/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>7001680
No. Homemade mozzarella is probably the closest thing.

>>7001683
^This

>>7001683
Never made cheese, before. Not sure if I'm up to the task. How messy/difficult/expensive is it?

>>7001683
you don't need to do homemade god damn mozzarella, just find buffalo mozzarella at a god damn store.

>>7001680
Feta fries are fucking awesome.
A poutine just isn't right without melty cheese on it. Feta doesn't melt.

>>7001703
Damn. Well what other cheese are similar to the cheese curds? I've heard that apparently the cheese needs to "squeak" or something. Feta and mozzarella are the only cheeses I know of that squeak

>>7001713
If you need curds that much, just tear some mozza into chunks.

>>7001683
You'd need curds to make mozzarella

If you dont have access to curds strain some large curd cottage cheese OP

>>7001727
Could I just dump cottage cheese on the fries? like no straining or anything? Sounds just as good tbh


Basically I just want to see if poutine is good enough for me to learn how to make my own cheese curds to make it really good from now on

>>7001746
I don't see why not, the liquid from the cottage cheese mixed with the gravy sounds like it would taste pretty good

>>7001754

That sounds disgusting. Mozzarella sounds like a much better choice. But how can you not find cheese curds?

>>7001761
Idk ask OP

>>7001761
Idk fam my local grocer in flyover land just doesn't have any. I don't live too far away from the Amish though so I might stop and try to buy some off them. But that's like a 30-45 minute drive so that isn't preferable either.

The only stable supply of cheese curds nearby that I can think of are the deep fried ones at Culver's, kek

>>7001680
>I want to try poutine, it looks pretty good tbh.
If you are in any way a foodie, you will be disappointed by "real poutine" because the gravy is sub-par jarred CRAP.

To approximate the cheese (which I've seen at publix recently, so ask your store manager if he can get it for you), I'd go for a "fresh cheese" such as you'd get in that hispanic section. There are two kinds of queso blanco or fresca, one is indeed crumby like feta, and that's the flavor of curds, that crumbly one. The other more firm queso is also fresh and more like a combination of jack and mozzarella. If you can buy really fresh mozzarella in liquid (or make your own!), you should try that as best choice. The curds should "squeak" next to your teeth.

A&W and a couple other chains sell deep fried cheddar curds, so maybe you'll get to try the real thing that way and use your own foodie senses for approximating it yourself. Mozz and fresco cheeses are not _cheddar_, and new cheddar is kind of colby-ish and rich in creamy dairy flavor.

Hope that helps!

You can grate some mozarella ans ad some medium cheddar and pour it on top. Some pizzeria do it like that in quebec.

>>7001786
>foodie

>>7001798
This is true but these pizzerias should be fire bombed by the FLQ

Poutine is a gay meme food.

Bacon cheese fries > poutine

Seriously get fries and melt your favorite cheese and ass bacon. Dip the gooieness into your fav sauces. Fuck this poutine bullshit once and for all.

Tfw i ended poutine meme. Checkmate maplefucks, checkmate.

>>7001910
Ass= add

Dont add ass bacon

>>7001910

You can keep your ass bacon, burger.

>>7001913
Sorry, i dont have fat fingers. Its just hard to type on an iphone while fingering your mothers canadian pussy you piece of ayyy shit

>>7001910
sorry bud, poutine isn't meme food. why are you even commenting on things you've never tried?

>>7001680
wut
Where are you that you can't get fresh curds?

None of you fucking faggots have access to cheese curds? Let me laugh at you.

And no, mozzarella, or fucking feta will not work you retards.

>>7001695
This

It's either called fresh or buffalo mozzarella. It'll come in a bag of water. Chop it up into small cubes and sprinkle into the gravy fries while mixing gently.

>>7001958

> thinking the result will taste anything like real poutine.
Please OP, get in your stupid fucking car and drive the 8 hours to Montreal.

Make a weekend of it, bring a friend, get a shitty hotel downtown, go bar hopping, hit the strip clubs and touch some boobies and then cap your night off with this a greasy mess of poutine.

The US dollar is worth so much compared to our maple syrup bucks this trip should cost you next to nothing.

>>7001713
You can use halloum, the type of cheese you can bbq

>>7001994
meaning the type of cheese that doesn't melt

jesus christ, who are you fucking people?

>>7001798
Grated cheese on poutine is never fucking acceptable. It disappears by dissolving entirely in the gravy and it's just shitty
>>7001901
Mon négro. Quelle pataterie fait la meilleure poutine a montréal?

