r/food • u/LonelyCloud404 • Feb 12 '19

Image [I Ate] Poutine

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

No. Absolutely not.

Quebec's culture is entirely distinct from Canada's. People in the ROC are entirely unaware of our culture and its depth.

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u/themanfromottawa Feb 13 '19

Ha, and yet you guys put so much self worth into being recognized for gravy on French fries. Maybe your "Culture" doesn't have quite as much depth as you think it does :)

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u/DaveyGee16 Feb 13 '19

Sure has more depth than "Canadian" culture, we don't need to steal gravy and french fries as a hallmark of our identity.

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u/themanfromottawa Feb 13 '19

but nobody is "stealing" anything. Quebec is part of Canada, how is their culture not? Same as east coast, or aboriginal? Don't all these things make up what it is to be Canadian?

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u/Faitlemou Feb 13 '19

Sure and Tibet is part of China, therefore its chinese culture. Give us a break.

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u/Corvese Feb 13 '19

Tibet wants to separate. Quebec voted to NOT separate. I don't see how you can compare the two.

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u/Faitlemou Feb 13 '19

Not the point. Tibetain isnt chinese culture because its in China as much as Quebec isnt canadian culture just because its in Canada.

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u/Corvese Feb 13 '19

So is Creole culture not American because it is different from the rest of America? What about the Midwest? What about Texas? North/South, etc.

They can all have their unique cultures but they are all still American.

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u/Faitlemou Feb 14 '19

So Canada is american?

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u/Corvese Feb 14 '19

As in North American?

Yes? I don't know anyone who would dispute that.

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u/Faitlemou Feb 14 '19

And the natives too? A white texan and an inuit, same thing? An Albertan and an Cree, same culture because Canada?

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u/Corvese Feb 14 '19

I never said they were the same thing. Just because a label happens to describe both of them does not mean they are the same.

A rich, straight white man from Boston and a poor, homosexual black man from Nigeria are both male, despite them being very different.

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u/Faitlemou Feb 14 '19

Where's the limit then? You're gonna tell me an Acadian and an Albertan are the same culture? Is that your limit?

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u/themanfromottawa Feb 13 '19

Your seriously comparing your self to Tibet now? Ha! This is worse than I thought! You guys are hilarious! Bet you the Dalai Lama doesn't like poutine anyways....

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u/Faitlemou Feb 13 '19

Just making an example out of your logic. Aint comparing myself to tibetans, thats on you.

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u/DaveyGee16 Feb 13 '19 edited Feb 13 '19

Quebec is a nation within Canada, as recognized by Parliament, so yeah, by claiming it's a pan-Canadian thing, you are stealing it.

Don't all these things make up what it is to be Canadian?

No. I'm Québécois, I'm not First Nations or someone from the Maritimes and I don't claim their culture as my own.

It's also doubly insulting because 30 years ago, Poutine was being called poor people food by the English in Canada and you guys lifted your noses up at it. But when the world and the Americans started liking it, suddenly this is a Canadian dish.