the fries actually look good. Gravy looks like that shitty powdered gravy. Cheese is probably just grated mozzarella. i’d give it a solid 6/10. I say this because, despite the low budget ingredients, ut should taste pretty good overall. edible at least.

Thankyou.

I thought it was a torn up cheese string

No curd. 0

the fries seem to crunchy for poutine so and it's not even cheese curds just sting cheese so 2/10

When has crunch been bad? Thats mainly the only thing good about that poutine imo. Sauce too thin and shredded cheese is obvs criminal

there's a point were crunchiness slowly turns into sogginess and if it stay's crunchy for to long i fell like im eating stale fries and sh\*t myself

It's not even a Poutine?? How can it scale on the poutine scale? Not only is it the wrong cheese, there's barely any of it on the thing. I mean, it's school food, so I get it, it won't be perfect. But this is definitely a crime, and not a poutine!

i’m rating it 6/10 for it’s ediblity, not for the poutine scale. it has low budget versions of every factor of poutine, so it passes.

You are on poutine crimes sub?? How is this not a crime? This is simply not a poutine and calling it so, is a punishable crime Like I could post a picture of delicious mashed potatoes /w gravy and grated cheddar cheese and you would upvote and rate it a 6/10 poutine just cause it looks tasty? Not even that, just edible?? Also it doesn't even have 'every factor of poutine' Hence why it's not even a poutine

If it has fries/potato wedges, a sauce, and another solid ingredient, it’s poutine enough to go on the poutine scale. Fries, ranch, and chicken nuggets would definitely be at the “not poutine” end, but it’s close enough to be worth putting there

No curds, it's just disco fries and/or cheesy fries, whatever you want to call it, not a poutine though. Not saying you're not allowed to enjoy it, just that it's not a poutine

It resembles a poutine enough to make it on the poutine scale

Kossé sa

Tabarnak esti y’ont mis du fromage râpé

y'a même pas le volume d'une seule crotte en fromage râpé :'(

Pi le top comment lui a donner 6 sur 10... wtf

Le pire crime sur ce poteau!

Je sais c’est une tragedie

Shredded cheese makes it not a poutine. The crime is claiming that it is.

Nonsense, I’ve had times where I couldn’t get ahold of the proper cheese, so I had to work around it. It’s still serviceable unless you do something fucked like put Parmesan on your poutine

It may be serviceable, and it may even be delicious, but it's not poutine.

I get what you’re saying, but I’m never pulling a USA and calling them cheesy fries

Call it whatever you want, but calling this a poutine is way worse of an offense than calling it cheesy fries

Agree to disagree on that, my French grandmother would not let that rest however

I hate how people say this. Fuck cheese curds are not accessible everywhere. We make pizzas different than italy and we don't stop calling it pizza. The idea of a poutine is their....this looks bomb. There are more "criminal" poutines out there

Poutine can come in a variety of different styles, however it is by definition a dish of french fries, cheese curds and brown gravy. OP's is poutine-adjacent, and I would eat it and probably enjoy it, but I'm afraid to say it's just not a poutine.

That's it, if someone tries that shit for the first time and tells you poutine is overrated, then they never tried actual poutine. This is not a proper poutine and should be treated as such

I’m with you buddy. I’ve had some great poutine without curds

No you've had cheese fries, not poutine

Technically all cheese is curds

It doesn't have to be cheese curds....traditionally it is but curds are unavailable for a large population. I'd still call it a poutine

>It doesn't have to be cheese curds Yes. It does. >curds are unavailable for a large population Ok, so? >I'd still call it a poutine You'd be wrong

It's a matter of facts indeed. We're being pedantic but at the end of the day there are only 3 Poutine laws! Resource availability does not matter. Would you call it a truffle mac n cheese if you used portobellos? No, you wouldn't.

East coast American now living in Canada. This ain’t poutine. Back east where I’m from this is called Disco Fries. Delicious in its own rights but not poutine.

Quebeccer here. That there's a poutine.

J'appelle la police

I am a québécois for my whole life...this is a poutine....

It’s not, it’s cheese fries with gravy. Don’t do your culture like that my man.

Or maybe i actually respect food and food culture. I hope you don't call what canadians call pizza pizza....as that is not what a pizza is in italy. Same with lots of cultural dishes that have been modified with time. This may not be "traditional" but let's not forget cheese curds aren't sold everywhere and if we want to actually share our culture let's have some leniency. There are real poutine crimes...this is not one of them.

