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poutine

poutine

2 8.1
A dish of fried potatoes topped with small pieces of fresh cheese and brown gravy
  • noun
  • /puːˈtiːn/
  • Canadian
: poutine
  • Drunk and happy and way past my bedtime, I hunted for some poutine, one of Montreal's local delicacies.
  • poutine fries
  • poutine smothered
  • eat poutine

And before the Uber can make a right, I was done eating poutine, fries, cheese curds, gravy.

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Examples

  • Like Buncherol is known for smoked meat poutine, which is fries, gravy and cheese.

  • After a long day of skiing, we warmed up with some hearty poutine at the local chalet.

  • Do you know how much I wish that that poutine I just bought was my lunch?

  • I ate poutine three times on this trip!

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  • Then on Monday nights we go out for poutine.

  • I recommend poutine and Swiss for a LePage burger.

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  • I need some poutine.

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  • Basically, poutine is French fries with chunks of cheese melted by hot brown gravy—deliciously unhealthy.

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  • When visiting Quebec, I made sure to try poutine, a delicious dish of fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.

  • The restaurant is famous for its poutine, which features crispy fries smothered in rich gravy and melted cheese curds.

How Rich

lasagna
  • US
85 1.7
poutine
  • Canadian
2 8.1
sandwich
872 1.0
salad
600 1.0

Surface Forms

poutine singular
poutines plural

Etymology

Poutine comes from Quebec French and likely meant 'a mess' or was linked to the familiar word pudding, so it became a perfect name for the messy dish of fries, cheese curds and brown gravy.