Do they make this with pepper gravy?

Because that sounds wonderful.

>>7001999
Authentic curds don't melt you fucking dumb waste of life, they do get softer and stretchier but essentially you dont want them to completely disintegrate. Halloum does just that.

>>7002018
please, just stop talking.

>>7002002
AA
3700 Rue Notre-Dame O

>>7001910
Butthurt Americuck mad that Canadians invented a food that's fatter than burgers

>>7002035

>Canadians have poutine franchise called NYFries
>Literally not a single franchise in the USA
>NYFries
>Not in the USA

Hmm, something isn't adding up about Canada at all.

>>7002039
NY Fries is not a poutine franchise, it's been around since the mid 80's and served french fries and hotdogs.

Two faggots from Ontario had good fries in Jew York and emulated what they had back in Canada.

Canada being essentially a giant fly over state has shit tier taste and were blown away by thicker cut fries and "Cajun" seasoning salt, a franchise was born.

They didn't start serving poutine until the mid 2000's and any self respecting Canadian will tell you it is garbage.

Adds up perfectly if you aren't an absolute dullard.

>>7002055
Also to add to this.

Americans seem to have the notion that in Canada poutine is some sort of national dish. This is simply not the case. You are hard pressed to get what I would describe as an authentic or even good poutine outside of Quebec. Fuck, even in Quebec a lot of it is garbage. There are a bunch of terrible chains like Smoke's that have propagated all across Canada and a lot of places will have poutine on the menu, but i hate to break it to you but a chicken jalapeno bacon poutine is not fucking poutine, it's just a bunch of shit on a plate with fries and cheese.So you get these idiots on the west coast crossing the border from the US into Vancouver trying this and thinking it is some how "authentic" or even good.

It's all hype. Poutine is nothing magical, it's a great snack food after a night of boozing as described here >>7001978

That's not to say that a good poutine isn't a bloody work of art that can't be enjoyed while sober. Proper curds, a good "brown sauce" and a robust french fry that can maintain a crispy exterior whilst drowning in a sea of gravy is absolutely divine.

>>7002055
>>7002094

>to add to this

Why is it called NyFries without a single franchise in the USA?

NY should sue for defamation of character and abuse of trademarked names.

>>7001786
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>>7002094
I'm skeptical of your assessment. I drove from Detroit to Toronto a couple months ago, and there were poutine restaurants in the rest areas, like different poutines were their main thing. They were also served by tons of places within Toronto, both chains and individual restaurants. I didn't order any, and don't know how it compares to Quebec's, but your post sounds like a pizza snob's who swears you can't get good pizza outside of Trenton or wherever it is you grew up eating pizza, or the folks who say Wendy's burgers are so much better than Burger King's or McDonald's, when they're pretty equivalent variations of the same thing.

>>7002104

> Two faggots from Ontario had good fries in Jew York and emulated what they had back in Canada.

I don't think i can explain why it's called NyFries any clearer than that you raging autist.

I agree though, the franchise besmirches New York and that would matter if anyone outside of Canada even knew what the fuck NY Fries even was.

>>7001978
Driving 8 hours for a shitty version of cheese fries.

And you canucks call us americans fat.

>>7002134

> there were poutine restaurants in the rest areas, like different poutines were their main thing. They were also served by tons of places within Toronto, both chains and individual restaurants.

That is exactly what I described in my post and is the exact misconception people seem to have about it all, including Canadians.

I can see however how my post would come off as your pizza guy analogy. But then again,

> I didn't order any, and don't know how it compares to Quebec's

zerocredibility/10

>>7001978

>drive 8 hours
>being so poor that driving is a more plausible option than flying

TOPMOTHERFUCKINGKEK

>>7002154

>raging autist

Nice maymay bruh

>>7002134
Dont want to be that guy but mcdonalds, wendys, and bk all have different tasting burger meat. There is a difference you can taste.

How to make easy cheese curds.

Ingredients
1 Pint Skim Milk
1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
1/8 Cup Lemon Juice
salt

Step 1: Combine milk and cream. Heat in saucepan over medium heat until it nearing boil. 190°
Step 2: Curdling: remove from heat and cool for 2 minutes or so. Add lemon juice. Gently stir.
Step 3. Cool mixture to room temp (1 hour or so). put cheesecloth in a metal sieve. Poor milk mixture through cheesecloth. Let drain. add salt. Form cheesecloth with mixture into a ball. Gently squeeze out excess moisture.
Step 4. Put cheesecloth ball between two plates. Put something heavy on upper plate. Refrigerate. occasionally dump extra liquid (3-5 hours)
Step 5. Cut or break curd into smaller pieces. Enjoy

Now this is closer to Paneer cheese or Queso Fresco than true cheese curds (you need Rennet and Calcium Chloride to make that)

>>7002194
>>7002197
See, when you have friends a road trip is fun.

