Pouring Gravy Over Your French Fries? 🇨🇦 My First Taste of Poutine

After years of talking about it, I'm going to have my first taste of french fries topped in fresh cheese curds and drenched in gravy: poutine. 😲 Big thanks to Elise for making this episode possible. 👏🏼

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[exexalien]

I think it's hilarious that the woman who's made and eaten and eaten a Spam Oreo Burger, an Edible Cranberry Mayonnaise Candle That Lights, and a Tabasco Coke Beer Pie (to name only a few) is only just trying poutine for the first time!

At any rate, glad you enjoyed it!

[staceyfletcher]

As a person who came from an area near St. Albert, Ontario where the St. Albert cheese factory is, I absolutely concur that they are the ones to use. When the St. Albert factory burned down some years ago, restaurants and customers from all around Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec were devastated! However, to everyone's great relief they managed to save their cheese culture, and were able to rebuild and grow larger than ever before. St. Albert curd for the win!

[draig]

“A nice, hearty, stick-to-your-ribs meal”
Usually consumed to absorb the alcohol on your way home from the bar 😂
I don’t like packaged/canned gravies - I find that they all have a chemically taste. Whenever I make gravy, I freeze the leftovers for making poutine on nights when I want comfort food - different gravies give the poutine a different flavour.

[Skibbityboo]

I worked in Ontario for a couple of years, and I cannot express how much I think Poutine is the perfect winter food. It checks every single box of comfort I can think of! I am a big fan of sticking the whole batch under the broiler for a couple minutes to finish them off, and to brown up the curds.

Cheers!!!

[rebeccastratton]

I watch your face when.you taste test. Your eyes and smile say everything first. I lost my senses of smell and taste 20+ years ago in an accident so textures and colors and how things feel in your mouth are super important to me. Thanks Emmy, you helped enjoy food!

[kitten]

That was so nice of Elise to send you the ingredients. Some people are just wonderful, aren't they? Thank you, Elise.

[lizzyL]

I literally had a pulled pork poutine for lunch at work today! . In Canada you can find poutine everywhere including McDonald's!

[etiennesimard]

I appreciate that you acknowledged the true origin of the dish. Just as deep dish pizza is not from any place in the US, poutine is a dish from Quebec that has spread across the rest of Canada. And truthfully, it’s never has good as what you can get in Quebec. A great vid as usual!

[chipskylark]

That “burn your mouth” sound when you eat a fry right out the grease is so relatable 😂😂😂😂

[jessicaburkholder]

I love it when American's eat poutine for the first time!! Their minds are almost instantly blown by the simplicity but exquisite taste that comes from eating poutine! Thank you for trying it!!

[mymee]

The best poutine i've ever had was in La Malbaie in Québec, the cheese curds they used were fresh, still warm from the local cheese factory near by.

[SoftKitty]

I feel like homemade poutine is never as good as a fresh casse-croûte (snack shack) poutine.. Emmy, you have to visit Québec now!

[jenmaclean]

Awww as Canadian I'm saddened. I promise when you have an authentic poutine that has a nice cheese pull and squeak, a nice homemade thick flavorful gravy and homemade fries it's a complete game changer 💕💕💕

[BandlerChing]

You can make poutine gourmet, and it’s so fun to try all the different offerings.

But the way most of us Canadians have enjoyed poutine is with frozen fries and canned/packaged gravy mix. This is comfort food, it’s meant to be easy and bad for you 😍

[mynameis]

They also make a club house less sodium version that helps with the saltiness. Also don’t need to salt the fries. Here poutine also becomes a base for other things, like pulled pork poutine. Not originally authentic but a way to mix it up. Canada Represent! 🇨🇦

[mitchellhedden]

Cheese curds are great. I live in Ontario, Canada and they’re in every grocery store. They make a good snack when cold, also.

[mbwxo]

as a canadian, its always so surprising when someone has never tried poutine. its so common in canada, and not even just in quebec. in saskatchewan, poutine is on most every menu in every restaurant!!

[veebie]

Double frying frozen fries makes them taste almost the same as homemade ones if you ever want to try
The outer layer become more crisp and kinda detach from the starchy middle and prevents the fries to get all soggy when adding the sauce
I worked at a poutine snack as a summer job and that's how we did it to save time but keep the customers happy 😉

[driverjayne]

Cheese curds start aging into cheddar pretty quickly, which is why the emphasis is so often on FRESH in places that sell them, you lose that super mild milky flavor pretty quickly. But they're still good even when you can't get them super fresh

[smileysabi]

The best way to eat poutine would be in a bowl rather than on a plate to experience the ultimate way to eat it. You can layer easier fries, gravy and cheese curds so you can have a little bit of everything along the way. Most importantly, you will experience the different texture of the cheese and of the fries. The cheese at the bottom will be meltier and stretchier and the ones at the top squeaky. The fries at the bottom will have absorbed more sauce whereas the ones sticking out at the top will retain its crispiness. St-Hubert is a nostalgic and heartwarming casual food restaurant where its original bbq sauce trumps all of its other sauce (poutine, hot chicken, etc). It has a distinct sweet and tangy flavour that pairs wonderfully with fries and roasted chicken. Cheers Emmy and thank you for your wonderful videos!