Poutine Puts on Pounds, Quebec

While in Quebec this past week, I was introduced to a new food: poutine.

In the words of my Quebecois friend, poutine is what you eat at the end of a long night of drinking to sop up all the alcohol.

After just a few bites of poutine, I'm pretty sure that the only way I could finish off a batch would be if I were totally drunk. Otherwise, I'm quite certain my stomach would rebel, as well as my good sense.

Just think of the calories and fat lurking in this: a basket of french fries topped with cheese curds and smothered in gravy.