Montreal Part 2: French Picnics!

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The French Picnic

This is the way to live. There is no lunch better then a great French lunch in the park, great bread, great cheese and some nuts and fruits. This is hands down the best way to lunch!

We went to the Atwater market and bought a bunch of little delicacies and a bunch of amazing freshly baked bread. Then we took our haul to a picnic bench on the side of a beautiful canal on a running path and ate lunch.

Of course we had some Mousse de Fois, this is suckling pig liver mousse. Absolutely the most delicate and light mousse I have ever had! The piglets are raised only on mother's milk until they are ready for harvest, you get incredibly rich and tasty piglet this way!

Montreal Part 1: Poutine

Who doesn't love a great poutine? We Wisconsinites are more connected to poutine then you would think. One of the major ingredients of a poutine is cheese curds, something that doesn't exist very far outside of Wisconsin,

Truth be told, if you need a demonstration that French chefs aren't the best in the world, the evidence is that Non-French Wisconsinites perfected the fried cheese curd. However Montreal's darling son, the Poutine, is another delectable application for the youngest of cheese.

If you don't know what a Poutine is, I feel bad for you son. It's a plate of French Fries piled high with cheese curds. It's then covered with a ladle of boiling hot brown gravy. It melts the cheese curds and squeezes into all of the nooks and crannies. NOM NOM NOM.

This is the classic, (in French that's la classique) It's your standard poutine, the likes of which have been around for decades. In recent years people have been getting more and more fancy with their poutine. At Au Pied du Cochon you can get it with a big slice of Foie Gras on top.

Unfortunately I didn't have time for that, but we did taste some interesting variations at La Banquise a 24 Hour greasy spoon which is well regarded as the best poutine in all of Montreal.