Article about French Waiters
Jan 26th 2005, 1:15 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:50:41 +0000, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
>> One can
>>find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
>>sold at high prices.
>Are the bangers any good? I would imagine some vile Walls bright
>pink gunge.
If the shop in Antibes is same as the now defunct Scheveningen expat
shop, you got it right first go. It's amazing how expats buy stuff in
these shops, when it is available for far less in local supermarkets.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
>> One can
>>find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
>>sold at high prices.
>Are the bangers any good? I would imagine some vile Walls bright
>pink gunge.
If the shop in Antibes is same as the now defunct Scheveningen expat
shop, you got it right first go. It's amazing how expats buy stuff in
these shops, when it is available for far less in local supermarkets.
--
Martin
Jan 26th 2005, 1:17 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:50:43 +0000, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Tim Challenger
>> There are some Brits here but relatively few, so no chance
>>of an expat shop, and I'll be damned if I order baked beans over the
>>Internet.
>make your own?
and call it cassoulet? :-)
It's a bit worse than Tim says, often you can buy local Heinz baked
beans, but the sauce is different. Dutch and UK Heinz baked beans are
more or less the same nowadays, but the tomato soup is totally
different. There is far less sugar in it for a start.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Tim Challenger
>> There are some Brits here but relatively few, so no chance
>>of an expat shop, and I'll be damned if I order baked beans over the
>>Internet.
>make your own?
and call it cassoulet? :-)
It's a bit worse than Tim says, often you can buy local Heinz baked
beans, but the sauce is different. Dutch and UK Heinz baked beans are
more or less the same nowadays, but the tomato soup is totally
different. There is far less sugar in it for a start.
--
Martin
Jan 26th 2005, 1:24 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:08:31 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:50:43 +0000, The Reids wrote:
>> Following up to Tim Challenger
>>
>>> There are some Brits here but relatively few, so no chance
>>>of an expat shop, and I'll be damned if I order baked beans over the
>>>Internet.
>>
>> make your own?
>The whole point of BBs is to just to have to open a tin and bung 'em in a
>saucepan.
Exactly.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:50:43 +0000, The Reids wrote:
>> Following up to Tim Challenger
>>
>>> There are some Brits here but relatively few, so no chance
>>>of an expat shop, and I'll be damned if I order baked beans over the
>>>Internet.
>>
>> make your own?
>The whole point of BBs is to just to have to open a tin and bung 'em in a
>saucepan.
Exactly.
--
Martin
Jan 26th 2005, 1:24 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:21:39 +0100, "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
> wrote:
> >
> >"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:1106739251.689df66a126a96da3194e0175d462180@ teranews...
> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:20:17 +0100, Magda wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:32:11 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
> ><[email protected]> arranged
> >> > some electrons, so they looked like this :
> >> >
> >> > ...
> >> > ... He was the guy, who imported car boots full of Heinz baked beans
to
> >> > ... Toulouse and lived on them for three years. Talk about renewable
> >> > ... energy sources ...
> >> >
> >> > No baked beans in France ?
> >>
> >> If it's like here, they're not too easy to find, not that good and
bloody
> >> expensive.
> >
> >There are a couple of shops here on the Côte specializing in British
food,
> >the best known being in Antibes, home to a large ex-pat community. One
can
> >find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
> >sold at high prices. The only thing I ever buy there is extra-sharp
Cheddar
> LOL
> Cheese is about the only thing we bring back from UK nowadays.
> that and ABM flour + Heinz tomato soup and baked beans :-)
> >and extra-strong mints. In spite of the large variety of French cheeses,
> >anyone who develops a taste for Cheddar cannot help longing for it on
> >occasion and the bland Cheddar found in French supermarkets is better
> >ignored.
> Is it Dutch "Cheddar"?
Nope. Comes form the UK. They carry other English cheese as well, Cheshire
and Double Gloucester for instance, but it's the Cheddar that I crave. I
miss Stilton, but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
any other cheese eating experience.
Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
supermarket recently.
