Montreal and Seattle versions of poutine
When will they learn, those pretentious New Yawk snots? With the solemnity befitting the announcement of a cure for cancer, the NYTimes reports that three Gotham spots now serve Montreal's beloved junk food, poutine. Whazzat? Duh: french fries with cheese curds and gravy, dumbo.
In Australia, where Canadian eating habits aren't automatically ridiculed, they've eaten poutine for decades. Aluminum to-go containers are filled to the brim with hot, glorious gravy so the fries stay warm. Aussie-born Teressa Davis insisted on having poutine on the menu at Steelhead Diner, especially since her Market neighbor, Beecher's Cheese, provides fresh curds daily. "We're so avant garde that I can't even stand it," she says.
Ron - you knew I would not pass up a comment on this one. I had Poutine years ago while I was visiting relatives in Quebec City. Let's just say that this is one dish that a little goes a very, very long way. Regardless, I ate the whole serving. Now to get Steelhead to serve Tourtiere at Xmas.
Posted by: Robert Kohrt at May 24, 2007 7:31 PMFantastic! Seattle has been avant garde all along, I would say we are somewhat of a "best kept secret". The only time I have tasted poutine was returning from the Discovery Islands in Canada, and poutine was being sold from a trailer at the Ferry dock in Tsawwwassen,B.C. It was some of the most satifying "junk" I have ever tasted.
Posted by: Betsy Sherrow at May 24, 2007 10:57 AM