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  "title": "Steamies",
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              "plaintext": "In Montreal we have poutine of course but also a type of hotdog called a steamie. It's what it sounds like: a steamed hotdog. Hot, almost soggy, with mustard, relish and cabbage or coleslaw it's a staple of the Montreal fast food scene. "
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              "plaintext": "Poutine, bagels, smoked meat sandwiches and steamies harken back to an unhealthier, simpler time that still exists here in Montreal, perhaps more so than most North American cities. Quebec is a province defined by a too long memory but to go along with that we have these foods and ways that have stood the test of time and are nostalgic but also just present. "
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              "plaintext": "I don't know if New Yorkers feel the same sense of history and place when they bite into a slice. But every time I eat a steamie I feel like I'm going back in time to the 80s at least and I expect the Expos are still playing and I'll see ashtrays everywhere. And I didn't even grow up here but rather in Ontario where I learned to root for the Blue Jays and went to smoke filled Tim Hortons."
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              "plaintext": "But maybe that's it , Tim Hortons a Canadian institution, known for quick, tasty food - donuts and coffee, seems to have mostly erased it's history. I barely feel anything when I walk into one. And the coffee now sucks though the chocolate dip donut is still almost as good. "
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              "plaintext": "The casse croutes that serve steamies and the hotdogs themselves are steeped in a well steamy atmosphere of history. Salty in a throwback way, you can taste the decades of kids and people in a hurry chowing down. They even sort of taste like the icy atmosphere of a hockey rink if you know what I mean. Maybe someone could tell me that like Froot Loops they now taste different but I doubt it. (Froot Loops are far less vibrant now, like a lot of things)."
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              "plaintext": "Unlike the toxic politics of Quebec the nostalgia of the steamie is untroubled and uncomplicated. The memories don't distort the present or future but enhance them. A proper comfort food in every sense of the term."
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  "description": "An ode to a hotdog.",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-20T14:34:25.145Z"
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