McDonald's Will Sell Poutine in Its Canadian Restaurants

(Unrelated photo via Joe)

Poutine is a Québécois dish consisting of gravy and cheese curd over French fries. It’s popular in Canada, where it’s eaten as fast food and a comfort food. McDonald’s restaurants in Quebec sell it. But now the company plans to make poutine available in all McDonald’s outlets throughout Canada. A serving will cost $3.99

I’ve had poutine once. It’s not available in restaurants in my part of Texas, so I had to make it myself. That wasn’t easy, as I could find cheese curd at only one specialty food store. It was delicious! I promised my wife that I would save half of it for her, but…well….

Someday, I’ll make it up to her.

-via Nag on the Lake

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Trader Joe's is now carrying frozen poutine. The french fries are frozen separately from the gravy and the curds. You cook the french fries in the oven and then gently heat the gravy and cheese packets in a pan of water. I make no promises as to its quality or how it compares to the real thing, I am just sharing the info.

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The Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook, Washington makes cheese curds! http://www.tillamook.com/products/Cheese/Cheese-Curds-114.html

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I've heard many complaints going in the exact opposite direction, that beef gravy is a faux pas, especially if made too dark and/or dense. While chicken gravy was considered acceptable as it might be all one can easily have on hand, the answer for what was "proper" involved some combination of chicken and beef gravy, or chicken and veal gravy.

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Hope it's as good as their haggis.

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The poutine in that photo looks like it was made with chicken gravy - un grand faux pas! It has to be beef gravy; and nearly boiling hot, so it melts the cheese curds when you pour it over them. Then the melted cheese oozes down between the fries, turning everything into a gooey, molten mass of cheesy, heart-stopping goodness.
And for God's sake, don't let it get cold - you'd need a chisel to get it out of the bowl once it sets up!

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You can link to original video source
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Regards

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Thanks, Toni! Done.

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This video reminds me of the game Grim Fandango!

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@ Justin

I was thinking the exact same thing! :) Man, that game was so much fun to play. I still own the game so I think I'll try playing it later!

I wish sometime in the future I can travel to Mexico just to experience the "Day of the Dead" festival and see the beautiful beaches.

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Delightful animation and Voltaire music to boot.

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I've been thinking about getting Dia De Los Muerto themed tattoos for a while. I'm still considering it. I love the art and the culture behind it, but I'm not Mexican at all, so I don't know if it would be offensive or something to the actual culture.

But I think the image on that video at :26 would look really cool on my back or forearm. :)

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Hi friends, I am the creator of this video piece.

Thanks a lot to all and specially this is a message for Jake D.

Hi Jake, if you are thinking on tatooing that image on yourbody, please feel free to contact with me at my mail or website and I will supply you with the detailed image.

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