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Subject: Re: Poutine in Jasper? Posted on: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:04:15 GMT


"Richard" wrote...

> "Claim Guy" wrote in message
> news:go6dnYKyVM3gm5beRVn-pQ@rogers.com...
>>
>> "Skookum" wrote in message
>> news:1124649294.357572.210840@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> > I have heard and also come across fragments of a claim that the best
>> > place outside Quebec for that French-Canadian fast-food invention,
>> > poutines (french-fries with cheese curds and gravy), is Jasper,
>> > Alberta. But where in jasper? My hunch is that a lot of places may try
>> > to cash in on this but is there one above the rest?
>>
>>
>> Google is a great tool "Jasper" and "poutine" and you're done;
>>
>>
> http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=jasper+poutine&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
>
> I'd recommend _not_ googling it. Not only will googling bog you down with
> restaurants serving crappy poutine, but it'll also make it easy for you
> neglect restaurants without websites, and if restaurants in Jasper are
> anything like they are here in Quebec, then you really don't want to
> neglect
> a place just because it lacks web presence.
>
> Richard

If you do the Google above, you'll find that many links are from ordinary
folks reporting about the poutine they found in various restaurants, with or
without websites. So maybe recommending the Googling is a good idea to find
what the original poster was looking for.

Craig (who first sampled poutine in a fast food restaurant in Hope BC)