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By canadjian - 7/28/2005 1:40:47 PM
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I do not like Poutine. I know it is Canadian and all that, but I do not like it.
Like many inventions, poutine was concieved through an act of serendipity. In 1957, to satisfy a customer's cravings for both French fries and cheese curds, Quebec resturanteur Ferdnand Lachance put both in the same bag. Lachance called the sticky, oozing mess that he had created poutine, which was the early French Canadian derivation of the English word 'pudding', used origionally to describe a mish-mash of custard, cookie and fruit. A phenomenon was born. Eventually, gravy was added to the combination of fries and curds, rendering it even more 'irresistable'. Poutine has become a food staple beyond Quebec. Countries such as Italy have even cooked up their own versions, serving the snack with a meatsauce instead of gravy. Even fast food chains offer a version of the snack.
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By david.yancey - 7/28/2005 1:43:47 PM
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Wow... and I thought haggis was bad.
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By IBEnyaface - 7/28/2005 1:58:44 PM
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I will have to discuss this with my canadian and see her thoughts on this. I will get back to you on the subject.
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By KG - 7/28/2005 2:06:47 PM
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I was told all Scottish foods were started on a dare. And I believe it.
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By canadjian - 7/28/2005 2:10:37 PM
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lol
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By Tudor - 7/28/2005 2:18:25 PM
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Now wait a minute.. I am 6'5" tall, and tip the scales at over 500lbs. The point being, I will eat damn near anything, and probably have. That sounds repulsive even to ME, who don't typically let food hang around long enough to be explained to what it was I just ate!!!
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By canadjian - 7/28/2005 2:33:19 PM
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have you tryed it?
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By Lamar - 7/28/2005 2:50:11 PM
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Dear canadjian;
I've tried it and I will eat it if I am starving. Other than that I will pass on it. I would rather eat baloot than another bagful of poutine.
Your reaching for the ketchup friend;
LAMAR
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By david.yancey - 7/28/2005 3:29:45 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by KG
I was told all Scottish foods were started on a dare. And I believe it.
Probably why I'm the cook in the family... my wife was born and raised in Glasgow. 
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By canadjian - 7/28/2005 4:37:30 PM
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i must admidt, fried toast for breakfast WAS an experience
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By Jeepgun - 7/28/2005 8:28:14 PM
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Oh gawd... Poutine sounds horrible! Some other ethnic food that is utterly disgusting: Vegemite. An Aussie friend of mine put some on a cracker and gave it to me to try. It was the most horrid-tasting thing I've ever tasted. The Japanese eat fermented (read, "rotten") soy beans in a dish called "Natto." It smells like dirty socks, is the color of baby crap, and has the gooey texture of hippo snot. It's usually eaten for breakfast, over a bowl of rice, with thin slices of long onions, a splash of soy sauce, a raw egg cracked over the top, and hot Chinese mustard (Karashii) mixed in. It's definitely an acquired taste, but it's really not bad. It's an excellent cure for a hangover. 
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By ar_blazeman - 7/28/2005 8:38:56 PM
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Buzzard puke
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By 78CJ7 - 7/28/2005 8:48:25 PM
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When done correctly poutine can be quite good (I live on the right side of the Quebec border). It's all in the ingredients. In the past, some friends have made 'ultimate poutine' by scouting for the best fries (local chip wagon), the best/freshest cheese curds (local dairy, the room temperature stuff), and the best gravy for the job (Kentucky Fried Chicken gravy). Layer them up in a casserole dish at work, heat it up a little bit, dig in. Fun way to spend a lunch hour.
I don't think its that good for you though.
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By carwash - 7/28/2005 9:21:57 PM
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quote:
I will have to discuss this with my canadian
i didnt get a canadian...were we all supposed to get one, cuz i missed that day i guess....
Is it too late to claim one? If not, i want Black@Tan.
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By Lamar - 7/28/2005 10:09:06 PM
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dear Carwash;
Dammit, why do you ALWAYS get the first picks? OK, since you have dibs on B & T I guess that I will grab Canadjian. I think that everybody had better start grabbing a Canadian before they are all gone.
Your getting his freebie Canadian friend;
LAMAR
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By IBEnyaface - 7/28/2005 10:11:59 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by carwash
quote:
I will have to discuss this with my canadian
i didnt get a canadian...were we all supposed to get one, cuz i missed that day i guess....
Is it too late to claim one? If not, i want Black@Tan.
I don't think everyone gets to have their own canadian. Mine was just a stray and I decided to take her in. She has adapted well, the two things she clings to is the word "eh?" and large amounts of mayo on her sandwiches.