>>7002204

>road trip for fries

Protip: discofries have been around a lot longer than poutine.

Why does Canada steal everything from America?

>>7001695
I am a chef and buffalo mozz is nothing like cheese curds

just order cheese curds online and make some good gravy

OR you could look at them menus of restaurants in your area- many serve poutine it's somewhat common

>>7002206

> Thinking the sole purpose of this theoretical road trip is about the acquisition of fries and not the bonding, fun and adventure of going somewhere new with a friend.

confirmed fat friendless spastic

Also disco fries are made with cheddar cheese ya dingus.

>>7002210
>order cheese curds online
seems like these would be stale as fuck

>>7002215

>wanting to be trapped in a car for 8hrs with other men, just to get fried potatoes

Hmm..

>>7002190
It's more about the overall experience you autistic fucker.

Any good poutine in upstate VT?

>>7001916

> don't have fat fingers
> can't type

Are you mentally challenged?

>>7001680
Do you live in new york? There are plenty of places serving poutine in New York.

Google will give u results, but I know brickyard gastropub on 54th and 9th definitley serves it.

>>7002215
Has never actually been on a road trip. They get old VERY quickly

>>7003012
You should be able to find cheese curds fairly easily, considering all the dairy farms. If not, it's not like Quebec is that far.

>>7003316
no doubt but I don't have a kitchen or my passport

You guys realize Triple D started a whole culture of traveling for a single food item? Why not though? Seems like an awesome passtime.

>>7003296
Get better friends.

>>7002027
>>7002002
>>7001901
T'entends?!
Everyone has it's favorite local patate joint. Mine is Paolo & Suzanne. I have to go to Sacré Coeur every month and I always go to P&S after my doctor visit. One of the best poutine on the Island IMO.
Other than that you have great poutines in the small patates shacks in the regions.

>>7003012

Burlington here, there's poutine all over the place. Where are ya?

>>7003457
montpelier

>>7002201
My grocery store doesn't carry heavy cream anymore, just heavy whipping cream. Will that work?

>>7003582
lolwut

>>7003597
It seriously doesn't. They did a revamp last September and got rid of a lot of shit for no reason.

>>7003603
they're the same thing, moron

>>7003605
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/02/whipping-cream-vs-heavy-c_n_6247804.html

I worked at the store for two years and had several customers unhappy because there was a difference.

>>7003612
stop it
right now

>>7003612
>huffingtonpost
>direct link
at least use pastebin faggot

and I know for a fact that they're the same thing

Just put some gravy and any random cheese you can find on it.

That's the gist of poutine.

The classic recipe calls from kurds but any form of fries, gravy and cheese will get the basic idea across. I'd recommend mozarella cut into chunks.

>>7003706
>kurds

Is Smoke's Poutinerie any good? I've heard it's overrated.

>>7001692
Serious Eats just made an article about it. You might want to check it out http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/10/how-to-make-fresh-mozzarella-from-scratch-recipe.html

>>7003802

There's one in my city.

The quality of the fries is I guess average. They're more like new york fries style than traditional 'chips' (which is the style most associated with quebec poutine).

Their whole shtick is different variations on poutine, like poutine with bacon, poutine with peas, etc. Their 'variations' are uniformly not as good as classic poutine. You can still order that however.

>>7003474

Montpelier depresses the fuck out of me. At least you have Bagitos and that qt3.14 who works there.

But come up to B-town sometime. RiRa makes some awesome poutine, believe it or not.

>>7001910
Bacon is a living breathing meme

Curd your own cheese

>>7004286
ya this town sucks.

>>7001786
>If you are in any way a foodie, you will be disappointed by "real poutine" because the gravy is sub-par jarred CRAP.
it's fucking supposed to be shit
poutine was invented by truckers for truckers to get rid of hangovers
you take the shittiest fries, the shittiest cheese and the shittiest gravy and mash them together and it makes a shitty mess
and if you can't appreciate that shittiness, go back to your fucking hipster indie food trucks

>>7002002
Poutineville si t'aimes te sentir supérieur aux autres
Georgina (sur Lajeunesse) si tu veux de la vraie

>>7004297
Bacon is dead
Therefore no longer breathing

im Canadian and I find poutine in any shape or form to be overrated peasant slop

>>7004477
>Poutine
>Canadian

>>7004506
>mfw

>>7002002
Banquise

haters gonna hate

Can you get curds in Northern Iraq?

