When I went to see Expos games in Montréal in 2002, I saw poutine on the menu, but didn't get it. This may seem sacrilege now, but at the time, I wasn't that familiar with poutine. But I do remember that fans could buy poutine at the ballpark.
So when I learned that Milwaukee's Miller Park had poutine on its menu, I would not pass up the opportunity.
I can say with absolute certainty that the Milwaukee version is different than the Olympic Stadium version, though the menu board at Miller Park identified it as "Montreal."
Ironically, the Montréal Expos played at Miller Park from 1998-2004 after the Brewers switched to the National League and before the Expos moved away from La Belle Province. Traveling Expos fans would have felt more welcome with a plate of poutine.
For the difference between the two versions, and how the Wisconsin version tasted, see the story on our sister blog, BalanceofFood.com.
Be pretty undignified if I commented about this on your Jack Layton post: September CFL on NFL Network from http://cfl.ca/page/game_broadcast#US%20Broadcast. Fewer tape delayed games. They could have done better with the Labo(u)r Day Week of action.
Posted by: Tim | August 23, 2011 at 01:53 PM
Carrying the doubleheader straight through would have made for an awesome Labo(u)r Day. C'est la vie.
The patterns are similar to last year in that Sunday games won't be on U.S. TV understandably. And like you said, more live games.
Look for a blog post on Wednesday to give some perspective to games the NFL Network is carrying in September. Thanks for catching the schedule update.
Posted by: Chad | August 23, 2011 at 10:19 PM