# I've heard stories aboiut poutine... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054 "2006-03-27T06:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/1 "2006-03-27T06:18:47Z")
But never saw a picture of it [till now…](http://www.prejeant.com/digest/images/poutine.gif) :eek: So I went hunting[for more pics](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Poutine-clow.jpg) :eek: :eek: and suddenly [they](http://lpdp.chez-alice.fr/poutine_img/poutine%20avant.jpg)… [were everywhere](http://blue_moon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/poutine.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/2 "2006-03-27T06:20:30Z")
Truly, you don’t know what you’re missing. Mmmm… poutine… ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/3 "2006-03-27T06:23:21Z")
Oh, man alive. I’d kill for some poutine right now. Those pictures looked _goood_. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/4 "2006-03-27T06:24:36Z")
I know I’m going to regret this. But I have to know. Aside from gravy and french fries…what IS it? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/5 "2006-03-27T06:26:37Z")
One of these days, I have to go back to Canada, if only to eat poutine one more time before I die. I haven’t had any for eight years. Now I’m in a place where the concept of gravy on French fries is totally alien, and to put cheese curds in it, too, well, call the guys in the white coats. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/6 "2006-03-27T06:26:55Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > I know I’m going to regret this. But I have to know. > > Aside from gravy and french fries…what IS it? Gravy and french fries. With cheese curds. And it’s really, really good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/7 "2006-03-27T06:31:46Z")
I was right. That sounds hideous. 😛 cheese curds? and GRAVY? ew. Just ew. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/8 "2006-03-27T06:36:14Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Gravy and french fries. With cheese curds. And it’s really, really good. 🙂 Oh. Health food. Rats. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/9 "2006-03-27T07:24:50Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > cheese curds? and GRAVY? ew. Just ew. I said the same thing…until I tried it. Pure, unadulterated, ambrosia. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/10 "2006-03-27T09:46:01Z")
Well, the odd time when I’m drunk I’ll get a gravy cheesey chip (french fries, gravy and melted cheddar cheese). I assume it is similar. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/11 "2006-03-27T11:04:03Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Well, the odd time when I’m drunk I’ll get a gravy cheesey chip (french fries, gravy and melted cheddar cheese). I assume it is similar. Pretty much. Poutine isn’t always with cheese curds, though you could say that’s the traditional way of making it. Some of the pizza places around here make it with mozarella instead…_drools_ I could so go for some right now. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/12 "2006-03-27T14:58:55Z")
It’s so not good for you, but it’s so, so good. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/13 "2006-03-27T15:03:07Z")
Being a Southern Boy, when I’ve heard it described I’ve always pictured it with milk gravy. It never occured to me it would be brown gravy. I bet it’d be better with a good sausage gravy instead of nasty brown gravy. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/14 "2006-03-27T15:07:16Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Pretty much. Poutine isn’t always with cheese curds, though you could say that’s the traditional way of making it. Some of the pizza places around here make it with mozarella instead…_drools_ I could so go for some right now. Finished cheese, esp. mozzarella, is a reasonable substitute but it’s really not as good as gravy; commercial cheese doesn’t melt quite the same way. Fact is, though, cheese curds are not as readily available as regular cheese, and when you’ve got a hankering for poutine, there’s no time to be picky. Also, it ideally should be French Canadian-style chicken gravy, very thick. Beef gravy’s not bad, but not ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/15 "2006-03-27T15:10:47Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Being a Southern Boy, when I’ve heard it described I’ve always pictured it with milk gravy. It never occured to me it would be brown gravy. I bet it’d be better with a good sausage gravy instead of nasty brown gravy. You can make it with any gravy you please. I like turkey gravy, myself, and chicken gravy is awesome. I’m not fond of beef gravy on mine. Mmmm. Curds. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/16 "2006-03-27T15:16:42Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Mmmm. Curds. What the heck are cheese ‘curds’.? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/17 "2006-03-27T15:20:53Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > What the heck are cheese ‘curds’.? It’s like cheese before you press it into blocks. And not aged. Natural cheese. Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/18 "2006-03-27T16:39:25Z")
It didn’t help that I at first misread the word “curds”. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/19 "2006-03-27T16:51:36Z")
Oh yeah, great stuff. I just discovered it about a year ago when we first went skiing in Whistler, B.C. The perfect aprés ski meal! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054/20 "2006-03-27T16:55:53Z")
This is one of the cruelest threads I’ve ever opened. Here I am, 30 minutes before my lunch break, and you all taunt me with mouth-watering pictures of poutine, which I hazard to guess is not available anywhere within 1,000 miles of here. ☹ Time to start planning my annual Canada vacation… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-stories-aboiut-poutine/350054.md?page=2)