8 Times America Ruined Poutine For Everyone
Poutine is a magical dish, and it only requires 3 ingredients.
So it's amazing to see how badly Americans can screw up such a simple recipe.
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It's really not that complicated to make, and yet chefs, food bloggers and random restaurants in America keep creating these poutine monstosities.
And they need to be stopped!
1. The Oxtail Grated Cheese Poutine
Location:
- Los Angeles
What Makes It So Horrible:
- This "Oxtail Poutine" has 30 ingredients instead of 3. These include, red wine, carrots, onions, celery root and cream. Plus, the cheese is listed as "Extra sharp Cheddar, grated".
Via Yelp
2. The Greek Poutine
Location:
- San Francisco
What Makes It So Horrible:
- This "Greek style" poutine is topped with Feta, which is literally the cheese that melts in the weirdest way possible. Oh, and forget about about gravy, have some of this mystery pink sauce instead.
3. The Abomination
Location:
- Albuquerque
What Makes It So Horrible:
- Where do I start? First off, they topped this with tomatoes and white sauce, and as if that wasn't bad enough, it has something called "pork green chili gravy", and cilantro crema.
Via aeb
4. The Breakfast Poutine
Location:
- Somewhere sad in America
What Makes It So Horrible:
- The American Egg Board decided to invent this breakfast poutine to encourage Americans to eat more eggs. I assume the plan backfired horribly because this poutine is made up of scrambled eggs, so there no yolk (which is the whole point of a breakfast poutine), pepper cream gravy, and orange cheese cubes. Yum!
5. The Poutine Fondue
Location:
- Portland, and possibly Hell.
What Makes It So Horrible:
- They tried to make it fancier by putting it in that shiny serving dish but it still look more like a gravy fondue than a poutine.
6. The All-American Poutine
Location:
- Wisconsin:
What Makes It So Horrible:
- Just read the description.
7. The WTF!
Location:
- Seattle
What Makes It So Horrible:
- This is what you get in America when you ask for cheese, fries and gravy. Seriously what's with all these white cream based gravies in America?
8. The Cube Poutine
Location:
- Nashua
What Makes It So Horrible:
- Just looks at those cheese cubes in all their geometrical glory.
BONUS: Americans aren't the only ones who ruin poutine, Vancouver is guilty as well.
9. The Canadian Disaster
Location:
- Vancouver Island
What Makes It So Horrible:
- Just look at it. It's an abomination, and it needs to be cleansed with fire.
