poutine

puːˈtiːn

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#1·5h ago

A dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada.

Jean made an eight-hour trip across the border into Quebec just to satisfy his craving for poutine.

Origin: [[File:La Banquise Poutine.jpg|thumb|A dish of classic poutine ().]] Borrowed from ; further etymology , possibly either: * a variant of , borrowed from (possibly ultimately from ); or * from a dialectal French word influenced by or , though this word has not been identified. The Canadian French word is generally thought to have been (1918–2004) as a name for the dish which is said to have been first served at his restaurant Lutin Qui Rit in Warwick, Quebec, in 1957. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.

In Italian poutine, gravy is replaced with spaghetti sauce.

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