54 thoughts on “Canadian wedding cake”

      1. Still, seeing it in mass quantity is disturbing. It should be in discreet bowls. The way poutine is meant to be seen.

        2. That was my feeling as well, that it is the sheer volume of poutine. Had I been at this obviously awesome wedding, I certainly would have had goodly glop of it. 🙂

        3. I think you mean discrete bowls, D. There’s NO way to be discreet with poutine- LOL. I think most of the guests would be wearing it down their fronts.

          1. I actually didn’t know there was a difference. Homonyms will creep up on you that way. Or should I say “creap”? 😀

        2. Duck also good – even had it with lobster once, which was nice but seemed to miss the point

        3. Sometimes meat, too!

          Well, you’re in luck. I looks like there’s a Lumbricus terrestris crawling out of the middle layer.

        1. I knew what chips where (it’s what we call them too) – I was busy thinking, “WTF is poutine?”

          I can’t imagine how it would taste, and I’m not sure I want to try this one!

          2. Poutine sounds dreadful but it’s really good when made properly. Of course by no means is it good for you, but I eat it about once every two years. Like a curry in England, it’s good after-drinking food!

          3. More like during-drinking food. Rick Mercer, a Canadian comedian known for, inter alia, a segment of his TV show called “Talking to Americans,” once approached then-president Bush (#43) and asked what he thought of Canadian prime minister Jean Poutine (it was Jean Chretien).

          4. Fair enough – I’ll maybe risk a mouthful ifI eever get to Canada in the spirit of exploration. 🙂

        2. Definitely not crisps.

          England and America are two countries separated by a common language. GBS

          I think this puts Canadians somewhere out in the mid-Atlantic.

      3. How … creative.
        There was some sort of famine, and the Canadian settlers ran out of dogs. And turkeys?

  5. Poutine! nom nom.. quebec’s contribution to global cuisine.

    beats a stack of crispy cremes, eh!

    no grocery store wedding cakes for canada

  9. By the way, if you are ever in the wonderful city of Montréal, the poutine centre of the universe is a restaurant called “La Banquise”. Curiously this means sea-ice” in English, but who cares, the poutine is amazing.

    1. Should have thought about this for your previous post asking about Montreal. When you hit Montreal look for some Montreal smoked meat poutine! You’ll find it at lots of spots, including my not-Schwartz suggestion of Lester’s Deli. It may be at Schwartz’s too but I haven’t been often.

      1. Jerry,

        FWIW…

        When I go to Montreal I always try to get to Schwartz’s for a smoked meat sandwich. I’ve also tried various other competitors – the ones sometimes recommended by friends (who live in Montreal) and by Yelp etc as being “as good or better” than Schwartz’s, and easier to get in to.

        While I’ve had some good alternative sandwiches, I’ve never had one match the best sandwiches I’ve had at Schwartz’s in terms of a perfection of that genre.
        So now, I line up every time.

        (I’ve had one or two experiences at Schwartz’s that were not quite as good as usual, but otherwise they are pretty consistent and when on, tough to beat).

        As for poutine, Chez Ashton is a very popular chain poutinery. My poutine-loving Montreal pal loves their poutine and I found it quite good – in a “good authentic fast food version.” (last time I took my friend’s recommendation and I got it with sliced hot dogs and man that was tasty). You can get more refined versions of poutine in other places, though I’m not sure which one.

        We do poutine pretty well these days in Toronto as well.

        1. Just noticed more of the above discussion.

          We ordered poutine at Schwartz’s last time we were there (and if memory serves, I’m not sure it was even on the menu, but my son loves it, requested it).

          It was pretty good. Not as good as you can get elsewhere though.

        1. A high school friend who had attended McGill took us to Schwartz’s maybe 30 years ago and man was it good!!

    1. Chips, gravy, and cheese curds is the traditional Quebec form, but it’s been gussied up for foodies with the addition of such things as lobster, pork, smoked meat et al. In fact, there are now entire restaurants devoted to it. One near me in Toronto is called Smoke’s Poutinerie.

  12. See Derek’s reply at comment 3 above.

    Oh, and if the cheese curds don’t squeek when bitten, it hasn’t been done right.

  13. Gross as it looks, this is way better and more convivial than those fake cakes where you don’t even get a slice! This screams, “Must share, must share”.

    I going out to buy some cheese curds and brie now – gonna experiment and whip up a batch of gourmet poutine, with high fibre veggies on the side, as an antidote. Gotta feed those healthy gut microbes!

  14. I am proud to have directly influenced the spread or poutine in my area. A new pub type joint opened recently in my area. I first tried it about a month ago and noted that the french fries were fantastic. As in, about the best I’ve ever had. Made fresh, and properly twice cooked.

    The manager came by our table to speak with us for a few minutes & I congratulated him on the fries. I then suggested that they try offering a poutine, as a special, made with their excellent fries, a very nice sauce they served with my steak. He was not familiar with poutine, so I informed him!

    This past Friday my wife & I visited the new pub again and lo & behold, poutine was a special on offer that night!

  15. Ah, the heart-attack-in-a-Styrofoam-cup from my original home province … Never did develop much of a taste for it, but I have had it.

    I don’t get all these “expensive poutines” either … must be something due to being incongruous (like jumbo shrimp). When I was growing up, the “expensive” poutine was so-called “Italian”, which involved meatballs as well. (Lots of folks of Italian background in Montreal, so this isn’t surprising.)

    1. It’s like lobster now. It’s expensive but when my dad was a kid in New Brunswick, it was something the poor were ridiculed for eating.

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