But if Black&Tan is still avaliable, he too might need the help of an American friend to make it through.
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By carwash - 7/28/2005 10:20:05 PM
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I will take on that responsiblity...man we are gonna have some fun. I hope i get to bang his girlfriend...is that in the deal too?
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By Murph - 7/28/2005 10:21:31 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeepgun
Oh gawd... Poutine sounds horrible! Some other ethnic food that is utterly disgusting: Vegemite. An Aussie friend of mine put some on a cracker and gave it to me to try. It was the most horrid-tasting thing I've ever tasted. The Japanese eat fermented (read, "rotten") soy beans in a dish called "Natto." It smells like dirty socks, is the color of baby crap, and has the gooey texture of hippo snot. It's usually eaten for breakfast, over a bowl of rice, with thin slices of long onions, a splash of soy sauce, a raw egg cracked over the top, and hot Chinese mustard (Karashii) mixed in. It's definitely an acquired taste, but it's really not bad. It's an excellent cure for a hangover.
[SlightHijack]
I was on a business trip to Australia a couple of years ago and was out at breakfast with a couple of the pukes from "Business Process Improvent". One of them spots a plate of some brown stuff on the table and says "cool, chocolate pudding" and grabs a tablespoon full...The expression on his face was fawkin priceless as he realized it wasn't Jello...
[/Hijack]
Andy
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By IBEnyaface - 7/28/2005 10:25:53 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by carwash
I will take on that responsiblity...man we are gonna have some fun. I hope i get to bang his girlfriend...is that in the deal too?
Well my canadian doesn't have a bf, I just get her.
So your own your own finding that out my friend.
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By Lamar - 7/28/2005 10:28:30 PM
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Dear Carwash;
You mean that B & T has a g/f? Come on, you're putting me on, right? I thought that you already owned him. Wow, I need to start paying closer attention to what's going around here.
Your friend;
LAMAR
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By Lamar - 7/28/2005 10:31:56 PM
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Dear Carwah;
No offense my friend, but if B & T88 has a g/f I sure hope that she knows something about carburetors...
Your hoping for the best friend;
LAMAR
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By Jeepgun - 7/28/2005 10:39:08 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Murph
[SlightHijack]
I was on a business trip to Australia a couple of years ago and was out at breakfast with a couple of the pukes from "Business Process Improvent". One of them spots a plate of some brown stuff on the table and says "cool, chocolate pudding" and grabs a tablespoon full...The expression on his face was fawkin priceless as he realized it wasn't Jello...[/Hijack]
LMAO!!
That's as bad as a posh dinner party I went to, that was being held at the American embassy. There was some middle eastern guy sitting next to me, who picked up the fingerbowl and drained it in one gulp.  I nearly wet my pants, trying to keep from laughing. Everyone at the table made a face like this: LMAO!!
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By UberGuy - 7/28/2005 10:56:47 PM
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I was about to eat my breakfast...then I made the mistake of reading this thread.
Hopefully I'll feel better by lunch time 
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By carwash - 7/28/2005 11:25:35 PM
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pussy.
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By Black&Tan88 - 7/28/2005 11:41:47 PM
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Being French Canadian by birth it is my Civic Duty to defend the NATIONAL TREASURE know as Poutine
But I can not. There is no way on earth I would eat that crap. Imagine: Cheese & potatoes, both oily food sources... rolled together and then DEEP FRIED and smothered in, of all things, bad French GRAVY! Just to give you my experience with poutine, I grab a fry in Montréal as a young child on a cold winter night.. I dip this "chip" into a vat of Brown Gravy, expecting it to be Swiss Chalet (some of the best sauce you will EVER have!!!!) dipping sauce then move what I was expecting to be a tasty morsel towards my mouth.. Upon entry into my mouth I knew instantly something was off. First the gravy was Horrible, then when I took my first bite hot grease flowed forth from the mushy sponge like potato and began to sear my lower lip. Now, not wanting this mush in my mouth I would have spit it out, however the current situation developing on my lip from contact with the hot oil proved to need more immediate attention then the concern over the satisfaction of my taste buds. So I bit into this "Death stick" and grabbed a napkin to wipe up the oil from my lip and dress the wound. Well soon as I began to chew TERROR ripped my face. My mother went to hand me a glass of water for the look of terror on her Childs face was enough to initiate her motherly response. I began to feel pain more horrible then you could imagine... I began to smell and taste burning flesh. The Potatoes were just a warning to the OILY death that I had just tried to ingest. The center mass of this terrible treat was hotter than anything I've ever put in my mouth to date. Not spicy hot, for I enjoy all forms of spice.. Horrible pain full hot! Imagine starting up the grill, getting the coals nice and hot, then trying to eat one, that's how I can explain the feeling.
