BS: montreal poutine new yorker

Subject: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: john f weldon
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 09:09 PM

Montrealers... ...Bankley, Peace, Beer, Bobad, etc... ...might enjoy the article in the New Yorker Food Issue by Calvin Trillin on Poutine. Turns out my friend Lily Lanken was roped into the "poutine" search... ...with no idea why she was eating at 16 different poutine places in 4 evenings.

The article also mentions Wilensky's and the Halifax Bud the Spud chip wagon.

Yay! Recognition for this fine cuisine!

I think we love this stuff cuz we have such a great Health Care system. We figure it will save us, no matter what we do. Hope so, anyway!

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Beer
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 09:43 PM

The best Poutine's are made with P.E.I. Spuds. Just ask Stompin Tom.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bobad
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 10:29 PM

I hope Lily was in good health before being put through that ordeal.

Poutine, aka "bypass on a plate", is probably one of the unhealthiest concoctions going, well deserving of it's reputation as an agent of early death rivaled only by Cosmos' 2000+ calorie mish-mash.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Beer
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 11:02 PM

I like a taste once in a while. Good shit. but have to agree with you bobad.
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Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 11:33 PM

If you don't subscribe online, you might really enjoy this audiofile with the wonderful Calvin Trillin. I wish Rick Was around still......He loved Calvin Trillin! This is a cool interview....

Audiofile located here



Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bankley
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 06:18 AM

I used to live around the corner from Wilensky's.. it was a time warp, so much so that a few scenes from 'The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravtiz' were filmed there. They didn't have to change the decor much.
I rememeber once asking for a menu at lunchtime, Moe gave me a dirty look and handed me a 'special'.. 'Nina's' across the street had great blintzes... That's long before that area became trendified.. rent was cheap, so were bagels...and poutine was something that stayed mostly east of the Main... along with 'Pepsi and May West'

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bobad
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 07:20 AM

Wilenski's, where else would you see a sign that says "If you don't want mustard, it's 10 cents extra."

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 07:34 AM

Several friends lived the duplex on Clark right next to Wilenskys, for decades, up to just a few years ago. But they were all healthy types who would only eat a "special" on a dare.

My daughter dragged me to Cosmos 2 years ago for a birthday lunch. She eats this stuff & still looks like a model. But for me that one lunch was a lifetime supply, a permanent addition to the spare tire.

Subject: RE: BS: Montreal poutine new yorker
From: Beer
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 08:24 AM

There is still no better place for a Hot Dog than east of the main(In Montreal that is.).
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Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 08:37 AM

Cholesterol Song

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 08:45 AM

there was a poolroom on the Main near St Cath.. down the street from the Rodeo which became the Lodeo cuz it was near Chinatown..
not sure if it was 'Silver Amusements'.. but the steamies were cheap and good...fit the budget of a hungry guitar picker... the back pool hall was dark, smokey and had spitoons... I heard that whole area is being turned into an 'entertainment district', I don't know why.. I found it highly entertaining the way it was...

here's a dime, hold the mustard...

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 09:24 AM

Silver amusements, filled with pinball machines and a few pool tables gave you four or five fat french fries on top of your hot dog, all for 15 cents. Looong ago.

It's not unusual for an investigative reporter to come to a bad end on the job, but I sure hope Calvin Trillin survives the 16-20 servings of poutine.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bobad
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 11:33 AM

There is a pretty good documentary movie about Cosmos and it's owner Tony Koulakis, called "Man Of Grease."

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bankley
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 12:38 PM

I used to like eating there, if you could get a seat... but I was younger... now I'd need to take a hit of Draino after...
There was a joint like that in Toronto on Queen St called 'The Stem', with a beat-up neon sign outside..
It's closed now....

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Charmion
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 01:58 PM

Poutine is one "folkloric" dish that I have yet to try, and probably never will because it doesn't contain garlic. I will eat just about anything with garlic in it, but a mess of fat and carbs like that just ain't worth the inevitable gastric misery unless it contains a fair whack of the magic bulb.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Folkiedave
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 02:24 PM

Speaking as a UK resident who visited Canada once we had it twice, the second time to see if they had done it right.

But talking of funny food - we were given "scrapple" in Pennsylvania. I understand they make it by taking the scrapings off the abbatoit floor and pressing it all together. Typing scrapple into the internet gives you "pork mush". Yep.

Sorry for the thread drift.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 02:54 PM

A martini was once gin & vermouth with an olive. Now gin OR vodka and anything else can be called a martini of sorts. Even just a glass of gin.