>>7004506


shut up you rancid swine

>>7004543
>he doesn't know we'll soon be guided to the promised land

We even have a national anthem ready

>>7004506
t'aimes-tu ca les clémentines?

>>7004506
>>7004514
>>7004521
>>7004543
>>7004567
>>7004622

>>7004948
>>7004622
>>7004567
>>7004543
>>7004521
>>7004514
>>7004506
>>7004477

>>7004948
>>7004954

>>7001910

You've only just out-meme'd OP

But you're right, pic related is better than OP's pic.

>>7003296
You get old very quickly and will die without friends

>>7005055
>implying steak cheese fries arent the toppest meme foods

>>7003341
I'm from Gatineau (Hull, really, but it's fused with gat now). The best place around is La Pataterie Hulloise. Some gat fuccbois will try to tell you Bob Patate is better but they shill. I'll try and swing by one of these Montreal joints when i visit!

>>7005587
Actually knows what he's talking about.

I lived in Montreal for 10 years and then relocated to Ottawa, Hulloise is the best in the area.

>>7002104
>>7002154

>>7002206
>>7002215

sperglord getting BTFO

>>7005587
Holy shit nigga, i'm from Hull too and it's defo my favorite shack.

>>7002027
That looks glorious.

>>7002094
poutine is the canadian biscuits and gravy

drive to Chicago and I'll drive the rest of the way to Canada, as long as you don't have felonies or a DUI

>>7008198
Funny thing, I got refused at the American border because I was too drunk.
I clocked 0,07 on the alcohol test at the Stanstead custom 2hrs from Montreal.
They charged me with open container and told me to go back home in the shit snow storm.
All I wanted is to go to NYC to have hot dogs before I sober up...

>>7001680
fuck no you savage

>>7008164
100% correckt sir

>>7001958
Just eat that shit byself, it's god damn great

>>7001786
>foodie

>>7003582
My CVfuckinS carries heavy cream jesus christ

>>7004506
fucking quebecois

>>7008496
yeah yeha yeah

>>7006023
You're both sperglords tbqhwy fam

>>7008505
> tbqhwy fam

>>7008505
not either poster, but one is concerned with minutia and completely oblivious to human interaction. the other is just a pedantic know it all.

i wouldn't want to take a road trip with either of them.

>>7001680
How can you not find cheese curds were you live?

>>7001781
>>7001680
>tbh
>fam
Norimes on MY board?!?!

>>7008616
In Quebec, they're in every corner stores (depanneurs), every grocery stores, every food market you can think of.
Fresh, daily.
That's why the best poutine comes from blessed QUébec.

>>7001786
A&W doesn't have Poutine in the US?

>>7001910
>calls food meme
>recommends bacon

>>7008693
Nothing good comes out of Quebec.

A note to those interested in attempting home made poutine.

Good poutine does not use real gravy.
Cheap brown gravy or preferably mushroom gravy are key.

>>7008755
Ontario pls

Was this dish made to give people diarrhea? Or induce barfing? Those two things are exactly what the "dish" looks like...

>>7008829
>looking like crap means it makes you have to crap

wut

OP here. I tried it. I got some fresh curds from a local farmer, then made my own fries and gravy from scratch. Pretty fuckin' good tbh. I bet it would be a lot better if I was drunk as fuck

>>7010911
Good job OP, sleep well knowing Canada smiles on your tenacity!

>>7008829
Nah, it wasn't made to be eaten by weaklings and faggots like you.

Canadian here.
Overrated as fuck.
If you want delicious Canadian food, get a Donair.
Ten times better than your Gyros.
Also, Nanaimo Bars.

>>7011019
Halifax pls

>>7011033
Edmonton
Donairs exist in more than one province, you know.

>>7011033
>Nanaimo Bars
>Halifax
Or you know... British Columbia bro

>>7011122
1. I was kidding
2. I was referring to the Donair
Good work anon

>>7011127

>>7011127
>lol i trol u

No dice.

>>7002017
>is

>>7002020
but he is right, if you don't bake it like a motherfucker until it's dry (like i did today) it's fine!

>>7010929
>9gag
Leave the premises.