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This is what passes for poutine in America (as seen in the SanFrancisco airport).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This ain't "American poutine" by a mile. This is "airport poutine" lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A local Fish store in Seattle sells Westside Poutine: It's fries topped with Salmon Chowder and deep fried cheese curds. I quite like it, but it obviously doesn't taste like poutine :)

PS: Take my pity point upvote, OP ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That looks divine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As a frequent flyer of SFO, congrats, you managed to find one of the worst restaurants in SFO. The food options here is actually pretty great for an airport, but unfortunately still can’t escape some shitty airport restaurants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn’t pass for poutine here. Don’t generalize.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'll generalize you poutine imposters all I want!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not to victim blame, but you ordered the national dish of Canada, that has famously never been made well south of Wisconsin, in CALIFORNIA! In an AIRPORT! What did you expect?

I guess I do mean to victim blame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would honestly want to try poutine, but not being near canada makes getting good stuff... well, impossible. If anyone has a recipe for authentic poutine, I would love to give it a try. Looking recipes up online is a hit or miss scenario since I have no real way of knowing if something is real or a not-very-good take on something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone from Canada will have their favourite recipes, but here is a good looking one that is a good base- simple ingredients, an explanation for cheese curd substitutes if you can't find them in the cheese section at the grocery store, and some good footnotes and tips- no backstory to read through, either.

Once you try the basic recipe, you could try different spices, toppings, combinations etc.

https://www.seasonsandsuppers.ca/authentic-canadian-poutine-recipe/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't get to stressed out about ingredients, as most are pretty common. You'll want fries, brown gravy, and cheese curds. We made poutine at home for Canada Day and added green onions, sauteed mushrooms, and bacon, too. I'm lazy and grabbed frozen fries and packets of gravy mix, and it turned out delicious. The hardest ingredient to find is typically the cheese curds, but a lot of grocery stores will carry those over in the deli/fancy cheese area, so check there. In a pinch, I'll cut mozzarella string cheeses into chunks, as that's close-ish. Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My first guess was crappy airport green chile cheese fries (which nobody outside of Colorado or New Mexico seems capable of doing right either), but this is an abomination no matter what they slap on it. That "gravy" looks like dumpster drippings poured over fries, I'm glad you survived that nightmare dish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

UK person here. Leaving the decorations aside, is that the usual size for a portion of fries? It's pretty much double what we'd get here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where’s the brown sauce? WHERE ARE THE CHEESE CURDS? Tabarnac.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Where is literally anything that makes poutine a poutine?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes!! This looks less like poutine and more like someone clearing out leftovers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This 100% should make anyone furious.