On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of knarf >> >> I am told that "poutine" is Quebec French slang for "mess", >> although I'd not heard the word before the "cheesy >> comestible" became popular. >> >> Gravy on fries has long been popular round about these parts. >> It seems that a greasy spoon somewhere south of Montreal >> decided to add cheese curds to the mix and while the >> resulting concoction was proclaimed delicious it was also >> derided for it's messiness, hence the name. >> >> About 20 years ago it spread into the rest of Canada and is >> now a much-loved (if extremely unhealthy) delicacy. >> >> You were, of course, correct, Marnie: Bob W. was indeed full >> of male bovine faeces. >> >> ;-) > > well, not entirely. Poutine really is the way the French spell Putin.
That's just messed-up. -- 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.
