balding_potter

Erm... hmm...

Moteur de recherche Journal des femmes Cuisine

...found after 5 seconds web search, along with about a million other (French) dessert recipes using crème fraîche. I suppose it could be a French misconception as well??

Confusedinfrance

Not according to my French friends.

balding_potter

Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy.

Chatter Static

Cooking is a lost art here I am constantly stunned with how much pre made food is purchased and used even in restaurants let alone in homes.

Boiling an egg is a struggle for most folk and the use of salt and pepper is as mysterious as a woman's g spot. Dont get me wrong they have some wonderful regional dishes but most of them get bought off the counter in the local super market.

petitefrancaise

Picard, the middle-class saviour! I used to be slightly surprised that french friends would always buy a dessert from the patisserie/boulangerie. They'd usually make the main course though.

babyposer

You're absolutely right.

babyposer

I wish there was a Picard and a Thiriet in England !

Here I can only buy frozen food from Iceland

Where do you live exactly? People tend to do this in cities I think but not so much in smaller towns.

Chatter Static

Personally I think it boils down to the fact that across the board lunch tends to be the main meal and their evening meal is a snack more often than not mid week any roads. Unless they go out or have a BBQ

The regional variations here are wonderful but I think with things like pricing and laziness have brought "l'art de la cuisine" to a bit of a crisis point here.

balding_potter

In what way?

babyposer

Crème fraiche is not something used in desserts in France (except crème fraiche liquide sometimes but it's something different).

Find a lot of recipes on the Internet with this ingredient does not mean that people actually bake these desserts a lot.

balding_potter

I guess these recipes are just made up for the fun of it, then. Like those in the recipe books I was looking at in Cultura today. In French, for French people, in France. And in all the food magazines. Just page filler, I guess... but of course, if you say so. Nobody actually makes them. Because you'd know that, wouldn't you?

'The French' do this... 'The French' don't do that...

Ho hum.

bigglesworth

So who actually sells President cream? We have tried Leclerc, SuperU, Intermarche and Lidl. Leclerc had President frothy cream, but none of the real stuff.
It is of vital importance to Mrs B as the strawberry season is upon us

Confusedinfrance

Balding- Potter..You are very confrontational bordering on rude !! Take a chill pill!

InVinoVeritas

It's just the way he is on the forum, probably quite polite in real life

babyposer

OK I've just read some delicious recipes on Jamie Oliver's website.

I bet not even half of the Brits have ever cooked a recipe from this website.

Even though Jamie Oliver is British.

Why? I don't know but there is a difference between reality and what you can read. BOOKS VS REALITY. Yep.

If I tell you Brits have often green tea, will you tell me I'm right? Nope because most of them have black tea, even if there are a few exceptions.

It's the same with crème fraîche, you see. Most people use crème fraîche in their hot dishes and don't use it in their desserts. As simple as that. Even if there are a few exceptions, for instance crème fraîche and tarte tatin (the crème fraîche is optional by the way).