"Poutine" is Quebecois slang for "mess". The first poutine, which originated in some rural town southeast of Montreal, was mixed together, shaken and then dumped on waxed paper spread out on the table of some greasy spoon diner. One can imagine what a mess that would have been!
But Wendy's right, it is amazingly delicious! (and sinfully decadent - but what rich delights aren't?) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: mike wilson <[email protected]> Sent: August 4, 2012 8/4/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: PESO - Vegan Poutine! On 04/08/2012 12:33, wendy beard wrote: > LOVE poutine! > Unfortunately for me the best chip truck in Canada is in the parking > lot of our local Canadian Tire. Unfortunate for my waistline anyway.. > > Wendy > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:01 AM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >> on 2012-07-27 20:42 frank theriault wrote >> >>> A Canadian delicacy (originally from Quebec) it's fries with cheese >>> curds and gravy. This version features vegan gravy and soy "cheese": >>> >>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/07/vegan-poutine.html >>> >>> Sounds gross, tastes amazing. Note the Diet Coke, to counteract the >>> 1200 calories of the dish. >> >> >> looks tasty; i've had a vegetarian (with dairy cheese) version and enjoyed >> it, but i prefer what you might call the Colorado (and lower calorie) >> version — fries with vegan green chile, a most excellent version available >> from the Pomfreet truck that is sometimes in my neighborhood Is it just me or does the word poutine sound like some kind of anglicised Parisian insult? -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
