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HISTOIRE DE LA POUTINE / HISTORY OF POUTINE
CASSE CROŪTE
Pronunciation (cass crewt)
Translation Broken crust or break the bread.
Casse Croute are the outlets which specialize in serving this kind of
food. You know, snack bars. The finest ones are distinguished by their gaudy
orange and white striped walls and their orange plastic counters and seats.
Without orange plastic a Casse Croute dining experience just isn't
the same. Of course, in a province that is predominately Catholic, the
eucharistic implications of the name cannot be ignored. When the messiah
does return to this earth, I am convinced he will descend onto the top of
Mount Royal, smack dab in the middle of downtown Montreal. He will offer
salvation and a new transubstantiation to the faithful: "this Poutine
is my Body, This Boison Gazeuse is my blood. Drink and eat of Me and
you shall be free." Vive Quebec libre!
