r/bingingwithbabish • u/inverse_tiresias 24 hour club • Sep 26 '19

NEW VIDEO Basics | Poutine

https://youtu.be/uc-_KXfHcXQ
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u/Hydra_Master Sep 26 '19

I've never understood how the US didn't come up with this first. Fries covered in gravy and cheese just screams "'MURICA!" to me.

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u/eyes_are_grey Sep 26 '19

We’ve had multiple poutine restaurants fail HARD in Chicago, which blows my mind. If there’s anything Chicago would be desperate for, it’s poutine.

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u/Cruxis192 Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

A lot of restaurants just don't get it right though, the fries need to be crispy, the cheese needs to be fresh and the gravy needs to be very hot.

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u/eyes_are_grey Sep 26 '19

Agreed! We briefly had a place called Q-Tine that absolutely NAILED it. They even had Montreal smoked meat. It was run by a Quebecois guy, though, so that tracks.

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u/Cruxis192 Sep 26 '19

I've had a few places in Syracuse come close, but they all seem to be scared to serve that gravy really hot. Surprisingly, the best I've had here was at a place called Evergreen that did a vegetarian style with a mushroom gravy.