{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Glossary","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary","author_name":"Glossary","author_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/","title":"Poutine - Definition of Poutine","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m88h9qK96p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/poutine\/\">Poutine<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/poutine\/embed\/#?secret=m88h9qK96p\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Poutine&#8221; &#8212; Glossary\" data-secret=\"m88h9qK96p\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Poutine must be distinguished from its look-alikes. First, there is poteen, which denotes whiskey brewed by moonshiners in Ireland; that word comes from the Irish poitin, meaning little pot. Then there is putain, a French word meaning prostitute, which entered English as poontang. Next there is Vladimir Putin, the dapper President of Russia. Finally, there is poutine, but not the one that is the real subject of this entry: in France, specifically Provence, poutine refers to sardines and anchovies in their larval state. The other poutine is one that arose in Canada. There, French fries covered with melted cheddar and drizzled with gravy are called poutine. The dish can be traced back to Warwick, Quebec in 1957, when restaurateur Fernand Lachance noticed that some of his customers were dumping cheese curds and gravy onto their fries, and subsequently began selling the concoction to them ready-made. Poutine is now served in Burger King restaurants across Canada, and achieved some international notoriety in 2000, when a comedian posing as a journalist asked George W. Bush whether he appreciated an endorsement from Canada's Prime Minister, \"Jean Poutine.\" Apparently unaware that the Prime Minister's real name was Jean Chretien, the presidential candidate replied, \"I appreciate his strong statement. .. I want to make sure our relationship with our most important neighbor to the north is strong.\" As for origin of the word poutine, it seems unlikely that the French-fry poutine is related to the previously mentioned \"larval\" poutine. Instead, the Canadian poutine appears to be a French corruption of the English word pudding."}