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[cherry]

Walk into a restaurant in the States with a friend. Ask for a plate of poutine with a couple of serviettes, and pitcher of iced tea. Request a bag of dill pickle chips, and one of salt and vinegar, to munch on while we eat. Watch the expression on the poor waitress's face.

I've known for a while that poutine wasn't common in the States, and that if you asked for an iced tea, you were likely to actually get a cup of iced tea, but it wasn't until the other day that I was informed that they had no dill pickle chips. Or salt and vinegar. It seems to me that those would be two flavours of chips that would be hard to introduce to a new market, when I think on it. We're just used to them, but they're actually rather sharp.

And really? No poutine? You don't know what you're missing.

Great. Now I need poutine. ::G::

Comments

I've been to your country. I've had your poutine.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

You can have my share. :)

Re: I've been to your country. I've had your poutine.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

::G:: All the more for me, then.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

What?!
They don't have salt'n'vineger chips? *gasps in horror*
I wonder if they have Barbeque or Chicken flavoured ones.

And by the way, what's poutine?

Hmmm.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

We in Canada have multiple flavours of BBQ. But no chicken.

Poutine? Poutine is fries with gravy and cheese. Much, much better than it sounds. ::G::

Oh, yes...

[nique.livejournal.com]

I do know what I'm missing. And trust me, poutine is the single most disgusting concoction I've ever had the misfortune of laying eyes upon. Of course, Thren *still* calls me a heathen for thinking so... ;)

[tellitslant]

Eeeeyuck. I hate poutine. Of course, people tell me that they make it different here in Alberta than they do in french Canada, but really... how many different ways can you make it?

You know what else they don't have? Smarties (at least, not widely... they have them in some places). Isn't that WEIRD?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

*blinks* They don't have Smarties?

*grins* And I'm thinking that this poutine stuff sounds pretty nice. I mean, it's chips with gravy and cheese.

[tellitslant]

No, they don't. Every time I send a package to the States, I stick some Smarties in... which probably makes it rattle weirdly and hence makes the border patrol open it, but it's worth it, right?

And poutine is just not good. It's not just cheese, it's actually cheese curds... >.< I do know people who like it, but not me. ;)

Re: Oh, yes...

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Layed eyes on? You didn't try it? How can you judge something that you've never tried? ;p

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

No... Smarties? ::Blinkblinkblink:::

(And Shhh. You're going to scare the poor little Australian girl. I've worked so hard at convincing her that I'm not the odd one...) ::G::

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

You ...odd? *laughs so hard she falls off the chair*

I've got another thing to add to my list of food to send to Americans now.
Lessee, Smarties, the little TimTam bars, Cadbury chocolate, Vegimite. *grins* Those poor things. They've got no *good* junk food at all. :)

No, dude, you know what's worse?

[(Anonymous)]

They don't have ketchup chips. KETCHUP! Come on! Dill pickle I can kind of understand. I don't really like them. But no salt and vinegar? The hell?

And the Smarties they do have are different from ours. They're icky. Also no Wunderbars. And I lurve them.

'Course, they do have Cherry Coke, so I suppose that's something. Cherry Pepsi is really starting to grow on me though. I may just like that better now.

And poutine is nasty, y'all. But that could be because I don't like gravy.

But really. I've never even had Krispy Kreme, and I'm still sure Tim Hortons probably kicks their ass. Mmmmm, sour cream glazed. Who just spells Kreme like that?

Re: No, dude, you know what's worse?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yeah. This is Kat. *cough* Hi.

Re: No, dude, you know what's worse?

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Ketchup chips? Wunderbar? ::Whimpers:: Poor deprived people.

And I've seen Cherry Coke around here on occasion. But Coke is evil, and Wild Cherry Pepsi tastes better, anyway. Give me my Tim Horton's or Robin's any day. Kreme is just like one of those insane web-spellings, used by those who cannot capitalize, or keep numbers out of their words. ::G::

yes we do

[(Anonymous)]

hi... im american. we have salt and vinegar chips! never heard of poutine but that is one thing we do have... unless... no no we have salt and vinegar chips. no smarties. except the ones in plastic sleves. those dont count but yeah you know what... i quit... canadians are much funner than most americans though :)

yes we do

[(Anonymous)]

hi... im american (kinda)we have salt and vinegar chips! never heard of poutine but that is one thing we do have... unless... no no we have salt and vinegar chips. no smarties. except the ones in plastic sleves. those dont count but yeah you know what... i quit... canadians are much funner than most americans though :) krispy kreme doughnuts are awesome too though ive never had that other one... yeah

Re: yes we do

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I stand corrected. Means that you still don't have lots of things, though. ::G:: Our smarties are kind of like M&Ms. Only not.

If I ever end up in the States, I'll make sure to make a point of trying a Krispy Kreme. Thanks.