Poutine@Canada (PART 1 OF 3)
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I've discovered
a Canadian dish.
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From: denman@infoseek.jp
To: diane705@yahoo.ca
cc: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Fri., May 30, 2014 1:12 PM
Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Hi Diane,
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Although it's raining (tsk, tsk, tsk ... one of those days!),
the weather man says that we're having a gorgeous weekend.
I really hope so.
The other day, I read a newspaper article about a Canadian dish.
It reads:
The Search for Canada's cuisine
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Canada has long been a meeting place for global cultures and influences.
As such wave of immigration brings new citizens to our shores, so too have new customs and traditions become absorbed into the Canadian way of life.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the kitchen.
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Eric Pateman, executive chef and president of Edible Canada, attributes Canada's unique variety of cultures to our vast concept of "Canadian cuisine."
。。。 At Edible Canada, a soup featuring local carrots and Indian-inspired coconut and cumin can be found on the menu alongside Haida Gwaii Halibut with wild ginger.
But when it comes to the quintessential Canadian dish, Pateman picks an obvious favorite: Poutine.
"I think it's just got so much variety," he says. "Poutine is a dish I could literally take coast to coast and recognizes it so it represented every part of this country."
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SOURCE: Page 7 of "West Ender"
(May 8-14,2014)
Poutine?
I've never heard of the word.
As a matter of fact, I tried to look it up in my dictionary: Webster's New World Dictionary (1979 pocket-size edition).
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I couldn't find it.
So I looked it up in Wikipedia on the Net.
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Poutine is a common Canadian dish, originally from Quebec, made with french fries, topped with a light brown gravy-like sauce and cheese curds.
This fast food dish can now be found across Canada, and is also found in some places in the northern United States, where it is sometimes required to be described due to its exotic nature.
It is sold in small "greasy spoon" type diners (commonly known as cantines or casse-croûtes in Quebec) and pubs, as well as by roadside fry wagons (commonly known as cabanes à patates, literally "potato shacks").
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National and international chains like New York Fries, McDonald's, A&W, KFC, Burger King, and Harvey's also sell mass-market poutine in Canada (although not always country-wide).
SOURCE: "Poutine" from Wikipedia
Ah-hah!
It's originally come from Quebec, eh?
So it's a French word, isn't it?
No wonder I couldn't find it in my English dictionary!
I've been living here in Canada for more than 20 years; however, I've never come across poutine.
How come?
So, Diane, have you ever cooked poutine by yourself?
I suppose you have.
Tell me about a typical Welsh dish!
Anyway, I've just written an article for you.
Please click the following link:
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I hope you'll enjoy it to the hilt and cry for joy! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ...
Your smiling Bohemian, Kato
with a lot of love as always
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