poutine: A dish of Québécois origin consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.
disputed. Also unclear is the origin of the word by which the dish is known. Some assert thatpoutineis related to the English wordpudding,but a more popular etymology is that it's from a Quebecois slang word meaning "mess." The dish has in recent years been making inroads on American ...
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Language Notes The word “poutine” is used in Provence. A synonym, “nonat,” comes from the word “néonati”, meaning “neo-natal”, or just born. Larousse Gastronomique(1988, English version, page 842) says that “poutine” comes from the Provençal word “poutina”, meaning “porri...
some are to give praise and some are to condemn or shame such as the one in Valdez meant to shame Exxon for wrongs no made right. Individual figures on the totem can also have meanings such as the frog meaning prosperity. As in other art, there is no universal key of this always mean...
You can also just make one big one. Language Notes Poutine à Trou are sometimes also called “Poutine routies” (meaning “roasted poutines”) because they are baked. “Trou” means “hole”, referring to the hole in the top. Other names...