# Montreal Dopers especially ... who likes poutine? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 5, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283 "2001-07-05T02:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/1 "2001-07-05T02:23:58Z")
I read a book about these guys who, a couple of years ago, visited all 30 Major League Ballparks in 38 days. Their experience in Montreal was particularly interesting because they spoke of poutine, a french fry-based concoction that is as popular at the Expos’ place as nachos are at the average American ballpark. It sounds funky. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/2 "2001-07-05T02:27:53Z")
As my mother is a health-junkie, I didn’t get to try poutine 'till a few years ago. My goodness it’s yummy. Gross, fattening and so filling I can’t eat an order myself, but GOOD. I know very few people who don’t like it. It’s served all over, not just at ballparks. At restaurants, cafeterias… mostly everywhere they have fries. It’s is “fry-based”, being fries, with cheese curd and gravy. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/3 "2001-07-05T02:41:14Z")
Not only that but you can get different kinds of poutines : - Italian, with spaghetti sauce instead of gravy - Montreal-style, with smoked meat added - meat poutine (?), with diced wieners, etc. Yum !! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/4 "2001-07-05T02:41:51Z")
_I_ like poutine. Mmmmmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/5 "2001-07-05T02:50:37Z")
Delicious. Also available at McDonald’s and Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/6 "2001-07-05T02:59:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dqa \* > \*\*Delicious. Also available at McDonald’s and Burger King. \*\* How much does an order of poutine at McDonald’s cost? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/7 "2001-07-05T03:12:21Z")
Probably a buck or two more than normal fries. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/8 "2001-07-05T06:27:09Z")
Poutine is fries that had a sad encounter with a bulemic rat. POUTINE BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/9 "2001-07-05T09:11:44Z")
I lived on poutine while going to CEGEP. Mmmm. Poutine. Do not DO NOT **DO NOT** get poutine at MacDo’s or Burger King! That is the anti-poutine! Real poutine requires fries that have been cooked in oil that hasn’t been changed since Maurice Duplessis died. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/10 "2001-07-05T11:28:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*I lived on poutine while going to CEGEP. Mmmm. Poutine. > > Do not DO NOT **DO NOT** get poutine at MacDo’s or Burger King! That is the anti-poutine! > > Real poutine requires fries that have been cooked in oil that hasn’t been changed since Maurice Duplessis died. \*\* And don’t forget, a gravy thick enough to lube the transmission of a school bus. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/11 "2001-07-05T12:27:56Z")
I like poutine, but it doesn’t like me. The fat and salt content of this stuff is off the charts. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/12 "2001-07-05T12:44:28Z")
I like poutine myself. Is it fair to call it the one true Canadian food? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/13 "2001-07-05T23:05:59Z")
I like poutine well enough. I have it now and then. Enough fat to kill a supermodel, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/14 "2001-07-05T23:17:27Z")
where i come from (belfast) we have something called a “superchip”. this consists of a gravy chip (fries with gravy) combined with a cheesy chip (fries with cheese). is this a similar sort of thing to poutine? all i can say is that with food like the superchip about it is no wonder we have the highest incidence of heart attacks in the world here. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/15 "2001-07-05T23:20:55Z")
Poutine? Mm, yes. :)I like fires, I like cheese, I like gravy … and I like it all together. To expand the discussion a little, I don’t like vinegar on my fries (another seemingly-common Canadian food combination). ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/16 "2001-07-05T23:33:18Z")
**Barbarian’s** right on! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/17 "2001-07-05T23:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*I like poutine myself. Is it fair to call it the one true Canadian food? \*\* That, and tourtiere. Mmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/18 "2001-07-05T23:39:44Z")
Here in California, they call fries with gravy “wet fries.” I love 'em. But they don’t have cheese on them. If you want cheese, you get “chili cheese fries,” which is a basket of fries smothered in whatever passes for chili at the place you’re eating, and a pile of grated cheddar. The best places, like Tommy’s Burger, or The Hat, don’t put beans in their chili - it’s just suspicious meat, spicy tomato chili sauce, and lots of reddish-orange grease. I guess you could call that “California Poutine.” ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/19 "2001-07-05T23:46:43Z")
What exactly _is_ cheddar cheese curd? Is it something you could buy in a grocery store, like cottage cheese? (I’m assuming they’re not the same.) And what kind of gravy are we talking about here? Chicken? Beef? Or is it something that just comes in a can marked “GRAVY?” ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283/20 "2001-07-05T23:51:17Z")
Note: **TRUE** Poutine is made with cheese curds. because they are more expensive(or harder to find), most comercial places sell it with regular grated cheese. Go with the cheese curds, They’re BRILLIANT… mmmmm, i could go for some poutine right now… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopers-especially-who-likes-poutine/71283.md?page=2)