Originally posted by youngmc91 at 3-12-2009 04:26 AM
You know I am from the north east(us), all my life at any dinner you get fries with gravy and cheese.
All the sudden out of god knows where, this poutine comes out.
Now that I think about it, they ...
I wouldn't say out of nowhere...it's apparently been eaten in Quebec since the 1950s. It's been kicking around Ontario for at least 25 years that I can vouch for.
Culinarily it is specifically cheese curds and gravy on fries. In high school I did the fries/cheese/gravy thing but poutine has a definite textural/mouthfeel difference. The reminiscing is coming from hankering for foods that you can't have.
Macaroni is pasta though?
But I see where you are coming from...the one I get the biggest kick out of is Kiwi's (the fruit) and it's renaming.