Similarly, the concept of poutine has expanded. Fries, some sort of cheese, & anything (including garlicI suppose) will be termed some-sort-of-poutine.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bobad
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:10 PM

An upscale version, poutine au foie gras, can be had at Au Pied de Cochon for $23.00.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:19 PM

holy crap, and you can wash it down with 'pig foot' beer....

how about just a pickled egg and a quart of Dow ?..
I'm already stocked up on bobad's wonderful garlic

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Beer
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:22 PM

Thanks to bobad's wonderful garlic I have planted close to a hundred cloves this fall and gave a good 20/30 bulbs away. Can hardly wait for next spring to make scape soup.
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Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bobad
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:26 PM

a pickled egg and a quart of Dow
a jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bobad
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:43 PM

We all have this guy The Fish Lake Garlic Man to be grateful to. He got me started on growing garlic by supplying the seed stock which he developed over many years of patient devotion to developing and improving a strain that is suited to growing in our region. We are enjoying the fruit of his labour.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: open mike
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:46 PM

what is in this magic dish?

i love this term: "a fair whack of the magic bulb"

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:51 PM

Appropriate song?

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: gnu
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 04:28 PM

Every Tuesday, I order several REAL poutine at Chubby's for a Friday pickup. They get them from *******.... lots of juice... hot... no fat in the diced ham in the middle. Mum and Aunt Vi love them.

As for that Montréal crap with the deep fried spuds and cheese... yech!

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Beer
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 04:50 PM

Careful Gnu when you put Montreal Poutine down. Your walking on thin ice.
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Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: gnu
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 04:47 AM

Yes... you are right, Beer. My very bad.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 06:22 AM

What was the name of that place you order the poutine from, gnu?

CHUBBY'S ☺

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Ed T
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 08:49 AM

I have been told this place, the Great Canadian Pub, has the best poutine in Paris...take that gourment buffs;)
http://www.tgcparis.com/en/index.html

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bankley
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 08:49 AM

Hey John.... if you grew the magic bulb over in Caledonia,
would it be Gaelic garlic ?

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 08:53 AM

Nope it would be Gallic Gaelic Garlic, or McAlium

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: bankley
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 12:15 PM

if the pipes don't get em', the breath will..

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: john f weldon
Date: 21 Nov 09 - 12:18 PM

I'm still reeling from the mention of $23 poutine. It was created to be cheap filling crap, perfect for heading out on the ski trails. Or just thinking about the days when you headed out on the ski trails.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: curmudgeon
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 10:18 AM

Enough commentary, how about some recipes. French fries, cheese curds and gravy? What cut of fries, curds only, what flavor gravy, variants?

Thanks - Tom

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Will Fly
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 10:28 AM

Wow - poutine sounds pretty fierce. I suppose the nearest UK equivalent would be "cheesy chips" - fries with cheese (usually Cheddar) grated over them. Cheap, hot, tasty... mmm... thinks ...

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Ed T
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 10:38 AM

Newfie Fries which is fries and gravy and dressing (turkey stuffing).
And, "mumble jumble"is fries, cheese, ground beef, stove top dressing and gravy.

In western PEI, "Fries with the works" is fries with hamberger, peas, and Gravy on top....kind of like a hot hamberger without the bread

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Tinker
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 03:06 PM

And if you visit a dinner in New Jersey the name on the menu for this delicacy of fries, cheese and gravy will be "Disco Fries" ......

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: gnu
Date: 23 Nov 09 - 06:20 AM

Ed... kind of like a hot hamberger without the bread

There ya go. Healthy stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Mrrzy
Date: 23 Nov 09 - 10:46 AM

Thanks for the link, I loved poutine!

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 23 Nov 09 - 04:47 PM

Only ever eaten poutine once and that was with Beer. After a long drive down from Ottawa it was a very welcome filler. Not recommended as a daily diet but very yummy!

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: C. Ham
Date: 24 Nov 09 - 02:52 PM

Bowser & Blue have a great song called "The Night They Invented Poutine." Despite having grown up in Montreal, and getting back there monthly for almost 30 years, I have yet to bring myself to put poutine in my mouth. I don;t think I ever will.

Bankley, Pepsi and May West was a popular combo all over Montreal in the 1960's when I was a kid, not just east of the Main. I grew up in Ville St. Laurent and a Pepsi and May West was standard fare from the corner store at the 118 bus stop. BTW, it was Pepsi, not Coke, because they were the same price but the Pepsi bottle was bigger in the 1960's.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 24 Nov 09 - 03:06 PM

okay then... there was Joe Louis too, but I never got into that stuff much...

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: C. Ham
Date: 24 Nov 09 - 03:19 PM

A Joe Louis was not as good as a May West. I still eat a May West now and then, haven't had a Joe Louis in decades.

Subject: RE: BS: montreal poutine new yorker
From: GUEST,marks(on the road)
Date: 24 Nov 09 - 10:09 PM

Isn't the best way to enjoy poutine is with a large side order of Montreal smoked meat? The fattier the better!