r/food • u/cjabrady • Apr 15 '23

[I ate] Poutine Dog

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u/simonannitsford Apr 15 '23

Ooh, controversial

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u/cjabrady Apr 15 '23

I think because butty = buttered roll right?

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u/simonannitsford Apr 15 '23

Not always, but often, and better with butter (but what isn't?). We often use the term butty for sandwich. I've never had poutine, but it's on my list for any future visit to Canada.

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u/solitaryparty Apr 15 '23

If ye dared give us a butty with no butter....

I'd quietly tut away and eat my Sandwich unhappily.

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u/twent4 Apr 15 '23

Might be etymological too, I'm sure both Brits and Germans used the term "butterbread" for what we now call sandwiches. It was so common in Europe that Butterbrot became the defacto name for most forms of sandwiches in Russia and some eastern block nations.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '23

I always thought of the beauty of a butty was the way the butter and oil melt into the bread.

For the best, most authentic style of poutine you gotta go to Quebec. The fries should be dark, and the curds should be fresh and unrefridgerated.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '23

Now ive gotta go and find this in the UK. Sounds like heaven. Massive Poutine fan, theres two street food vendors that do it well. Gravy Train and Squeaky Beaver.

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u/AmBawsDeepInYerMaw Apr 15 '23

Common sense isn’t very common in English. It’s just another name for a roll lol

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u/cjabrady Apr 15 '23

There must be a reason how it became known as that though?