I did not need to see this.

scatmaster

On the side of my food diary was this picture.

http://i.imgur.com/phGd3.jpg


For those of you do do not know this is a french Canadian dish called poutine.
It consists of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds. Heart attack on a plate.
I really did not need to see it.

cookiejones

oooh so very cruel!!!!

HelenTheKitchen

That sounds gross, but something tells me it's probably not.

McKayMachina

Adblock is your friend. XD

magenta4c

and sooooo yummy!!!!

scatmaster

Not gross at all that is one of the things that got me into this mess. It is delicious. GRRRR.

SarahR1984

that does not even look appetizing! I hate the taco bell ads it's my fav!

mom2claudia

Ohhh.... I had poutine once, but I was 140 pounds at the time (so almost 50 pounds lighter) and in high school. Poutine would stick right to my thighs if I dared try it now. I'm not thinking low-fat poutine would taste very good. Or would it....????

ETA: Poutine is actually really, really good. It's one of those "It's only gross until you try it" things. But since we're on a weightloss board, I'll tell y'all it's gross. Don't try it. Don't even look at the pictures of it.

scatmaster

mom2claudia: Don't give me any ideas.

mom2claudia

Well, there are far worse things you can eat than baked french fries, low-fat gravy and low-fat cheese.... (I'd say fat-free cheese but that is, indeed, gross.)

lisapickering

Ohhh.... Poutine is one of my favourite foods!!! That's just evil showing up next to your food diary!

merimeaux

Ah, poutine. I knew that my subscription to the so-called "Cooking Light" magazine wasn't for me when they ran a feature story on a restaurant in Canada whose star dish was poutine. What's light about poutine?!

Speaking of Taco Bell and poutine, did you know that in Canada, they have Taco Fries in addition to (or maybe instead of) nachos? When I visited my friend in Nova Scotia she was amazed that we didn't have Taco Fries in Indiana. We were aghast. haha.

KidP

It's killer tasty. Note the use of the word killer, though.

I recall seeing the following version of poutine while being on tour of Eastern Canada: truck stop near the Quebec/New Brunswick border. A very large trucker comes in & orders what roughly translates to "the kitchen sink" poutine. It had everything in it - pepperoni, chicken, baloney, ground beef, corn, etc. It looked terrifying but he really enjoyed it.

sbwood888

cheese curds? Is that the same thing as cottage cheese? If so, I cannot imagine eating that with gravy and fries. I love to hear about regional dishes. Where are you? I wonder what you would think about some of the things we eat here in the southern USA! :laugh:

Grokette

Well, there are far worse things you can eat than baked french fries, low-fat gravy and low-fat cheese.... (I'd say fat-free cheese but that is, indeed, gross.)

I am glad I am not a potato person..............it sounds gross to me indeed. And the low fat stuff is definitely G-R-O-S-S. I do not eat anything low fat or no fat unless it is a fruit or vegetable.

kimcat73

I hear ya, yesterday I saw the ad for the Milky Way caramel bar ... they are killing me!

Kiwijay

We must have different ads in NZ coz all I have is ads for rental car companies, triathlons to enter and stuff like that. I did see an ad yesterday for 'Jacks' and I don''t know what it is so wasn't tempted by the burger I saw....phew!

ChantalD75

I don't want to see it.... I LOOOOOOOOOVE POUTINE!!! FRENCH CANADIAN HERE!!!!!!

scatmaster

well sbwood. I am from your neighbour to the north.
I do know a fair amount about southern cooking however and will be travelling south next week.
Cheese curds are not cottage cheese and they are delicious. It might sound gross but it is not.

From wiki

Cheese curds in cuisine, or cooking, are the solid parts of soured milk either eaten alone or used in various regional dishes, mostly in Canada, the northeastern and midwestern United States.Cheese curds are little known in locations without cheese factories, because they should ideally be eaten within hours of manufacture. Their flavor is mild, with about the same firmness as cheese, but with a springy or rubbery texture. Fresh curds squeak against the teeth when bitten into, a defining characteristic, due to air trapped inside their porous bodies. They are sometimes referred to as "squeaky cheese". They are sometimes somewhat salty. The American variety is usually yellow or orange, like most American Cheddar cheese, but don't require the artificial coloring. Normal varieties, as in Quebec or New York State, will be naturally un-colored.

mikeyml

I haven't seen that ad yet lol. My ads today are for L.A. Weight Loss and Kellogg's Fiber Plus.

But I love some poutine. This restaurant up the street from me makes the best I've ever had. Duck fat french fries with duck gravy, duck confit, and gruyere cheese. I used to order it all the time when I sat in the bar and drank their awesome beers...hence why I'm 65 pounds overweight lol

scatmaster

Bonjour Chantal:

Sava?
Excuse moi mais mon francais et tres pauvre.

sweettoughness

I have been craving poutine for about a week now....that is just cruel. Keep up the good work though!

keithkcreal1

We all sound like fatties. Keep up the good work and ignore the food ads. Stick to your calories per day. Also, avoid the poutine, or anything else that causes an instant heart attack.

lovetowrite73

I'm still dying to try poutine. One day I'll get to Canada to do so. Until then, I will enjoy the occasional plate of Jersey fries (fries with gravy and mozzarella cheese).

youngtweezy

That looks and sounds terrible. :P

wolfchild59

The ads that come up on here are based on personal browser history. I get very, very different ads depending on if I'm on my phone, my work computer or my home laptop. I get different ads almost every time I navigate to a new page via my phone because I do about 90% of my "computing" on it so it has the most varied searches. Stuff I see on food shows, stuff I read about here, maps, general info, etc.

The ads on my work computer only rotate around three or four different ads total. I don't do hardly any general searches on my work computer so mostly the ads seem to be directly related to the site itself. I get the foods you should never eat ad with the giant banana, the slim down one with the animated line drawing of a woman, and a couple of others that are more pictorial and I never pay attention to.

My home laptop gives me mostly the same ads I see at work along with the occasional coupon ad for things like Cream of Wheat, Kellogg's Fiber Plus and VitaTops. And then the occasional weight loss patch ad or additional health/weight stuff since I did most of my searching for how to break plateaus and different exercise info on that computer.

bluespring

It's deeee-lishhhh!
Too bad I won't be eating it any more....but ...my, my...it's unbelievable.
:bigsmile:

abyssfully

J'adore la poutine!

littlemissanguissette

I keep getting darn Taco Bell ads...I love mexican food, it drives me nuts..makes me so hungry!

I've heard of that dish before, and it sounds yummy. It doesn't look yummy, but I'm up for anything with french fries! Yummmyy.

Great. Hungry again! ha