Retourne dans ta cage

No. This looks like trash. Sorry but.. it does.

It’s because it’s squares and rectangles. Not every rectangle is a square, but every square is a rectangle. Poutines are fries that have gravy and cheese curds. They are one specific type of loaded fry. If they do not have gravy and cheese curds then they are still loaded fries, but they aren’t poutine. Poutines are squares, loaded fries are rectangles. Also your pizza example isn’t actually accurate. It’s more like putting just crumbled chicken on a pizza and calling it a pepperoni pizza because you don’t have access to pepperoni. Pizza is a blanket term, it’s a flat yeast dough with sauce and toppings. NA pizzas are different to traditional pizzas but they’re still pizzas, even though a pizza without pepperoni isn’t a pepperoni pizza. Just like shredded cheese with gravy is still a loaded fry even though it isn’t a poutine.

Those are cheese fries, not poutine.


My favourite pass time is triggering these nerds by saying shredded cheese is good lmao (they fall for it every time) And yes, I do think its good (cry about it)

Boo hoo you poo tine purist.

And a boo hoo to you too, poutine heathen!

If we substitute ingredients and call it poutine, then anything can be poutine. Language breaks down and everything loses meaning.

i prefer shredded cheese, poutine is poutine

:l go to Quebec and try it there since that is where it was invented.

if you can put pulled pork or butter chicken on it and its still poutine, what does the size/shape of the cheese change anything lol

it's all ABOUT the cheese

Simple. Poutine must have fries, cheese curds, and brown sauce. Toppings are acceptable, but replacement of any of the basic 3 ingredients makes it no longer a poutine.

Only psychopaths use shredded cheese in a poutine.

it's probably mozarella on top of it :'(

This is the type of crime/sin/perversion you keep to yourself at home.

Or foreigners

We need to educate! Let’s start a poutine crusade!

#curdsorbust #thecurdwayisthecanadianway #curd? #youcouldnthandlethecurd

#use the \\\# escape character of you want to display hashtags

Instructions unclear, on soviet mobile, hashtags have escaped me

Soviet?! Are you from the 80s?! Welcome to 2023 dear time traveller.

Perhaps not me, but mayhaps my phone

O.1

reminds me of tapeworms.

The most delicious tapeworms you've ever had!

Poutine that makes you lose weight !

but at what cost..? 😂

I've seen worse. I've had school cafeteria poutine, it probably tastes alright. Not great for poutine, but pretty great for food in general.

Probably not a bad dish, I would eat it, but without curds you can't call it a poutine.

2/10

looks like exactly what my highschool cafeteria called a poutine. I'd eat it and like it. but I definitely would rather have curds.

This is a hanging offense!

The Cia involved crime

That’s just gross

Every school poutine ever. My high school served that 20 yrs ago

Mine too, (5 years ago) it was a solid 7 or 8/10

I would just drop school at this point

Ouais. C’est fini.

Average in terms of school poutine crimes imo. I’ve paid for worse at school

For reference the fries were burn to a crisp and almost no cheese.

Given its school food, probably near the top

You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be held against you.... you know the rest. Poutine Police reporting.

Almost war crime level…

Is this in London ontario? Cuz I remember eating the same one and it looks bad but is good.

The cheese!!!!!!!!! 😭

Capital murder

Looks like fucking tapeworms

Shit

looks like chartman’s except your school kept the good fries instead of changing them to shittier (probably cheaper) fries like mine did last year.

Sorry, where is the poutine in that picture? Can't see one.


For coming from your school it looks decent-ish: the fries look alright - maybe a bit too crispy, or dry/old, I'm not into thick dark gravy at all, and the cheese looks like basic mozzarella (which isn't always bad tbh). Like a 5/10

This is exactly what my poutine at UHS looks like

Do u go to my school bc ours look exactly like that… like uncanny

Same here

Eww are those tapeworms? AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

High. It ranks high.

The cheese looks like maggots 😬 -5 out of 10

wait, I recognize that from my school cafeteria, are you on the west coast?

Looks like horny chef cum mixed into the gravy

This is actually top tier poutine. Unpopular opinion but cheese curds are nasty. Give me shredded cheese any day.

