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POUTINE sampled by native American; Impresses

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Chipopo

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I spent a few days in my soon to be college town Halifax, Nova Scotia and made sure to gourge on a lovely Canadian confection most commonly reffered to as Poutine upon arrival.

The rich gravy, slathered with a cheese that I'm ASSUMING is mozzerella but to be honest could be any variant of dairy product, smothering a hearty portion of heart-demolishing french fries is something any country could be proud of. This is good eats.

There's also the "Donair" a local specialty that takes a Gyro, throws out the veggies, multiplies the lamb product by three and suffocates it in a special sauce that tastes alot like liquid frosting.

I love cheap local delicacies like this, they're one of the best reasons to travel.

Anyways, POUTINE! Yum!

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Tabris

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Chipopo said:
There's also the "Donair" a local specialty that takes a Gyro, throws out the veggies, multiplies the lamb product by three and suffocates it in a special sauce that tastes alot like liquid frosting.
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A Donair isn't a local speciality (except maybe to some place in Greece)

We have those here. That one sounds kinda weird though.
 
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Chipopo

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Where's "here?" The local paper said it originated in Halifax and I had never heard of it before. But that's good news, I'd like to have another.
 
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LakeEarth

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Donair and Gyros is pretty much the same thing. Gyros is what the greeks call it, Donair is where ... some...other (muslim?) countries (ie when I was in Turkey they called it Donair). There might be some small differences, but it's all just lamb and flatbread.
 
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Pochacco

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Poutine is delicious.
It tastes really good after an intensive work out.
It tastes extra good when it's cold out.
It tastes HEAVENLY eating it at the end of a long day of skiing on top of a mountain =) (this seems to be a Canadian custom).

Btw, the cheese is actually cheese kurds. "Mmm....kurds"
 
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Chipopo

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LakeEarth said:
Donair and Gyros is pretty much the same thing. Gyros is what the greeks call it, Donair is where ... some...other (muslim?) countries (ie when I was in Turkey they called it Donair). There might be some small differences, but it's all just lamb and flatbread.
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I think the key difference is in the sauces. Gyro sauce is a yogurt/tetziki varient, and the donair stuff was extremely sweet.
 
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thorns

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this is " döner " (not donair like some of you call it, but pronounced similarly) which means "turning" in Turkish, obviously due to the fact that the meat turns around the pole. It's a quite common and rather traditional dish to eat in Turkey, so it can't be a canadian speciality :lol
 
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Jacobi

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I love doener. Doener is Germany's food specialty.
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Mmh. And you don't get hungry for hours after a good doener.
 
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hobart

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There are doner kababs here in Scotland... but no Poutine. My girlfriend has told me extensively about poutine... but I'm told that you need to be drunk to truly enjoy the wonder that it is.
 
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Zaptruder

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Doner kebab's all over the world.

But poutine... the closest I've seen to that here is chips served with gravy, but no cheese...

but a homemade variety would be exceedingly simple to make I'd think.

That said, it seems among some australian delicacies, meat pies while available elsewhere don't quite feature as a gastronomical staple in other countries menus...
 
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Boomer

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Chips?? They're french fries you freaks.

Mike Works said:
The only people who insult it because of how it looks are people who haven't tried it.
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Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know cause I wouldn't eat the filty motherfuckers.
 
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Scrow

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how exactly do you pronounce poutine?

poo-teen?

poo-tine?

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Boomer said:
Chips?? They're french fries you freaks.
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french fries? ugh, the only freak here is you :p
 
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fallout

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Boomer said:
Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know cause I wouldn't eat the filty motherfuckers.
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The difference is, heh, you can imagine what fries, cheese and gravy would taste like together. I.e. good.
 
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aoi tsuki

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i remember seeing poutine on menuboards at at few restaurants in Windsor and just completely glazing over it because i had no idea what it was. i hate that i missed my chance.

Anyone know of any good poutine recipes on the web?
 
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FortNinety

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The only thing I know about Donair is that its constantly being referenced by the Trailer Park Boys, which means I want to have some as well!
 
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LakeEarth

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aoi tsuki said:
i remember seeing poutine on menuboards at at few restaurants in Windsor and just completely glazing over it because i had no idea what it was. i hate that i missed my chance.
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Haha, I live in Windsor. If you saw it in Burger King or some other fast food place, it's a good thing you missed it. It's not bad tasting, but very very low grade poutine and it made me sick the last time I had it.

For those that haven't had it, imagine tacobell's supreme fries, but instead of melted cheese and sour cream, it's cheese curd (tastes better than it sounds) and gravy.
 
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Boomer

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I bet they don't even have biscuits and gravy in Canada... I could never imagine living in a third-world country like that
 
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6.8

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aoi tsuki said:
Anyone know of any good poutine recipes on the web?
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Chef 6.8 to the rescue!

Go buy yourself cheese kurds, fries (or make yourself some homemade fries), and some thick gravy sauce.

Once you have the sauce warmed up, and the fries ready, put one layer of fries in your plate. Put as many cheese kurds as you want. Put another layer of fries, another of cheese kurds. Top it off with gravy sauce.

Quantities do not matter. It depends of your preference.
 
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Chipopo

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Halifax paper "The Coast" said:
BEST DONAIR: Tony's Pizza

The local delicacy (the donair was born in Bedford in the early 1970s) is big with Coast readers: Best Donair is one of the leader categories for votes cast.
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You Turks need to get on the ball, Nova Scotia is shamelessly stealing your culinary thunder.
 
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Gorgie

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You can buy at poutine at New York Fries near my house. New York Fries offers poutine. I don't get, how can Americans be so repulsed at this heart stopping treat?
The best poutine is crisp, but still soft in the inside fries heavily salted, then topped with cheese kurds, and smothered in beef gravy.
 
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explodet

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Boomer said:
I bet they don't even have biscuits and gravy in Canada... I could never imagine living in a third-world country like that
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Just fries.
I'm convinced there are too many damn potatoes in Canada than we know what to do with.
 
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aceface

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When speaking of donner's, I think this is the appropriate link: Val's Halal Also, the only place I've seen New York Fries is in Canada. Which is weird since I live in New York (state).
 
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SaitoH

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Tabris said:
A Donair isn't a local speciality (except maybe to some place in Greece)

We have those here. That one sounds kinda weird though.
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Donair's were first introduced to North American in Halifax, back in the 70s. They are considered a local speciality, although most likely originated in Greece. Halifax would be considered the Donair capitol of North America though. Not sure if that's a good thing.

Poutine is good, once in a while ... much like donairs.

^_~

Chipopo: Going to Dal?
 
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