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Poutine

A dish consisting of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada

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noun
  1. 1

    A dish consisting of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada

    "Jean made an eight-hour trip across the border into Quebec just to satisfy his craving for poutine."

  2. 2

    Any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.

    "In Italian poutine, gravy is replaced with spaghetti sauce."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Poutine"

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poutine pizzanounA pizza topped with poutine (gravy, french fries, cheese curds)
breakfast poutinenounA hot breakfast dish that is a variation of poutine. It is composed of pan-fried cubed potatoes and cheese curds, smothered in hollandaise sauce and topped with a fried egg, sometimes with breakfast sausage medallions, diced ham, and/or bacon bits.
poutinerienoun(chiefly Canada) A restaurant that specializes in making poutine.
cheese friesnoun(Canada, US) French fries covered or cooked in cheese (especially when grated or melted) or cheese sauce and sometimes loaded with other ingredients.
pâté chinoisnoun(Quebec) A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.
italian poutinenounA form of poutine made with spaghetti sauce instead of gravy.
pizza poutinenounA poutine with added bell peppers, mushrooms, pepperoni, and sometimes onions
curly friesnoun(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of fries characterized by their spring-like helical shape, being cut from whole potatoes using a specialized spiral slicer.
cheesy chipsnoun(cooking, British, Ireland, Commonwealth) Synonym of cheese fries.
tater totnoun(Canada, US) A small, cylindrical piece of grated potato, usually deep-fried.
fricklenounChangeable; undependable; fickle.
cream pienounA pie filled entirely with cream, used as a prop in slapstick films and television.
cheezienoun(Canada) A cheese puff.
pudding popnoun(Canada, US) A snack consisting of frozen pudding on a stick.
pudding chomeurnoun(Quebec) A type of pudding originating from Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the Great Depression. A dessert made by covering cake batter or stale bread with maple syrup, which then settles to the bottom after baking.
piroginounAlternative spelling of pierogi. [(Canada, US) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.]
pieroginoun(Canada, US) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.
grilled cheesenoun(Canada, US) A cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.
disco friesnoun(US, New Jersey, New York) Fries served with mozzarella and brown gravy, similar to poutine.
potato chipnoun(Canada, US, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand) A potato crisp, a thin slice of potato that has been fried.

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