From: Adam Maas
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:21 PM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2010/3/19 Adam Maas <[email protected]>:
>>
>> One thing the Quebecois got right was a reasonable name for the
>> Potato, they call them Patates (and French Fries are Patates Frites,
>> or just Frites)
>
> IIRC their forefathers brought that term with them; it originally
> describes the Indian potato Convolvulus Batatas and it is again IIRC
> 17-1800s French.
>
> One other thing they got right and that I miss much is Poutine, you
> don't get it here and I have no "real" recipe to make it myself and no
> PX plus eligible person etc. around to get canned gravy. If anyone can
> fill me in on how to make that stuff from the ground up, I will be a
> gratefual and happy man
> Cheers
> Ecke
Poutine is nothing more than cheese curds and gravy on top of french
fries. Generally the non-accurate version is better (as it uses cheese
rather than cheese curds).
The gravy is standard gravy, you can find a dozen recipes in any good cookbook.
You mean Poutine ISN'T the Prime Minister of Canada?
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