POUTINE PANDEMONIUM!
You'd think that with all these restaurants and pubs now serving poutine - and seeing it on food TV shows and reading about poutine festivals - that it wouldn't become a cause for repeated clashes with a sibling. To be clear, poutine is a French Canadian comfort food that apparently has two versions. One originated in Quebec in the 1950s and consists of French fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy. It is associated with Quebec, but has spread throughout Canada and the U.S. Then there's the dumpling-like things your mamere in New Brunswick made, called " poutine rapee." They are Acadian and are made with mashed potatoes and pork. No fries or cheese curds. I am not French Canadian, although I sure do wish I was! Neither is my sister, Paula, although she was married to one. Paula just insists that the Acadian variety is the only real poutine. She will repeatedly post photos of them on Facebook. She argues with me about it at family ...