French Cooking

James Silverton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious
about it. As described in http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French
leader (M. Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by
Unesco, the UN agency, as part of the world’s cultural heritage.
On the other hand, it may just be a typical political ploy Smile

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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James Silverton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

James wrote to All on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:02:39 GMT:

I'm sorry but the Tinyurl that I gave will not work because a
comma became attached to it during formatting. It should be:-

http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

ChattyCathy · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 167

James Silverton wrote:
> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about it.
> As described in http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
> Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
> agency, as part of the world’s cultural heritage. On the other hand, it
> may just be a typical political ploy Smile

Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
'magnific' . I've never found it all that marvelous, but
that's just me...
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. - Fran Lebowitz

PeterLucas · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 124

"James Silverton" wrote in
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> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious
> about it.

If you like French.......... without the "seriousness", but with the same
passion.......

http://www.rickstein.com/French-Odyssey.html

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Wars begin where you will...
but they do not end where you please.

Machiavelli

Melba's Jammin' · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 160

In article ,
"James Silverton" wrote:

> James wrote to All on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:02:39 GMT:
>
> I'm sorry but the Tinyurl that I gave will not work because a
> comma became attached to it during formatting. It should be:-
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Huh. It worked just fine, Jim, when I clicked it in the original post.
--
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Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Cindy Hamilton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

On Feb 25, 10:13 am, ChattyCathy wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
> > I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about it.
> > As described inhttp://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
> > Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
> > agency, as part of the world's cultural heritage. On the other hand, it
> > may just be a typical political ploy Smile

>
> Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
> I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
> 'magnific' . I've never found it all that marvelous, but
> that's just me...

I've never had that much use for it, either. In that thread
discussing
Ming Tsai and master sauces, Sqwertz said something about
duck confit. I shrugged.

That might be a topic for a survey: What do you think of French food?

Cindy Hamilton

James Silverton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

Melba's wrote on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:42:07 -0600:

??>> James wrote to All on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:02:39 GMT:
??>>
??>> I'm sorry but the Tinyurl that I gave will not work
??>> because a comma became attached to it during formatting.
??>> It should be:-
??>>
??>> http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk
??>>
B>> Huh. It worked just fine, Jim, when I clicked it in the
original post.

Funny! It did *not* work for me when I checked my own post Smile

I've suffered enough from unusable URLs that I usually check my
own. "Mystere et boule du gomme!"

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

ChattyCathy · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 167

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Feb 25, 10:13 am, ChattyCathy wrote:
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about it.
>>> As described inhttp://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
>>> Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
>>> agency, as part of the world's cultural heritage. On the other hand, it
>>> may just be a typical political ploy Smile

>> Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
>> I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
>> 'magnific' . I've never found it all that marvelous, but
>> that's just me...
>
> I've never had that much use for it, either. In that thread
> discussing
> Ming Tsai and master sauces, Sqwertz said something about
> duck confit. I shrugged.
>
> That might be a topic for a survey: What do you think of French food?

Good idea... thanks.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. - Fran Lebowitz

John Kane · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 80

ChattyCathy wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
>> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about
>> it. As described in http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
>> Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
>> agency, as part of the world’s cultural heritage. On the other hand,
>> it may just be a typical political ploy Smile

>
> Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
> I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
> 'magnific' . I've never found it all that marvelous, but
> that's just me...
But the cheeses alone ....

--
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

Dave Smith · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 219

Janet Baraclough wrote:

> But please include the question, "have you ever eaten French food in
> France" Smile

>
> I love it.

I have been to France three times, for close to a week each time. I spent 4
days of each trip in Paris. I also spent time in Strasburg, Nice, Verdun and
Reims. There is an incredible difference from one region to another. Overall,
the food was excellent, especially the bread and pastries. Some of the places
in Paris were quite expensive, but once I learned to get off the beaten track
and get away from the prime tourist spots the food was better and a lot
cheaper.