Lana
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:21:39 +0100, "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
> wrote:
> >
> >"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:1106739251.689df66a126a96da3194e0175d462180@ teranews...
> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:20:17 +0100, Magda wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:32:11 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
> ><[email protected]> arranged
> >> > some electrons, so they looked like this :
> >> >
> >> > ...
> >> > ... He was the guy, who imported car boots full of Heinz baked beans
to
> >> > ... Toulouse and lived on them for three years. Talk about renewable
> >> > ... energy sources ...
> >> >
> >> > No baked beans in France ?
> >>
> >> If it's like here, they're not too easy to find, not that good and
bloody
> >> expensive.
> >
> >There are a couple of shops here on the Côte specializing in British
food,
> >the best known being in Antibes, home to a large ex-pat community. One
can
> >find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
> >sold at high prices. The only thing I ever buy there is extra-sharp
Cheddar
> LOL
> Cheese is about the only thing we bring back from UK nowadays.
> that and ABM flour + Heinz tomato soup and baked beans :-)
> >and extra-strong mints. In spite of the large variety of French cheeses,
> >anyone who develops a taste for Cheddar cannot help longing for it on
> >occasion and the bland Cheddar found in French supermarkets is better
> >ignored.
> Is it Dutch "Cheddar"?
Nope. Comes form the UK. They carry other English cheese as well, Cheshire
and Double Gloucester for instance, but it's the Cheddar that I crave. I
miss Stilton, but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
any other cheese eating experience.
Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
supermarket recently.
Lana
Jan 26th 2005, 1:27 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
"The Reids" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Following up to "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
> > One can
> >find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
> >sold at high prices.
> Are the bangers any good? I would imagine some vile Walls bright
> pink gunge.
I do believe they're Walls. Never bought any. Come to think of it, hardly
ever ate bangers during the five years I spent in the UK.
Lana
news:[email protected]...
> Following up to "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
> > One can
> >find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
> >sold at high prices.
> Are the bangers any good? I would imagine some vile Walls bright
> pink gunge.
I do believe they're Walls. Never bought any. Come to think of it, hardly
ever ate bangers during the five years I spent in the UK.
Lana
Jan 26th 2005, 1:39 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:24:57 +0100, "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
wrote:
>"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:21:39 +0100, "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:1106739251.689df66a126a96da3194e0175d462180@ teranews...
>> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:20:17 +0100, Magda wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:32:11 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>> ><[email protected]> arranged
>> >> > some electrons, so they looked like this :
>> >> >
>> >> > ...
>> >> > ... He was the guy, who imported car boots full of Heinz baked beans
>to
>> >> > ... Toulouse and lived on them for three years. Talk about renewable
>> >> > ... energy sources ...
>> >> >
>> >> > No baked beans in France ?
>> >>
>> >> If it's like here, they're not too easy to find, not that good and
>bloody
>> >> expensive.
>> >
>> >There are a couple of shops here on the Côte specializing in British
>food,
>> >the best known being in Antibes, home to a large ex-pat community. One
>can
>> >find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
>> >sold at high prices. The only thing I ever buy there is extra-sharp
>Cheddar
>> LOL
>> Cheese is about the only thing we bring back from UK nowadays.
>> that and ABM flour + Heinz tomato soup and baked beans :-)
>> >and extra-strong mints. In spite of the large variety of French cheeses,
>> >anyone who develops a taste for Cheddar cannot help longing for it on
>> >occasion and the bland Cheddar found in French supermarkets is better
>> >ignored.
>> Is it Dutch "Cheddar"?
>Nope. Comes form the UK.
Why do they all export immature cheeses? The Dutch do it to UK. You
never see real mature Dutch cheese in UK, nor do you ever find my
favourite - Friesian nagelkaas, it's the one with cloves and cummin
seeds in it.
>They carry other English cheese as well, Cheshire
>and Double Gloucester for instance, but it's the Cheddar that I crave. I
>miss Stilton,
We can buy Stilton locally, at a price.
