# 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:** 2
**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, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/21 "2002-09-01T02:30:45Z")
Nah, I think we only went to a bar once (oops, twice) at Doperéal, and even then, they never card. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/22 "2002-09-01T02:34:55Z")
less than 6 months till I turn 18. I’m counting the days… ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/23 "2002-09-01T02:57:08Z")
The best poutine (from a chain store) is from Lafleur’s. Hands down. Second is La Belle Province (where we met). **d12** : What? You’re under 18? 😕 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/24 "2002-09-01T03:04:42Z")
Maybe this calls for a PoutineDope in Ottawa… ::sigh:: So many Dopefests, so little cash.:: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/25 "2002-09-01T04:03:43Z")
_blush_ I read the title as “I’m hooked on poontang”. Entirely different meaning. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/26 "2002-09-01T04:06:14Z")
Homebrew: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH… omg… HAHAHAH… ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/27 "2002-09-01T04:34:10Z")
Scott: 16 years old. Steph: Come down on Richmond Road right between Island Park Drive and Hilson Ave. is a wagon called Glenn’s. Best. Poutine. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/28 "2002-09-01T05:46:40Z")
The best is when they bake it after. And the cheese melts a lot and you can lose skin in your mouth from extreme heat. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/29 "2002-09-01T11:03:24Z")
OK, **Eonwe** said he might be able to make it up to Montreal in September. If **clay** can make it, I say we have a mini-PoutineDope. 🙂 Or we could all go to Ottawa, but no way in hell am I staying with my parents. I’d stay with **Elenfair**. And sorry, **d12** , I confused you with **d18**. Damned similar usernames. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/30 "2002-09-01T12:02:54Z")
mmmm…Poutine…sounds…so…nice :wipes up drool: I am gonna see if I can make it myself! Any tips? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/31 "2002-09-01T12:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ems \* > \*\*mmmm…Poutine…sounds…so…nice > > :wipes up drool: > > I am gonna see if I can make it myself! Any tips? \*\* You’ll need frozen french fries. McCain Superfries are the best, as they taste deep-fried. (Well, they are, partially, before being flash-frozen.) You’ll need cheese curds. If you can get them, get a hunk of mozzarella cheese and cut it into cubes a bit less than one inch square. You’ll need the sauce. I don’t know where you live, but if your Merkin, you won’t be able to find poutine sauce. I suggest a Franco-American beef or chicken gravy. You’ll need a big bowl, like a pasta bowl. Cook the french fries as directed, but with a tiny bit of oil on the cookie sheet. Get them nice and crispy, but not brown. (Toss halfway through.) Drain french fries on paper towels, then transfer to large bowl. Meanwhile, you’ve heated up the gravy. Distribute cheese curds (or hunks of cheese) over the fries, then dump hot gravy over the whole thing. Not too much, though. Wait a minute or two for the gravy to partially melt the cheese. Enjoy. You’ll never be the same again. 🙂 Let us know how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/32 "2002-09-01T12:23:42Z")
Oh my god - a heart attack on a plate fantastic! mmmm now I am hungry and I just had lunch! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/33 "2002-09-01T12:57:07Z")
Yup, **ems** , coronary in a bowl. I see now you’re from Europe. Do they sell frozen french fries there? And tins of gravy? Taste the gravy. If it seems ordinary & bland, add some Tabasco sauce or cayenne pepper. The “gravy” we use isn’t really gravy; it’s the sauce that comes with rotisserie chicken. Not quite the same thing, but it can be approximated. You can always use hunks of white cheddar instead of mozzarella, assuming you can’t get cheese curds there. Here I am, 8:53 on a Sunday morning, preaching the Gospel of Poutine, and giving cooking tips. I need to get out more. For a POUTINE! Food of the gods, and the cure for any potential hangover. :eek: ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/34 "2002-09-01T13:02:56Z")
Yup, **ems** , coronary in a bowl. I see now you’re from Europe. Do they sell frozen french fries there? And tins of gravy? Taste the gravy. If it seems ordinary & bland, add some Tabasco sauce or cayenne pepper. The “gravy” we use isn’t really gravy; it’s the sauce that comes with rotisserie chicken. Not quite the same thing, but it can be approximated. You can always use hunks of white cheddar instead of mozzarella, assuming you can’t get cheese curds there. Here I am, 8:53 on a Sunday morning, preaching the Gospel of Poutine, and giving cooking tips. I need to get out more. For a POUTINE! Food of the gods, and the cure for any potential hangover. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/35 "2002-09-01T16:14:30Z")
I’m in Ottawa too! How many others are here with us? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/36 "2002-09-01T22:16:33Z")
::sigh:: Another Ottawan who didn’t come to Doperéal. Anyway, I think PoutineDope should happen, but I’m torn: Ottawa, with its chip wagons, or Montreal, with fantastic places like Lafleur’s and La Belle Province…? The poutine tasting must happen several hours before dinner. At Doperéal we made the mistake (against my protests) of going to La Belle Province three hours before our scheduled Saturday dinner… :eek: We can do it the weekend **Eonwe** ’s in town… ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/37 "2002-09-02T06:45:55Z")
Homebrew… me too. I lived in a small WV town for awile and if you ever went to a restaraunt or diner and got french fries they always asked you if you wanted gravy on your french fries. I was taken aback My GF at the time who grew up there loved it. Its certainly not bad just different… Mmmm… with melted cheese though… I could go for some poontang myself!! ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/38 "2002-09-03T07:12:49Z")
Well I went out last night with some friends we all came back to mine and I made them **ems** version of **poutine**. Frozen steak chips (or french fries whatever you call them) I had some leftover gravy in the fridge from Sunday’s chicken roast added a smidge of worcester sauce, chopped up the mozzarella and sat back to enjoy. Oh - My - God I am now a domestic goddess and everyone loves me! I am sure it wasn’t the same as the real thing from Canadia but to me it was damn good. Thankyou ems 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/39 "2002-09-05T22:44:35Z")
::::Droooooooooolllllll!!!::: Thats it, I’m having poutine tonight. Though stuck in the armpit of Ontario, the best I can hope for it ugly orange cheddar curds…I never bothered to just chop up mozarella…it’s GOTTA taste better than this plastified crap Ontarians pass off as cheese. I _SO_ miss the “squeek squeek” of real curd cheese - you know, the stuff the farmers made that morning that expires two days from now? At least here we can get St. Hubert poutine sauce, which is damn good (and a billion times better than the all-Canadian Swiss Chalet (seriously, what is up with that?)). I want poutine. I want poutine. I want poutine… Have you guys seen Karmina 2? “Squeek squeek!” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406/40 "2002-09-05T23:37:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stephi \* > And the curd is so fresh it squeeks between your teeth! Oh god, someone else understands cheese curds! I moved from Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois, and most folks here that I’ve met look at me funny if I talk about cheese curds squeaking. I’m a vegetarian, so I’d have to get veg-oil cooked fries, and the gravy would be a real trick. Guess I’d have to find/make some mushroom gravy that doesn’t sneak any beef broth in there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hooked-on-poutine/126406.md?page=3)