A couple of restaurants stand out from the others. There was one outstnading
place where we were both a little disappointed with the main plates, but the
appetizers and desserts were both the best we had ever had in our lives. When
we were ordering our appetizers we could not decide, so we picked two and
agreed to share them. If it had not been for that agreement we probably not
have shared because they were so good.

Arri London · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 23

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> James Silverton wrote:
> > I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about it.
> > As described in http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
> > Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
> > agency, as part of the world’s cultural heritage. On the other hand, it
> > may just be a typical political ploy Smile

>
> Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
> I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
> 'magnific' . I've never found it all that marvelous, but
> that's just me...
> --
>

The French food I've eaten every time I've been in various parts of
France has been superb. The 'French' food eaten outside of France has
been less good. OTOH haven't eaten French food in Quebec so who knows
LOL.

Dave Smith · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 219

Arri London wrote:

>
> The French food I've eaten every time I've been in various parts of
> France has been superb. The 'French' food eaten outside of France has
> been less good. OTOH haven't eaten French food in Quebec so who knows
> LOL.

That is a whole different animal. I go to Montreal once or twice a year, and it
is is quite cosmopolitan. I have eaten in Greek, Portuguese, Ethiopian and
Indian restaurants there. I once had in a French restaurant in Quebec city and
it was okay, but not great. French Canadian cooking has evolved more from the
basics of 17th-18th Century French peasant cooking, not the type of stuff that
France is now famous for.

Giusi · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 118

"Michael "Dog3"" ha scritto nel messaggio @69.28.186.121...
> ChattyCathy dropped this
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>
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about
>>> it. As described in http://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
>>> Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
>>> agency, as part of the world's cultural heritage. On the other hand,
>>> it may just be a typical political ploy Smile

>>
>> Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
>
> I honestly enjoy eating French cuisine. OTOH, I don't enjoy making it. I
> don't enjoy it because I am far too inept in the kitchen to master it very
> well. It's probably just me but French cooking, in the gourmet sense, is
> very complicated to me. But then, I'll never be a chef but hopefully
> someday will be a passable cook.
>
> Michael

If you stay away from Tour d'Argent cookery you still have a world of great
food and it is no more difficult than any other, IMO. Some of the finest
things I have ever eaten were French and not at all tricky, just rigorously
made according to a French rule, which is different from an Italian rule.

Think about it, there was great French food before ice boxes and the
investion of the stove.

--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

Cindy Hamilton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

On Feb 25, 5:02 pm, John Kane wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
> > James Silverton wrote:
> >> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about
> >> it. As described inhttp://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
> >> Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
> >> agency, as part of the world's cultural heritage. On the other hand,
> >> it may just be a typical political ploy Smile

>
> > Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
> > I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
> > 'magnific' . I've never found it all that marvelous, but
> > that's just me...
>
> But the cheeses alone ....

I'm just not that fond of cheese, especially if it is very... cheesy.
Gruyere
is too strong for me. Ripened cheeses are not even on the map.
Homeopathic quantities of Parmagiano-Reggiano are fine.

French food makes no points with me on the strength of its cheeses.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

On Feb 26, 6:20 am, Janet Baraclough
wrote:
> The message
> from "Michael \"Dog3\"" contains these words:
>
> > I honestly enjoy eating French cuisine. OTOH, I don't enjoy making it.. I
> > don't enjoy it because I am far too inept in the kitchen to master it very
> > well. It's probably just me but French cooking, in the gourmet sense, is
> > very complicated to me.
>
> A misconception promoted by pretentious restaurants which are not in
> France Smile

.
>
> The superb food the French take for granted in their home kitchens, and
> local restaurants is just a wide variety of the very freshest, tastiest
> quality of raw ingredients (as local as possible) cooked from scratch,
> as simply as possible.

Shoot, I can do that right here in Michigan. Granted, I can't pop
down to
the Megamart and get the ingredients, but it is certainly possible, in
season,
to get some very good locally produced ingredients.

Cindy Hamilton

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