We found that some English cheese keeps quite well when deep frozen,
it goes a bit crumbly.
>but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
>One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
>I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
>crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
>any other cheese eating experience.
>Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
>supermarket recently.
and Eli said sherry too.
Now we are hungry again :-)
--
Martin
wrote:
>"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:21:39 +0100, "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:1106739251.689df66a126a96da3194e0175d462180@ teranews...
>> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:20:17 +0100, Magda wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:32:11 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>> ><[email protected]> arranged
>> >> > some electrons, so they looked like this :
>> >> >
>> >> > ...
>> >> > ... He was the guy, who imported car boots full of Heinz baked beans
>to
>> >> > ... Toulouse and lived on them for three years. Talk about renewable
>> >> > ... energy sources ...
>> >> >
>> >> > No baked beans in France ?
>> >>
>> >> If it's like here, they're not too easy to find, not that good and
>bloody
>> >> expensive.
>> >
>> >There are a couple of shops here on the Côte specializing in British
>food,
>> >the best known being in Antibes, home to a large ex-pat community. One
>can
>> >find beans, bangers and many other "delicacies" imported from the UK and
>> >sold at high prices. The only thing I ever buy there is extra-sharp
>Cheddar
>> LOL
>> Cheese is about the only thing we bring back from UK nowadays.
>> that and ABM flour + Heinz tomato soup and baked beans :-)
>> >and extra-strong mints. In spite of the large variety of French cheeses,
>> >anyone who develops a taste for Cheddar cannot help longing for it on
>> >occasion and the bland Cheddar found in French supermarkets is better
>> >ignored.
>> Is it Dutch "Cheddar"?
>Nope. Comes form the UK.
Why do they all export immature cheeses? The Dutch do it to UK. You
never see real mature Dutch cheese in UK, nor do you ever find my
favourite - Friesian nagelkaas, it's the one with cloves and cummin
seeds in it.
>They carry other English cheese as well, Cheshire
>and Double Gloucester for instance, but it's the Cheddar that I crave. I
>miss Stilton,
We can buy Stilton locally, at a price.
We found that some English cheese keeps quite well when deep frozen,
it goes a bit crumbly.
>but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
>One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
>I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
>crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
>any other cheese eating experience.
>Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
>supermarket recently.
and Eli said sherry too.
Now we are hungry again :-)
--
Martin
Jan 26th 2005, 1:45 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:21:39 +0100, "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
wrote:
>The particularly American affinity for peanut butter can readily be
>satisfied at any large supermarket, though ex-pat children quickly discover
>that Nutella, a spread made from hazelnuts and chocolate, is a yummier
>alternative. There are many tales of American backpackers filling their
>packs with peanut butter to fuel their journeys through what must appear to
>them, to be a gastronomic desert.
Peanut butter and Nutella are both near the bottom of my list of food
preferences. Only Vegemite is worse.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
wrote:
>The particularly American affinity for peanut butter can readily be
>satisfied at any large supermarket, though ex-pat children quickly discover
>that Nutella, a spread made from hazelnuts and chocolate, is a yummier
>alternative. There are many tales of American backpackers filling their
>packs with peanut butter to fuel their journeys through what must appear to
>them, to be a gastronomic desert.
Peanut butter and Nutella are both near the bottom of my list of food
preferences. Only Vegemite is worse.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Jan 26th 2005, 1:47 am
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Tim Challenger wrote:
>
> Peanut butter is available here in most supermarkets, but not SunPat, just
> "european no-name" copies. That wasn't the case only a few years ago.
Ãœltje sells peanut butter now.
M
>
> Peanut butter is available here in most supermarkets, but not SunPat, just
> "european no-name" copies. That wasn't the case only a few years ago.
Ãœltje sells peanut butter now.
M
Jan 26th 2005, 1:49 am
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:39:08 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... >but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
... >One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
... >I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
... >crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
... >any other cheese eating experience.
... >
... >Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
... >supermarket recently.
...
... and Eli said sherry too.
...
