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yeah makes me homesick... sigh.....
posted by
marieclaire66
on September 7, 2006 at 12:50 AM
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MarieClaire, My most favorite activity when I was in Paris was to go out early in the morning, make a stop at the boulangerie, then to a little shop where there were cheeses to pick from, then a little stand for coffee. I would take these things and wind my way to the park to my favorite bench among the flower bushes and feed the birds most of my bread while I ate bread and cheese and drank my coffee and enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine and the early morning joggers who would smile at me as they passed and say to each other, "Look at the old woman feeding the birds."
posted by
TAPS.
on September 6, 2006 at 7:56 PM
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posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on August 30, 2006 at 1:24 AM
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Hmmm!
Brie de Meaux, a nice chevre, Beaufort or rocquefort
reblochon is best for tartiflette
posted by
Azur
on August 29, 2006 at 3:29 AM
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ha c'était le bon temps! the good old days!
Really I write this for myself, don't cared if anyone reads this, it is my trip down memory lane, and I don't mind travelling it alone, but glad you could join me for a moment or two, and share a piece of baguette with me, what cheese would put on it?
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 29, 2006 at 3:22 AM
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My friends have their bread left on the
window sill too. It goes well with their delicious green vegetable soup made from the products of their jardin or with their home made miel.
posted by
Azur
on August 28, 2006 at 11:16 PM
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Good post. May I have some French bread-- and leave these African gift
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on August 28, 2006 at 6:53 PM
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where did you learn to say ma caille?
we eat them you know.... at least with ma puce, I can fleeee away haahaa
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 25, 2006 at 4:50 PM
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well we love to believe she did, the peasant were starving!!!
and I don't even like baguette!!! I don't do the French proud, don't like wine cheese or bread....
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 25, 2006 at 4:48 PM
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Marie-Claire--- Sacre Bleu! Many historians believe that MA really did not
say that, ma caille. But, of course, she was not French and not well liked, so I suspect that is commonly accepted in France. One of my most memorable sights in Paris was a little old lady bicycling down the street, with baguettes in the rear baskets. I love baguettes.
posted by
Jazwolf
on August 25, 2006 at 4:47 PM
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well she said "brioches" which is a kind of desert bread.
anyway it sounds good, whether it is true or not. the Atkins diet has been and gone I am afraid, we get all the gimmicky diets under the sun. The French eat pretty much what they like and they are not fat! Ha ah! look at me skinny as a bean pole. I don't like bread that much, not baguette in any case. I cannot go back to the French ways anymore, it is alien to me now. Life in NZ is good even I have to miss my beloved country.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 25, 2006 at 12:21 AM
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So, I suppose the Atkins' diet has yet to cross the Atlantic, then?
I've always loved bread. Particularly french bread, actually. My mother does the "dipping in juices" thing, too. But, personally, I feel that's a tad bit excessive.
Did Marie Antoinette really ever say "let them eat cake", btw? Cause I've heard conflicting reports.
B.U.I.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 24, 2006 at 11:42 PM
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