabbage, and some other veggie. I looked highly askance at it but man, I would do anything for another serving now!
As a Canadian, I concur- poutine MUST have curds. I can't abide curds in any other format.
Over on the site for the Canadian cartoon "Chilly Beach", be sure to check out the webisode, "Poutine on the Ritz". It's a commercial for Chilly Beach's "only two-star restaurant" in the vein of the older Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ads ("Oh no ... you got cottage cheese in my fries with gravy!" "No ... you got fries with gravy in my cottage cheese!") Mmmm ... tasteless! ;-)
Haven't tried Poutine yet. Looks good!
There was a place in Quebec that Tony Bourdain ate at on an episode of No Reservations. There were a variety of Poutine! One that had peas on it and an "Italian" version too.
One of my best friends comes from Warwich, reportedly where poutine was invented (discovered?), so I've heard all the debates about provenance and attributes.
That said, as a vegetarian, I can't have real gravy - so authentic or not, when the craving hits (every other year or so), I make poutine with veggie gravy. And it's awesome.
I insisted on eating poutine while I was in Montreal for the jazz festival last summer. I was in Quebec, and I was determined to eat the national dish. I'll admit that I wasn't overwhelmed by the experience, probably because the gravy and cheese curds were not top quality. As my companion and I were finishing our beers and gazing uneasily at the empty plate the waiter came by and asked us, "Well? Was it almost good?"
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