France
France is billed as being one of the most historically and culturally important countries in the Western world. They have had colonies all over the world hence the reason French is widely spoken across the African continent. I did not realize that they are the most important agricultural producer of Europe, or that they are one of the oldest countries in the world. I guess that's why they have 156 pages of information at the above link. Sorry, I'm not reading through all of them.
I studied French for 4 years in Junior High and High School. I had 3 different teachers, but the first one was by far the best. Sadly, I never had an opportunity to use my French, and it has been largely forgotten. A few months ago, I came across some old cooking videos from Julia Child. They were the ones where she traveled to France, and showed the food products there. There were also segments where she would make something with a top French chef or baker to show techniques that people could use at home. When I was a child, it seems that we only saw the videos that she put out later in her life. Now, thanks to the internet, we can see the old French cooking shows, and the new ones as well.
My source for how the French make tea comes from Alex, French Guy Cooking on YouTube. I stumbled across this by accident when I was researching what French people eat after watching Michael Moore's movie "Where to Invade Next". In his film, he visited France to check out their phenomenal school lunch program (and their sane attitude toward sex education). In all honesty, YouTube and Google didn't really have anything about French tea. Everything that came up was about brewing with a French press. Not authentic.
I liked Alex's description. He was talking about what he ate in a day. He was talking about how breakfast in France is pretty small, and after he eats, he drinks a lot of black tea. Plain black tea. I especially liked his comment that French people would not put anything in their tea that they would not put in their wine. No milk, cream, or sugar, just plain tea. I like that attitude since I usually drink my tea plain. Thank you for agreeing France!
I studied French for 4 years in Junior High and High School. I had 3 different teachers, but the first one was by far the best. Sadly, I never had an opportunity to use my French, and it has been largely forgotten. A few months ago, I came across some old cooking videos from Julia Child. They were the ones where she traveled to France, and showed the food products there. There were also segments where she would make something with a top French chef or baker to show techniques that people could use at home. When I was a child, it seems that we only saw the videos that she put out later in her life. Now, thanks to the internet, we can see the old French cooking shows, and the new ones as well.
My source for how the French make tea comes from Alex, French Guy Cooking on YouTube. I stumbled across this by accident when I was researching what French people eat after watching Michael Moore's movie "Where to Invade Next". In his film, he visited France to check out their phenomenal school lunch program (and their sane attitude toward sex education). In all honesty, YouTube and Google didn't really have anything about French tea. Everything that came up was about brewing with a French press. Not authentic.
I liked Alex's description. He was talking about what he ate in a day. He was talking about how breakfast in France is pretty small, and after he eats, he drinks a lot of black tea. Plain black tea. I especially liked his comment that French people would not put anything in their tea that they would not put in their wine. No milk, cream, or sugar, just plain tea. I like that attitude since I usually drink my tea plain. Thank you for agreeing France!
That one was easy to do!
ReplyDeleteI guess they put all their effort into good food.
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