Gravy made from a roux and real beef or chicken stock is ideal for poutine, but when time is of the essence, or you just don’t have the ingredients handy, it’s nice to know you have a can or packet of gravy mix in the cupboard.
Guess What We Made For Dinner
November 1st, 2009 · 7 Comments
Look at that orange cheese! We had never seen cheese curds at Trader Joe’s before. And when I tossed them into the shopping cart, it made a certain Portland Boy very happy. We already had a seemingly bottomless supply of poutine gravy packets at home. We have used them for other dishes and they are actually quite tasty. And for the potatoes, we used a Cook’s Illustrated (subscription required) recipe for “lighter” oven fries. But be ye not mislead. There was nothing light about any of this. It is unbelievably not light at all.
Homemade Grey Cup Party Poutine
October 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The 2009 Grey Cup is just around the corner – Sunday, November 29th. The Grey Cup, for the non-Canadaphiles, is the Super Bowl of the Canadian Football League.
And could there be a better accompaniment to a Grey Cup party than poutine and beer?
Last year Andy and Québécoise Lynda invited us to their Grey Cup party. The game was held in Montreal, and the hometown team, the Allouettes, made it to the final. We would celebrate Canada-style: with Canadian beer and homemade poutine.
