# I'm hooked on poutine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406 "2002-08-31T04:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/1 "2002-08-31T04:21:06Z")
It’s like crack, I’m hooked. The stuff is soooo good. And they only make it the right way in Montreal. I’m seriously considering this as a point in my college city selection. That’s some damn good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/2 "2002-08-31T04:44:47Z")
I can’t blame you. Share your poutine story! How’d you find out aboot it, where’d you get it, put anything special in it? I’m Canadian so I guess I was eatin poutine since I was a baby. I usually get it at the chipwagon, restaurant, or even make it at home. I just love the taste of it with a million litres of vinnegar in it. Oh boy, but thats just me. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/3 "2002-08-31T04:50:20Z")
I had had it at the beginning of summer in ottawa, it was great. Then on the Dopereal I had it for lunch, that got me hooked. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/4 "2002-08-31T05:07:11Z")
Did you enjoy your stay in Ottawa? (my town) 🙂 We probably could have had a mini-dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/5 "2002-08-31T05:19:30Z")
Yeah that sounds ummm…uhh…yummy, right after I finish this delicious haggis I’ll have to try me some. [What is Poutine?](http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/poutine.shtml) > [@](#): > > Poutine is a French-Canadian concoction comprised > of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/6 "2002-08-31T05:24:26Z")
and it’s highly addictive. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/7 "2002-08-31T15:06:19Z")
My French/Canadian friends that were here for the week have been raving about poutine. Now, I may have to make a trip up to Montreal to visit them, just to find out for myself. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/8 "2002-08-31T15:42:14Z")
My first poutine was at the age of 12. I was on a road trip around the Gaspé peninsula with my parents, and we stopped off at a chip wagon alongside the highway, in the middle of nowhere. We were from Ottawa, and my mother had had poutine many, many times. So I had one. BAM. Hooked for life. **d12** , I didn’t know you lived in Ottawa. Since you were at TorDope I just assumed you lived in Moronto. To all poutine naysayers: force yourself to try one. You’ll love it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/9 "2002-08-31T15:47:11Z")
Just to provide balance, I’m a Montrealer who finds the very _idea_ of cheese on fries appalling. I apply salt and vinegar, meself. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/10 "2002-08-31T15:47:20Z")
And, **d12** , **why the hell weren’t you at Doperéal??!?** **clay** , how goes the healing thing? ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/11 "2002-08-31T16:22:31Z")
**Poutine is a French-Canadian concoction comprised of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds.** _shudders_ DESECRATION!!! ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/12 "2002-08-31T17:13:17Z")
I have a feeling that by “curds” you think of cottage cheese. Cheese curds are irregularly-shaped, chewy bits of cheese (cheddar, I think). This kind of a reaction from a nation that pours **MELTED CHEEZ-WHIZ** on french fries. :🤮: At least this is **real** cheese. I will promote and defend poutine until the day I die. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/13 "2002-08-31T18:48:02Z")
_hands out free poutine samples to everyone in this thread_ We also have italian poutine available for your gustatory pleasure. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/14 "2002-08-31T21:56:45Z")
I’ve had the “cheez whiz” imitation stuff, that’s the best they can do around here. Not even close. You have to have it from either Montreal or Ottawa. Oh, and scott, I feel fine. Much better each day. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/15 "2002-09-01T00:44:50Z")
Mmmm… Poutine… So good. So incredibly full of fat, but so good. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/16 "2002-09-01T01:58:18Z")
Are the fries cooked twice in peanut oil? Is the gravy redolent of onions and chicken fat? Is the dish freshly made up? Can I bunk at your place for about a week? I’ll need to cause I might just overdose on poutine if it tastes as good as it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/17 "2002-09-01T02:09:21Z")
Never bothered to go to a Dopefest because I’ve always seen them as 18+ or a “No 16 year olds allowed” zone. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/18 "2002-09-01T02:11:12Z")
Everyone knows they make the best poutine in Ottawa! At the Zhan Wagon! Right across the street from where I work. They fries are twice cooked in lard. Mmmmm lard… And the curd is so fresh it squeeks between your teeth! Gosh, I love downtown Ottawa! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/19 "2002-09-01T02:11:12Z")
Everyone knows they make the best poutine in Ottawa! At the Zhan Wagon! Right across the street from where I work. Their fries are twice cooked in lard. Mmmmm lard… And the curd is so fresh it squeeks between your teeth! Gosh, I love downtown Ottawa! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/20 "2002-09-01T02:22:21Z")
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