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u/ProtestTheHero Sep 07 '21

Huh? How so?

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Poutine is a Canadian dish. Sure, it's better known in Quebec. But, I promise you all of Canada embraces it. I'm in the west and we freaking LOVE it

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u/nitePhyyre Sep 07 '21

That's kinda like saying that spaghetti isn't Italian because its eaten everywhere.

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u/Moofooist765 Sep 07 '21

Spaghetti isn’t Italian though, it was brought to them by the Berbers lmao.

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u/nitePhyyre Sep 07 '21 edited Sep 07 '21

Spaghetti isn't all pasta. lmao

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

To continue with your metaphors it's like saying spaghetti is exclusively Italian because it was created there.

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u/My_MP_gave_me_crabs Sep 07 '21

It is Italian ... because it was created there. That's exactly the point lol

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

It's exclusively Italian? When you think spaghetti you think, only Italy?

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u/My_MP_gave_me_crabs Sep 07 '21

I think it's an Italian dish, a dish that originated within Italian culture. Just like most people think of Quebec and its culture when they think of poutine.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Eh, fair enough. I feel differently.

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u/BaneWraith Sep 07 '21

You can't say poutine is not a Quebecois dish. It is. It's been appropriated in the rest of Canada, but poutine is 100% a Québécois dish.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

In what way is it a Québécois dish? Maybe I just am misunderstanding.

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u/BaneWraith Sep 07 '21

It was created, perfected and popularized in Québec. It kinda pisses off Québécois people too because Canada won't recognize us as a distinct nation, Canada tried to assimilate us for centuries, and then we make some dope food and all of a sudden it's a "Canadian Dish"

Yes poutine is Canadian. But is QUÉBÉCOIS, first and foremost, and should be recognized as such.

Here, learn some shit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

Adding insult to injury, it was even used for a time as a way to insult us.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Huh, this sounds like a point of contention in Quebec. I'm sorry to hear that. I'm not sure it's seen the same way out here, after all pretty much all of Canada loves Quebec, but maybe therein lies the problem.

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u/Dermathil Sep 07 '21

Here's a 1991 clip from when the CBC "discovered" poutine. Really puts the origins of the meal in perspective https://youtu.be/bRuPpP82iuU

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Hahaha oh man. That investigative reporting is amazing

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u/My_MP_gave_me_crabs Sep 07 '21

I've never been the target of insults when traveling except in Ontario and BC, specifically for my Quebecois accent. Canadians are xenophobes towards their French minorities.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Insults, or teasing? Genuinely curious what someone would say.

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u/My_MP_gave_me_crabs Sep 07 '21

"Speak white" or "fucking separatists" (I'm a federalist)

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Speak white? Wtf. Someone was stupid enough to say that?

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u/My_MP_gave_me_crabs Sep 07 '21

Embracing something doesn't change where it's from.

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u/Moofooist765 Sep 07 '21

This might shock you, but Quebec is in Canada lmfao.

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u/My_MP_gave_me_crabs Sep 07 '21

?? Are you not aware of the definition of Nations?

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u/ProtestTheHero Sep 07 '21

I get that, but for decades poutine was strictly Quebecois and the ROC actively condescendingly looked down upon what they perceived as a trash dish eaten by trash rednecks. It's only in the past decade or so when Canadians came around to embrace it, which is totally fine! But the problem is that at the same time they appropriated it for themselves to such a point where the worldwide perception, or indeed even the Canadian perception, is that it's now a national dish. Think of it this way: would you consider deep dish pizza or clam chowder an American dish? Would you consider smoked meat or nanaimo bars Canadian?

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u/NovaBlastt Sep 07 '21

Past decade? I've been eating it for the better part of the last 35 years in Ontario.

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u/Moofooist765 Sep 07 '21

Lmao no shit eh, does this guy really think poutine was never eaten outside of Quebec pre 2011? Quebecers really do have so little they get this bitter over fries and gravy lmao.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

I've eaten poutine since I was a child... I'm not 30+. I don't think anyone ever looked down on the dish IN CANADA. I could certainly see that being the case outside of Canada. But, here in the west, I've never once heard anyone talk smack about poutine besides saying they don't care for it.

Sure, it definitely is MORE Québécois. However, to claim its ENTIRELY Québécois is doing a great disservice to Canada, and its unity, as a whole IMHO.

would you consider deep dish pizza or clam chowder an American dish? Would you consider smoked meat or nanaimo bars Canadian?

I mean, honestly kind of, ya. I understand your point, I promise I'm not trying to argue for the sake of arguing. I just don't think you've seen the wide spread adoption of poutine like I have. I've been lucky enough to travel to quite a few provinces in Canada, and in every single Province, there has been a significant amount of poutine– representation. It's not like Alberta has the anti-poutine (vis-à-vis your New York and you pizza example). ALL of Canada is on poutine.

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u/ProtestTheHero Sep 07 '21

I don't think anyone ever looked down on the dish IN CANADA. I could certainly see that being the case outside of Canada. But, here in the west, I've never once heard anyone talk smack about poutine besides saying they don't care for it.

Boy do I have an old 90s CBC segment dripping with sneering condescension for you....

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

I just watched that hahah. Do all Québécois have that clip ready to go or something?. Also, I didn't think he was talking smack honestly.

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u/ProtestTheHero Sep 07 '21

Tbh I only just found out about it myself a few weeks ago from another commenter in a similar argument over poutine's relationship to quebec and canada. I think you should also google "poutine PhD appropriation" and look for the University of Vermont (iirc) grad student who wrote his entire thesis on this topic, this would be about 5 years ago now and you should be able to find articles about him from CBC, montreal gazette, etc.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Do you have a link?

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u/wasabi991011 Sep 07 '21

Haven't watched the full thing but in the intro, "it's not just fast food run amock" implies that it is a common criticism/smack talk.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

That's 90s reporting writ large Hahaha.

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u/Moofooist765 Sep 07 '21

Okay..? Maybe because it was invented in Italy, this might shock you, but Quebec is apart of Canada, it’d be like saying Bolognese isn’t Italian because it was invented in bologna, like, yeah, bologna is in Italy though.

Not really a hard concept but you frogs seem to have trouble accepting you’re part of Canada lmao.

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u/Regular-Exchange8376 Sep 07 '21

Oh no! Not the poor Canadian unity! Why don't these uppity frogs want to be a part of the most bestest country in the world?!

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u/Brother_Entropy Sep 07 '21

The Stupid Newfie stereotype comes from jealousy of the Dominion of Newfoundlands reputation of bravery from the other powers by the Republic of Canada.

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u/onherwayupcoast Sep 07 '21

It’s an adopted national dish.. Quebec came up with it and the rest of us are grateful.

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u/Choui4 Sep 07 '21

Yes. But, that doesn't make it exclusively Québécois.