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  • AtheraalAtheraal Registered User regular
    I broke down and got back in the cooking game recently, working on the line at a barbecue shop near me in Gatineau, Québec. (working from home is nice, and I've been very glad to have the option available in these pandemic times but my goodness is it boring)

    I make dozens of poutines daily and am saddened by the fact that they all go out on flat boards. If ever there was a dish that was well situated in a plate with a rim, poutine is it.

    Also if any of you fellow anglophones care about saying it properly, it's less 'poo-teen', more 'poo-tin'

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    yeah notoriously some places like, cringeily changed the name when the ukraine invasion started so people didn't sound like they were ordering "Putin". freedom fries-ass shit

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    yeah notoriously some places like, cringeily changed the name when the ukraine invasion started so people didn't sound like they were ordering "Putin". freedom fries-ass shit

    haha holy shit

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    I uh, have a story I'm pretty sure I've told around these parts, but back on US election night 2016 I was in Nashville for work

    We went to a hockey game so I could show my coworkers, mostly immigrants like myself (but from Germany, Dubai, India, etc) what an NHL game was like, and plus my hometeam of the Ottawa Senators were playing, so it was a real stars aligning kind of moment

    And then the election started going south, and then we stopped paying attention to the hockey game, and then the Sens couldn't even do me the favour of losing badly enough to get us free stuff, which was insult to injury

    We leave the arena pretty numb, and discover a pub across the street, and hey, there's poutine on the menu! So fuck it, while we're doing the Canadian Experience and I am also desperate for a taste of home, we decide to get it too

    So I ask the waitress for a pou-tihn, the regional pronunciation, and she flatly says to me "no, that's a Russian dictator, it's called poo-teen"

    And I, shocked, am like "no, I'm from Canada, it's actually pronounced poutine"

    "No, that's the *dictator*, it's poo-teen"

    And I am like "*No*, I am from the Quebec border, I live an hour from where they make the cheese, it's called poutine???"

    And she flatout walks away and puts in our order and it shows up

    Fries, then gravy, then feta cheese, then chives??? Insult to insult to injury?????

    God, what a terrible night

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Wait, is it not poo-teen? Have I been pronouncing it like some kind of jackanape this whole time?

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    Wait, is it not poo-teen? Have I been pronouncing it like some kind of jackanape this whole time?

    Even in Canada some Anglophones pronounce it that way but the actual proper pronunciation is pou-tihn

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  • AtheraalAtheraal Registered User regular
    Ugh, feta instead of curds, that is a paddling. That sounds like an inedible amount of salt when combined with gravy, even apart from the inauthenticity. Feta belongs in spanakopita, which I incidentally am currently trying to put a bug in the owner/chef's ear about trying as a special, with some smoked chicken in the filling.

    My personal poutine opinion is that the best meat topping is sliced sausage. Doesn't mix in and mess with the nice smooth consistency of the sauce like other meats do, and is hardy enough to be forkable with the fries and curds without falling apart in the process. Also gives me an excuse to throw on a drizzle of dijon mustard, which honestly improves pretty much anything.

  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    Wait, is it not poo-teen? Have I been pronouncing it like some kind of jackanape this whole time?

    Yeah, I thought for sure the -tine spelling meant it was teen

  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    Cellos right but saying pou teen is fine

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Cello wrote: »
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    Wait, is it not poo-teen? Have I been pronouncing it like some kind of jackanape this whole time?

    Even in Canada some Anglophones pronounce it that way but the actual proper pronunciation is pou-tihn

    I have no idea how to pronounce "tihn". My brain is confused because englishe teen could be written as german tihn to have the same sound.

  • DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    more like poo-tine

    french fries? cool, I am down with some chips, as they say across the pond.

    cheese curds? yeah dope, curds and whey and shit.

    gravy? you ruined it, it's ruined.

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    honovere wrote: »
    Cello wrote: »
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    Wait, is it not poo-teen? Have I been pronouncing it like some kind of jackanape this whole time?

    Even in Canada some Anglophones pronounce it that way but the actual proper pronunciation is pou-tihn

    I have no idea how to pronounce "tihn". My brain is confused because englishe teen could be written as german tihn to have the same sound.

    It's very close to "tin", as in the metal. Come to think of it, it's like 90% "tin" and 10% "thin".

    Wait a minute, computers can play sounds. Google databanks to the rescue.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Ah yes, pow-tyne

  • TefTef Registered User regular
    more like poo-tine

    french fries? cool, I am down with some chips, as they say across the pond.

    cheese curds? yeah dope, curds and whey and shit.

    gravy? you ruined it, it's ruined.

    Listen here pal

    If you’re gonna talk shit about brown gravy, we can never be friends

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    It's pronounced like this:
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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    I also thought it was pooteen

    And I will continue to say it that way because I am from Northern Ohio and don't need to lean into sounding more Canadian than my accent already does.

    Also also

    I think I would like it but I would need them to go easy on the cheese and gravy because Cello's poutine from the previous page looks like it would ruin my guts for several days.

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  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    It's actually pronounced "Put it in my mouth".

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I want carne asada fries.

    :(

  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    There's a place down the street that does pretty decent carne asada fries, but I'm seriously considering making my horrible bastardization of poutine today.

  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    Trying to convince myself not to make biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs for lunch

    It would be delicious, but it would probably knock me out for at least an hour and a half and I'm trying to be productive today

  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    edited February 2023
    sarukun wrote: »
    I want carne asada fries.

    :(

    There's a place by me that sells "super fries" which is a big ol' plate of french fries topped with carne asada, sour cream, cheese, guacamole and pico de gallo.

    It's pretty good! It's also like $12 and legitimately 6 pounds of food.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    If I could get a really nice pile of fries I would just go get a bunch of burritos from the local burrito guy and make my own.

    I should learn how to make nice French fries at home but we had a baby 3 weeks ago so basically that won’t be a realistic thing to put in the schedule until the mid 2030s or so.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    To make nice fries really demands a deep fryer which is one of the most inconvenient kitchen tools possible so I'm ok with leaving them the purview of commercial kitchens that will use one all day.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    To make nice fries really demands a deep fryer which is one of the most inconvenient kitchen tools possible so I'm ok with leaving them the purview of commercial kitchens that will use one all day.

    You can deep fry pretty well in an enameled dutch oven, in my experience, although I've never tried fries.

  • TefTef Registered User regular
    My air fryer makes awesome fries

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    tim hortons! blasphemy

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    I'm in Minnesota so it's got tater tots, and cheese but no curds. But it was yummy. And also massive. I can't finish it, send help

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    What, uh...what are the black orbs?

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Jedoc wrote: »
    What, uh...what are the black orbs?

    raisins or peppercorns are my guess

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 2023
    Yeah, peppercorns were my guess too but I ain't 100% on it

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Peppercorns yeah

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    I love raisins and will defend most common and uncommon uses of them no matter how unloved by pop culture but even I can't imagine them working in that context.

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  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    2/10 poutine.
    Gets bonus points for probably being tasty, but still not at all poutine.

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    i almost missed my shot at some fried curds while i was in wisconsin the other week

    fortunately stopped by the bar my uncle manages and my aunt sent us a message saying "are you still there can you order me curds??" mission accomplished

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    Happy Thursday, you poutine-loving bastards

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    Poutine with chili. Chili's nice and hearty and spicy, but it really overpowers the gravy, essentially making inverted chili fries. Which is definitely good, but not what I was after.


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