Is True Dope Still Worse Than Putin?
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"The payoffs and the ripoffs/And the things nobody saw" (--Glenn Frey) frequently don't make it into court records. . .
at least its better than the russian equivalent putine.
Poutine or Putin? People conflating fries and gravy with Russian presidentQuebec restaurant takes word 'poutine' off menu to denounce Putin
Le Roy Jucep prides itself as the inventor of the poutine
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Publishing date:Mar 02, 2022 • 13 hours ago • 1 minute read • 28 Comments
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A Quebec restaurant has removed the word “poutine” from their menu to denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Instead, diners at Le Roy Jucep in Drummondville will have to settle with ordering “la frite fromage sauce” or “fries cheese gravy” when they’re craving the comfort dish.
“Dear clients and friends,” the Quebec eatery wrote in a Facebook post on Friday. “This evening, the Jucep team has chosen to temporarily remove the word ‘p**tine’ from its trademark in order to express, in its own way, its deep dismay at the situation in Ukraine.”
In French, Putin’s last name is written and pronounced “Poutine,” exactly like Quebec’s signature dish.
Le Roy Jucep, which prides itself as the inventor of poutine, subsequently deleted the post due to threatening phone calls, MTL Blog reported.
Despite the hateful messages, the restaurant said they’re happy their tiny gesture has made its way to Ukraine. The restaurant added that the move was not a marketing ploy.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Le Roy Jucep shared a clip from Radio-Canada television of a Ukrainian thanking them for the gesture.
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“If we could make someone smile there, that’s already a win! We are with you from the bottom of our hearts,” the restaurant said in the post.
— With files from The Canadian Press
This Quebec Restaurant Removed “Poutine” From Its Menu In Solidarity With Ukraine
"From now on, we are the inventor of cheese sauce fries," Le Roy Jucep wrote.mtlblog.com
Quebec restaurant takes word 'poutine' off menu to denounce Putin
Le Roy Jucep prides itself as the inventor of the poutinetorontosun.com
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The proverbial fog of war can result in many misunderstandings, and in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, misinformation is rampant.
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But people concerned about the conflict should at least be clear on one thing: Russian President Vladimir Putin, the architect of this bloody war, has nothing whatsoever to do with poutine, the beloved French Canadian dish of fries topped with gravy and cheese curds. This fact should seem self-evident, but some people have been conflating the two.
The French restaurant Maison de la Poutine, with locations in Paris and Toulouse, this weekend said it had been subjected to insulting calls “and even threats” by people apparently confusing the name of its signature dish – sometimes called the national dish of Canada – with the name of the increasingly isolated Russian leader.
In a message to customers posted on its social media channels, the company noted that its signature dish was invented in Quebec in the 1950s, with various tales surrounding its origins. “But one thing is certain: poutine was created by passionate cooks who wanted to bring joy and comfort to their customers,” the post stated.
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“La Maison de la Poutine has worked since its first day to carry on these values and today brings its most sincere support to the Ukrainian people who are courageously fighting for their freedom, against the tyrannical Russian regime,” it continued.
The mix-up seems to have been prompted by the French spelling of the Russian leader’s name (as in a recent tweet by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he described a conversation with “Président Poutine.”)
Despite any similarities, the two aren’t linked: The origins of the name of the fries-and-gravy dish are murky, with some attributing it to a Quebecois slang word meaning “mess” and others to a riff on “pouding,” the French word for pudding.
The French chain’s missive followed another by a Canadian eatery, Le Roy Jucep, which claims to be the restaurant where the dish was invented. On Feb. 24, the eatery reportedly posted a message on Facebook announcing it was renaming its most famous dish “la frite fromage sauce,” as an “expression of dismay” at the invasion of Ukraine. The post reportedly was soon deleted and replaced with another, now taken down, claiming that the diner had gotten telephone threats.
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Some on social media have made fun of the confusion, with one post using images of Canadian rapper Drake to clear up the matter.
In the United States, some bars and restaurants have renamed the Moscow Mule cocktail the “Kyiv Mule” in a gesture of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Others have started renamed White and Black Russians, calling the cocktails White and Black Ukrainians.
And it isn’t the first time that the name of a food item tripped people up: In the early months of the global pandemic, people were searching online for “beer virus” and “Corona beer virus” – an apparent conflation of the names of the Mexican brew and the deadly bug.
Poutine or Putin? People conflating fries and gravy with Russian president
The proverbial fog of war can result in many misunderstandings, and in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, misinformation is rampant.
Putin Lite? Canada PM is a laughing stock internationally
https://torontosun.com/news/trudeau...canada-pm-is-a-laughing-stock-internationally
The world sees Trudeau for what he is. Lets hope Canadians can see it for themselves even with our media still trying to spin it in his favour.
https://torontosun.com/news/trudeau...canada-pm-is-a-laughing-stock-internationally
The world sees Trudeau for what he is. Lets hope Canadians can see it for themselves even with our media still trying to spin it in his favour.
turdOWE’s bought media claim either this is fake or a small fringe of malcontents.
Why would they be in jail? They aren't blocking the street and they aren't even blocking the side walk or businesses. Obviously the americans know what a peaceful demonstration is supposed to look like. Unlike the whiny trucker brigade.