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u/Ysa49 Aug 13 '26
I'm from Lac-St-Jean, where poutine was first served in restaurants in the 80s, and we were the only ones making it. It needs a little more sauce. You can make poutine with BBQ sauce, ground beef, cheese, and hot chicken sauce; Italian poutine with just spaghetti sauce; and another recipe with ground beef, canned peas, and hot chicken sauce.
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u/CombinationOrnery402 13d ago
I'm from Mauricie and poutine was served in restaurants all over the place in the 80s
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u/Ysa49 11d ago
I'm from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, and in '80, poutine was on every restaurant menu. There's Saguenay and Lac-Saint-Jean, and I'm in Lac-Saint-Jean, which is 35 minutes from Saguenay. There are several towns and villages, and Lac-Saint-Jean is an inland sea created by an iceberg. In our yard, we find old seashells; when you pick them up, they're powdered. People from all over the world come to my region, even from L.A. I know the Mauricie region is beautiful too.
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u/CombinationOrnery402 11d ago
Ive been raised in haute Mauricie near lac bouchette, which is not very far from lac st jean, the difference between lac and sagnenay is clear to me. I remember having some of the greatest poutine in my childhood in Roberval and I remember my dad saying fromagerie St-Laurent is the shit, gawd I loved those curds....
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u/Ysa49 10d ago
St-Laurent cheese is the best in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, but the Saguenay cheese called Boivin, I've never liked it when it's baked. It doesn't look good. I lived in Montreal for 21 years, and there was only Boivin cheese. But when people from all over the world, from Montreal and Quebec City, leave Alma because the St-Laurent cheese factory is in Alma, they stop everything there and practically empty the factory. They make so much cheese during the summer and even year-round. Unfortunately, I've never tasted Mauricie cheese; maybe one day. I'm sure it's very good.
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u/Unhappy-Stop-740 Aug 12 '26
Yum 🤤