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(Message started by: Drk^Angel on Aug 25^th, 2003, 5:00pm)

Title: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by Drk^Angel on Aug 25^th, 2003, 5:00pm

What the hell is in Poutine Sauce or Hot Chicken Sauce??

I've been curious about poutine since someone mentioned it on the board a while back, so I thought I'd look it up... Y'all like to make it sound so simple... Fried potatoes, cheddar cheese curd, and gravy, but when an uneducated American like me digs deeper, we find it's not so simple...

Every recipe I've found (except a few that is obviously not traditional using such things as BBQ sauce, beef gravy, or spaghetti sauce) lists either poutine sauce or hot chicken sauce as the "gravy" that's used. The funny thing is, it seems y'all think it must grow from trees in a can, or falls from the sky as a dehydrated mix. I was even on a Canadian message board that had a topic about the sauce, and no one on there knew either. Eventually they just listed the ingredients on the can... But no one seems to have a traditional recipe.

I know people say that you can substitute different gravies and sauces for the sauce, but if I'm gonna make it, I want it to be as close to traditional as I can, so that I can make a definative decision on whether it's good or not. So how about it... Any of y'all Canadians have a recipe for poutine sauce or hot chicken sauce? If y'all don't help me, I'll just dump a bunch of cheese sauce, and brown gravy on my fries, and not give a damn how American it is... ;D

PFDAN..................................... Drk^Angel

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by jonny on Aug 25^th, 2003, 5:31pm

Im gettin friggin hungry ;D

......................................jonny

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by OneEyeBlind on Aug 25^th, 2003, 5:39pm

LAMO ... let's go to Canada and find out !!!!!! We might meet some Canadian cluster heads !!!!!!!!

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by Darleen on Aug 25^th, 2003, 5:40pm

Hey Drk,

Give this link a try:
http://www.geocities.com/bozcooks/snacksrec.htm

It's the only I could find with an actual recipe.

Hope this works.

D :)

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by don on Aug 25^th, 2003, 5:50pm

I got some Poutine up in Canada once.

Had to take antibiotics for a week after.

She was cute though.

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by toothpick on Aug 25^th, 2003, 6:01pm

Sorry DRK^ANGEL am Canadian but only tried it once in a resturant in a french canadian town here in B.C. pretty much the way you described it to begin with was good but never had the desire to make it at home.Has its roots in french Canada.

Russ

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by tsayswhy on Aug 25^th, 2003, 11:10pm

i am canadian and i dont even know how to make it i just buy it ;D but i will be sure to get u a recipe when i find it :D tari

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by Drk^Angel on Aug 25^th, 2003, 11:30pm

This (http://www.thumper.net/tlkmag/archive/fun/poutine/) is my favorite site I've found about poutine... But where's Pumba? Hmmmmmm...

PFDAN........................... Drk^Angel

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by Donna on Aug 25^th, 2003, 11:51pm

Uh, don. I think you got the spelling wrong. ::)......but it's the thought that counts.

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by Kirk on Aug 26^th, 2003, 12:06am

Sounds good. I hope it's not as bad as the rest of French cooking .

TTFN

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by brain_cramps on Aug 26^th, 2003, 12:16am

on 08/26/03 at 00:06:30, Kirk wrote:

Sounds good. I hope it's not as bad as the rest of French cooking .

LMAO Kirk --- its actually not bad, but you don't see it too often out west --- lots in Quebec

wait for miCHel and anne to hear about this LOLOL

grant 8)

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by Drk^Angel on Aug 26^th, 2003, 12:19am

I think I finally figured out what my problem is... I was expecting a strickly "traditional" recipe, but it appears different people and different restaurants use different sauces according to taste. After further researching, I found that many places just use a variant of beef or chicken gravy, while others use something called BBQ Chicken Gravy (I haven't figured that stuff out, although it sounds a bit like a cross of BBQ sauce and A1), and most home kitchens just use the sauces and mixes from the store.

Maybe I should just go to Montreal and give one of the more favorably recommended poutines a try, but I'm thinking it will be a Hell of alot cheaper just to make it myself with a good beef gravy... Maybe Au Jus...

PFDAN.......................... Drk^Angel

P.S... Can ya tell I'm bored? ;D

DA

Title: Re: A question for Canadians (Non-CH)
Post by toothpick on Aug 26^th, 2003, 2:10pm

I bet you can get the stuff Don tried in any city and eat all you want without getting full or fat. antibiotics are cheaper than imitrex.

Russ who checks his poutine carefully.