A Quebec restaurant is denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an unusual way: by temporarily removing the word “poutine” from its menu in a jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Famed diner Le Roy Jucep, located in the city of Drummondville east of Montreal, claims to have invented both the dish and the word “poutine” in the 1950s. But the word—which the diner said was an abbreviation for servers to write “cheese, potatoes, sauce”—happens to be the French translation for Putin. The Russian president’s name is written as “Vladimir Poutine” in France, Quebec, and in other French-speaking regions. The diner which now dubbs itself “the inventor of the fries-cheese-gravy,” announced on social media on Feb. 25 that it will retire the word “poutine” for the famous Quebec dish. “Tonight the Jucep team decided to temporarily retire the word P***tine from its trademark in order to express, in its own way, its …
Quebec Diner Drops the Word ‘Poutine’ From Menu in Jab at Russian President
March 1, 2022
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