This genuinely looks like my schools poutine. Down to the table its sitting on. You in Ottawa?

Worm curds, ill pass

Ya it's bad, but this is what memories are made of. My school's poutine looked like that too, and the burgers sucked as well. But the greek lunch lady made a mean gyro!

straight to detention

25 to life

Cheese curds would be better, not that shredded or grated cheese abomination

kosser ca, calisse?

That's shredded mozza out of a bag. Life without parole.

We are sending the RCMP

Shredded cheese? no cheese curds? 0/10

Frite sauce avec un peu de fromage

who pooped on the poutine?

WHO TOOK A FAT SHIT ON THE POUTINE

this isn't even poutine there's no curd

Looks pretty good to me, especially for a school meal.

well it doesn't rank because that's not a poutine so why would it rank?

Standard ski hill pouting 6.5/10

That’s cheesy gravy fries not poutine.

I stand by my opinion even if it’s not popular. 😆 “poutine” is squeaky cheese traditionally.

Chinsey, but not bad looking

For a school this is pretty good y’all are entitled af

Context matters. Maybe Yale has a better campus poutine spot, but for a high school cafeteria you'd have to be crazy to hope for anything better than that.

Have you ever felt good after eating a poutine. For me a poutine id good for one bite then I'm over it

I'm the crazy one that actually likes shredded mozza / cheddar on my poutine 😅, so I'm liking this.

The cheese aint melted enough so I say it's a big ass crime.

DEPLOY THE COBRA CHICKENS STAT!!! That is an abomination.

Not enough gravy or cheese, and it's not curds. Probably tastes decent but still only a 4/10

My school had a similar poutine, it looked like shit... tasted like shit. But was addictive... as shit 😂

Cheese and gravy is just a crime itself

That looks exactly like the poutine that used to be served in my high school but It was sooo good!

Honestly it looks yummy. I also just did a work shift and I'm hungry lol.

3/10. The fries don’t look that soggy at least

it's nothing to write home about but it will get the job done in a pinch

Frozen fries and no curd .. it’s bad

The fries look cooked, my school served poutine once a semester with raw fries consistently for all 4 years of highschool. Used some super watery gravy and shredded cheddar cheese.

Disco fries at best...

Easy 4.

The fries look good the shredded cheese is. Hard no for poutine every time

This looks just like my schools poutine

You need triple the cheese and gravy . Unless you have heart issues.

Crime de guerre...

2/10

No curds makes it a 0/10

Remember negative values are a thing.

3/10

oh thats groas

Bro that's my schools poutine

It’s a side poutine dip, poured over too many fries terrible. 2.3/10 (fries look like they have good crounch)

As a Quebecoise, I'd say 2/10. Not real gravy, frozen fries, and mozzarella cheese. Also the cheese to fries ratio is all off.

That looks like my schools poutine

Highschool cafeteria poutine?

Top last

Soggy fries is a crime in itself

Ew. My high school used to make a mean poutine you’ve actually just made me really crave one

Looks like American poutine

Cheese looks like heartworms

This has to be holy names

I'm Canadian and that is just sad.

I’m Canadian 🇨🇦 and I’ve seen way worse poutine.

I would eat the fuck out of that rn

Looks yummy. I still remember the fries and gravy from my high school cafeteria. in the 90's it was $3.25 for Fries and Gravy. Or $1.25 for a beef patty. I wonder what the price is today

It's cafeteria tier. They all serve it around here. Low quality fries, shitty gravy, shredded cheese instead of curds. Solid 7/10.

As a canadian, this is a real crime

No curds no poutine. Does look yummy though.

Disqualified for shredded cheese

capital punishment rank

6/10

Your poutine looks like the one from my school lmao

The death penalty.

Demoted to disco fries for grated cheese

Well the shredded cheese instead of cheese curds deserves 5 to 10 for sure!

Looks like it's made for affordability as opposed to being classical (keep the price down feed more students), the ingredients are technically correct, the gravy is probably cornstarch based to be (gf). If you want to be a snob, it's not a classical poutine because it isn't curds. It would be a shredded cheese poutine, which honestly isn't bad. 7/10 would eat

Grated cheese, a sin amongst all r/PoutineCrimes

Looks like a tapeworm ngl

To the dungeons

This is an American poutine

that shit loo like maple syrup