Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dish of Québécois origin consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.
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- noun Quebec A
dish consisting offrench fries topped withcheese curds andgravy , eaten primarily inCanada - noun Quebec Any of a number of
variations on the basic poutine dish.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Log in to Reply zilch (UID#3420) on November 24th, 2009 at 12: 32 pm poutine is good. best served with beer and hockey.
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I have it on good authority from a web whore that poutine is pronounced "disco fries" in the big apple.
Boing Boing: February 2, 2003 - February 8, 2003 Archives 2003
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Avis -- Well, the curds that come from this aren't exactly large and chunky like they would be if you used rennet -- they're more cornmeal sized than what you'd have in poutine.
queso blanco | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Canadians love their Tim Horton ' s coffee, while the Nanaimo bar and Quebec ' s gooey combination of French fries, gravy and cheese curds, known as poutine , are probably the key Canadian contributions to global cuisine.
Test Your Canada IQ Monica Gutschi 2010
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They serve french fries and a Canadian treat called poutine, which entails the dumping of gravy and cheese curds on top of your fries.
Archive 2009-07-01 e d b m 2009
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They serve french fries and a Canadian treat called poutine, which entails the dumping of gravy and cheese curds on top of your fries.
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ROBERTS: And including poutine, as it's called here, poutine, which is the famous dish -- the French fries covered in gravy covered in cheese curds.
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I take those French fries, put certified organic gravy and 100% certified organic cheese on top, called poutine, is this poutine any good for you?
WN.com - Articles related to Delhi still battling heat wave 2010
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I take those French fries, put certified organic gravy and 100% certified organic cheese on top, called poutine, is this poutine any good for you?
WN.com - Articles related to Delhi still battling heat wave 2010
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But can the increasingly popular Quebecois dish known as poutine - that messy mix of french fries, sauce and cheese curds - now be considered a gooey source of Canada-wide pride?
Ottawa Sun 2010
john commented on the word poutine
Fries with cheese curds and gravy. A delicious treat from our neighbors to the north. Unless you live at the north pole, in which case they're your neighbors to the south.
December 15, 2006
inkhorn commented on the word poutine
There's so much material here for me to make a snarky remark, yet I can't think of a single one.
December 15, 2006
muskox commented on the word poutine
Although poutine is a wonderful dish by itself, it can be used to augment the flaor and nutritional value of many other foods. For example, consider the following exchange:
Waiter: What would you like for dinner?
Hungry ninja: I'll start with the pork chops with applesauce and bannock.
Waiter: Would you like to *poutine* that order? (Ed. note - emphasis added)
Hungry ninja (reluctantly, inevitably): Yeah, sure.
Note that the hungry ninja has just placed an order for chops, applesauce, hearty griddle-fried cakes of bread, all smothered in gravy and cheese curds.
December 19, 2006
scarequotes commented on the word poutine
French fries, cheese curds, and gravy. Popular in Canada and among people who hate their arteries.
June 10, 2009
strev commented on the word poutine
be careful how you pronounce this tasty word. I uttered it incorrectly in Quebec causing the staff to buckle over laughing.
They said, "Your beer is coming right up but the hooker will take half an hour to get here."
June 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word poutine
Porca puttana!
June 26, 2009
rolig commented on the word poutine
Also a not so tasty Russian strongman (in a traditional French spelling of the name).
June 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word poutine
strev, that's a great story. :)
June 29, 2009
apsalar commented on the word poutine
French fries covered in cheese curds and gravy.
July 20, 2009