My friends there is a food source so terrible, so despicable that it SHOULD HAVE A WARNING LABEL! Thank you Hillary for this public service announcement warning of the dangers of anything FRENCH CANADIAN
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By JennyX - 7/29/2005 3:37:54 AM
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It is common here in PA to eat gravy on French Fries. And we all know that cheese fries are good! All poutine is is cheese fries with gravy. It is yummy stuff. Even the McDonalds up at our cottage in Quebec has it, and yes the FF are fried, but melted cheese on fries is soooo good (yet bad) and the gravy is good too. It really isn't that bad! You guys are just explaining it yuckily (is that a word?) LOL!
The grocery stores sell "poutine cheese" and it is...CHEESE! It's good stuff.
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By carwash - 7/29/2005 3:40:21 AM
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sounds nasty. gravy is for meats, and even then, its not good. gravy is a sauce made from the fat dripping of cooking fatty meat. you can have it, and put it on whatever you like...not me.
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By JennyX - 7/29/2005 3:47:22 AM
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You don't like gravy on mashed potatoes?
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By carwash - 7/29/2005 3:49:53 AM
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no
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By JennyX - 7/29/2005 4:00:34 AM
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Weird. Well, I live in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Gravy is a common item here.
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By canadjian - 7/29/2005 4:17:46 AM
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I have had good Poutine, i just don't like it. I can think of much more Canadian stuff such as back bacon.
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By Black&Tan88 - 7/29/2005 4:58:57 AM
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I love mashed pots Jenny! Dads gravy is ... well as Ash would say...
GROOVY BABY.
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By fstwrtr - 7/29/2005 7:28:07 AM
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and to think we out west are bitching and complaining about humus,couscus and that hindu piss called kokanee, im thanking my lucky stars
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By canadjian - 7/29/2005 8:32:34 AM
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me dogs name is kokanee
after the glacier however. He is big and white
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By WobblesXJ - 7/29/2005 8:40:14 AM
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I guess I'm too late to get a Canadian. Dang! Unless someone wants to share one.
I'll try anything once...food...and...
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By canadjian - 7/29/2005 8:50:55 AM
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I could be shared, Lamar, will you share me?
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By WobblesXJ - 7/29/2005 8:56:06 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by canadjian
I could be shared, Lamar, will you share me?
I can dig a share with Lamar.
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By canadjian - 7/29/2005 8:58:47 AM
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yeak so I've had enough with this thread <exits>
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By IBEnyaface - 7/29/2005 10:46:19 AM
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Well my canadian says she likes poutine. So guess i'll have to try it for myself to decide.
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By spirit - 7/29/2005 9:40:02 PM
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ill eat anything once!!
AND TEN TIMES IF SHE WILL SIT STILL
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By Lamar - 7/30/2005 2:28:22 AM
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Dear WobblesXJ;
Hell no I won't share! Go find your own damned Canadian! I have dibbs on this one! Maybe Carwash will rent B&T to you on a weekend basis, but I am very happy my Canadian! So go find your own and quit trying to share mine! The nerve of some ppl!
Your keeping his Canadian to himself friend;
LAMAR
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By canadjian - 7/30/2005 2:33:17 AM
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B&T is not a good example of a Canadian anyway, he was only born here
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By Black&Tan88 - 7/30/2005 3:24:00 AM
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True..... ouch.... but true. And Lamar NO I will not leave my master Carwash! .. umm well then again, what kinda hourly rate we talking here? Cause I could use a few dolla's for parts for the rig... Hell I bet I look better in a dress than Canadjian...
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By Lamar - 7/30/2005 3:31:25 AM
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Dear Black&Tan88;
TIme to cut the crap, my potine eating friend! Carwash has already posted those pics of you in that garter belt all over the Web. BTW, you look RIDICULOUS wearing that platinum wig. Does he REALLY make you wear that silly thing when you clean his house? If he does then he is more cruel than I originally thought he was.
Your sure glad that I ain't you friend;
LAMAR
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By imgonnasnap - 7/30/2005 3:33:39 AM
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Originally posted by carwash
sounds nasty. gravy is for meats, and even then, its not good. gravy is a sauce made from the fat dripping of cooking fatty meat. you can have it, and put it on whatever you like...not me.
I can't stand gravy and mayo. Seriously, those people who put globs of it on their sammiches disgust me. I can barely look at the damn things.
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