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On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 05:22, Tom Sulston wrote: > That should be fine. If you're after a recipe that's not roast > potatoes: try poutine. (The real deal is made by cooking your chips > twice in rendered pork fat (but anything high in saturates should do), > mixing in some little bits of cheese, and then covering in a thick > gravy.) > > (I have never made this, but it sounds /amazing/) Hailing from the Land of Poutine [1], I will only add that a) it /is/ amazing, even if it does sound a bit gross and b) technically the cheese goes on after the gravy. I'm told that the best poutine is to be had out in the Eastern Townships but if you're ever in Montreal with a craving the best spots I've found are : * La Banquise (open 24 hrs), on Rachel * Le Pied de Cochon (which makes a poutine w/ fois gras), on Duluth * Chez Claudette (also open 24 hrs; it fell from grace for a few years when the original owner's brother took over and didn't think there was any difference between fresh and frozen fries - he's since seen the error of his ways), on Laurier Cheers, --- [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoutineThere's stuff above here
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