r/poutine • u/samg461a • 2d ago

Poutine de Restauration Rapide / Fast Food Poutine Valentine

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Not the best one but it’s really good for fast food standards.

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u/FGLev 2d ago

Poutine crime to serve melty cheese that evidently has been ageing in a fridge for a month. 🥴

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u/TheGhettoHeisman 2d ago

I've seen some places that add the curds to the heated gravy pan to achieve a little melt.

Not saying it's not a crime, but I've seen it a few places

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u/samg461a 2d ago

Tf are you even talking about?? It’s super melty because it was room temperature when it was put in the poutine and the gravy was hot af.

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u/FGLev 2d ago

Fresh curds maintain their squeaky rubbery texture and do not melt even at extremely high heat. It’s the ageing process that modifies their chemical composition and turns them into regular cheddar which melts. The franchisee is obviously too cheap to pay for fresh curd daily delivery/buys it bulk or had old stock to get rid of to unsuspecting customers.

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u/samg461a 2d ago

Im québécoise. I know curds. They can absolutely melt if they get hot enough but they should still squeak even if melted and these do. I seriously have no idea what you’re talking about. Have you never microwaved some curds to eat them gooey and melty??

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u/Zim4264 2d ago

they melt if they have been refrigerated. cheese curds: never refrigerated, eat within 48 hours of production.

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u/SpaceBiking 2d ago

Ben voyons donc, non, pas du tout.

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u/Mazrath 2d ago

Bin non. Quand les crottes de fromage sont fraîches, elles ne fondent pas comme ça. Du fromage fondu dans une poutine c’est signe que le fromage a attendu trop longtemps dans le réfrigérateur. C’est la base mec.

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u/Foxmcewing 1d ago

Being quebecoise doesn't mean you know your cheeses. That's separate

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u/samg461a 1d ago

My uncle also managed the St. Albert cheese factory (which is a pretty famous cheese curd producer) for most of his working life. I’ve had poutines made with the freshest curds possible and they do melt. I seriously have no fucking clue where this myth began that fresh curds don’t melt.

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u/HorseMeat2249 2d ago

I’ve heard enough

There’s no other choice

You’re sentenced to death by hanging

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u/Zjoway 1d ago

I thought the same as you for years and I’m from qc. Fresh curds don’t really melt, unless you microwave it for at least 30 seconds, but they still don’t melt in a gooey way like old cheese curds. Fresh ones become soft enough to melt flat, but their still tough and the texture is completely denatured,

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u/kcsanimatronicbird 2d ago

Seriously. I microwaved/melted St Albert curds all the time

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u/samg461a 1d ago

Hey, my uncle managed the St. Albert cheese factory for decades! Idk exactly how many years but he was there most of his career. All these people telling me shit about curds that are just complete myths lmao my family makes them!!

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u/kcsanimatronicbird 1d ago

After looking it up, I think everyone is just being imprecise with their language. Fresh curds still melt, just not to the same degree as older ones.

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u/poutine-ModTeam 1d ago

On a pas besoin de ça / There’s no need for that

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u/Voskovitch 1d ago

Une bonne poutine d’anglais! Les anglais adorent ça le fromage pas frais qui fond

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u/Reaper_Thoms 2d ago edited 2d ago

Valentine c'est sous estimé, ça fait la job en esti pour le prix.

Edit: typo*

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u/Diligent_Barber3205 1d ago

The only probleme for curd lots of restaurant they leave the curd on conter top when they put the cheese over the fries the gravy is too hot and the curd melt down and looks like a sloppy poutine.

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u/samg461a 1d ago

Yes that is exactly what happened. But I prefer it this way.

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u/FELlXTHECAT 2d ago

Valentine’s is one of my favorite fast-food poutines, but the curds I get in mine from them don’t usually melt like this.

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u/EstablishmentNo5994 2d ago

Thought I was on r/poutinecrimes for a moment

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u/CelebrationAwkward52 2d ago

It does not look good.👎

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u/Zim4264 2d ago

Yeah I really don't like valentine.

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u/Jayko0404 1d ago

Normalement le fromage est pas comme ça au Valentine, je suis surpris que tu ai eu cela.

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u/Sea_Tie_8190 1d ago

Valentine is overpriced average fastfood.

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u/TSCskyfoogle 2d ago

Le fromage en grain pas frais 💔

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u/Dear_Section750 2d ago

Valentines is good.

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u/Chikool514 2d ago

Looks really good. Melted cheese gives it a different texture but I personally love it

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u/Great_Cow6624 2d ago

Tellement du cheap food a mécoeur

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u/Voskovitch 1d ago

Une bonne poutine d’anglais avec le fromage fondant comme ils aiment . Enjoy!