Happy Canada Day! 148 years old!

[Hammerskjold]

What are the red and white areas on the map?

Look at it again and then look at the upper right in the picture below it.

Canada

[drool]Poutine[/drool] Cheese curds melty but still squeaky in the middle. Add some shredded beef or eggs. Serve it to me sitting on the dock in the last pic and I'm in lay me down, scratch my belly, bliss.

Tell me, is it true you can walk into your neighborhood McDonald's and order poutine?

I'm a local poutine bylaw enforcement volunteer auxiliary officer, and I can tell you at least in my jurisdiction, it's not offered everywhere. I would not be surprised if some McDees locations do not even offer it anymore.

Though tip of the toque to you good sir for knowing proper poutine requires cheese curds, not just cheese. There is a shocking amount of Canadian restaurants that tries to pass off shredded cheddar or mozzarella cheese on some fries with gravy, as poutine. It's not. That's just fries with cheese and gravy, and while not bad in itself, is -not- poutine.

In conclusion, not all Mcdonalds offer poutine in Canadaland. A better bet for availability in terms of fast food chains, would be Harvey's. And even though it is a fast food franchise, truth be told their poutine can be better than some sit down restaurants that tries to pass off regular cheese fries as poutine.