I was “today” years old when I discovered poutine. I’d had fries with gravy before but poutine is much better! Where has this been all of my life?
Actually a bit of a fusion: birria poutine at the local Biergarten, SO GOOD!
Growing up in New Mexico we have green chile cheese fries instead of poutine. And chile here is not meat and spices, it is a vegetable.
it looks like salsa verde, is it at all similar?
Not at all similar, this is fries, cheese, and chopped New Mexico Green Chile.
yeah I just meant the green chile, how hot is it? they’re not pickled or anything just raw peppers chopped up?
how hot is it?
That varies from farm to farm, and how it is grown. Many sell mild, or hot.
they’re not pickled or anything just raw peppers chopped up?
Typically they are fire roasted when purchased, then peeled at home.
I have never been interested in Poutine but this looks so damn goood, I would dig into that so fast !
That would be amazing I’ll need to try that. I would be tempted to add dollops of sour cream to that too.
See of you can find Crema (Mexican sour cream) - it’s much better than regular sour cream. It’s thinner, a little salty.
Green chili is the best chili
I’ve heard so much about hatch green chilies, but can’t get them here
Not the cheapest route: https://www.hatch-green-chile.com/products/roasted
Maybe you can find Young Guns chile: https://www.yghatchchile.com/
Or Bueno: https://buenofoods.com/store-locator/
Also, keep in mind, not only is Hatch a place, it is also a brand. The brand does not use 100% New Mexico Chile, much less chile grown in Hatch. The Hatch Chile company is a different brand than the one I linked above.
None in my state, but 50 miles, across to the next state
Where has this been all of my life?
Quebec.
Canada, not just Quebec, poutine is everywhere in every city and town.
And that’s the problem :-[
It’s been in Quebec, where it’s made with squeaky cheese. I had some from a roadside poutine stand there one time. The first time I ever had poutine was in Timmins, Ontario, about 40 years ago. Blew my mind it was so good.
It’s literally everything the caveman lizard brain craves in food. Salt, fat, carbs, yummy texture and flavour.
Cheese curds to be more specific and all of Canada, not just Quebec.
Squeaky cheese
This style of cheese originated in the province of Québec in the 1960’s. At the time, local dairy farms had surplus milk, and they needed to use it for something. Cheese-making, it turned out, was the ideal solution.
All cheese is made from curdled milk, and Squeaky Cheese is no different. The main difference between cheese curds and the traditional blocks of cheddar you see in the grocery store is age and whey content.
You guys call it squeaky cheese in your part of Canada?
The standard fare poutine around here is made with curd-like mozzerella I think, its kinda mushy like the fries themselves, its just called “poutine”. I’ve never had poutine with cheese so squeaky like I had that one time in Quebec, it was firm, chewy, and loud. Probably about 15 years ago now. Never had anything like it since.
I live in Saskatchewan, and we are pretty big into poutines here. We even have a guy here that goes to each place and rates their poutines lol.
We ( in my household) love to judge the quality of the cheese used. Curds vs mozza is quite noticeable.
It’s my favourite cheese to just eat chunks of, quite satisfying texture.
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One of us, one of us
Birria poutine
Oh shit that sounds fire as hell.
Mmm, I bet that was delicious!
Its so good. And good for a heart attack!
I have to admit my first choice was the Korma, but this was late on a Sunday and they ran out of rice. They actually offered to serve the Korma over fries, but that’s just wrong
That sounds delicious! Now I need to find an Indian place that also serves fries.
Just make 2 stops…
I’m curious where you live that you have just discovered poutine
Probably somewhere in Canada. It’s rare there, but common elsewhere.
Closer than you’d think. I grew up in upstate New York and have since lived in new England. Quebec is practically next door
Rare in Canada? Quebec is like the home of poutine! You can find it in many restaurants, Costco, A&W come to mind immediately
Did you forget /s
Did everyone forget their sense of humour today?
I mean I know about it but have never had it.
That’s the weird part: New England. So near to Quebec. I’ve met so many visitors from Montreal especially. Ive read so many mentions online.
Heck, my ex-grandmother-in-Law was French Canadian