... Now we are hungry again :-)
Pavlov should have used you.
some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... >but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
... >One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
... >I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
... >crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
... >any other cheese eating experience.
... >
... >Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
... >supermarket recently.
...
... and Eli said sherry too.
...
... Now we are hungry again :-)
Pavlov should have used you.
Jan 26th 2005, 1:59 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:48:35 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Funny about the food from this region, they have the lowest heart disease
>rate in Europe, a third the British or American rate. Their food looks
>like a cholesterol special. Some "blame" the red wine, but nobody knows
>for sure.
a) The French die of other things.
b) The French take more exercise.
--
Martin
wrote:
>Funny about the food from this region, they have the lowest heart disease
>rate in Europe, a third the British or American rate. Their food looks
>like a cholesterol special. Some "blame" the red wine, but nobody knows
>for sure.
a) The French die of other things.
b) The French take more exercise.
--
Martin
Jan 26th 2005, 2:09 am
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:49:29 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:39:08 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ...
> ... >but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
> ... >One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
> ... >I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
> ... >crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
> ... >any other cheese eating experience.
> ... >
> ... >Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
> ... >supermarket recently.
> ...
> ... and Eli said sherry too.
> ...
> ... Now we are hungry again :-)
>Pavlov should have used you.
Instead of Gaston?
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:39:08 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ...
> ... >but there are enough blue cheeses in France to keep me going.
> ... >One of my favourite cheeses while living in the UK was Blue Cheshire, which
> ... >I have no hope of ever encountering here in France. The buttery flavour and
> ... >crumbly texture being a perfect foil for the strong blue vein--quite unlike
> ... >any other cheese eating experience.
> ... >
> ... >Rioja wine is hard to root out here, but I managed to spot some at my local
> ... >supermarket recently.
> ...
> ... and Eli said sherry too.
> ...
> ... Now we are hungry again :-)
>Pavlov should have used you.
Instead of Gaston?
--
Martin
Jan 26th 2005, 2:14 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:47:01 +0100, Mika wrote:
> Tim Challenger wrote:
>>
>> Peanut butter is available here in most supermarkets, but not SunPat, just
>> "european no-name" copies. That wasn't the case only a few years ago.
>
> Ãœltje sells peanut butter now.
True, but that's hard to find here as well - probably more common in
Germany. It's good though.
--
Tim C.
> Tim Challenger wrote:
>>
>> Peanut butter is available here in most supermarkets, but not SunPat, just
>> "european no-name" copies. That wasn't the case only a few years ago.
>
> Ãœltje sells peanut butter now.
True, but that's hard to find here as well - probably more common in
Germany. It's good though.
--
Tim C.
Jan 26th 2005, 2:19 am
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Following up to nitram
>but the tomato soup is totally
>different. There is far less sugar in it for a start.
well, that's an improvement.
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>but the tomato soup is totally
>different. There is far less sugar in it for a start.
well, that's an improvement.
--
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Jan 26th 2005, 2:19 am
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Following up to "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com>
>> Are the bangers any good? I would imagine some vile Walls bright
>> pink gunge.
>I do believe they're Walls. Never bought any.
good move.
>Come to think of it, hardly
>ever ate bangers during the five years I spent in the UK.
If it was a long time ago, probably good move again. If recently,
you missed out on some nice food, but it *must* be from top end
producers.
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
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>> Are the bangers any good? I would imagine some vile Walls bright
>> pink gunge.
>I do believe they're Walls. Never bought any.
good move.
>Come to think of it, hardly
>ever ate bangers during the five years I spent in the UK.
If it was a long time ago, probably good move again. If recently,
you missed out on some nice food, but it *must* be from top end
producers.
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
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Jan 26th 2005, 2:33 am
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Re: Article about French Waiters
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:59:25 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:48:35 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
...
... >Funny about the food from this region, they have the lowest heart disease
... >rate in Europe, a third the British or American rate. Their food looks
... >like a cholesterol special. Some "blame" the red wine, but nobody knows
... >for sure.
...
... a) The French die of other things.
... b) The French take more exercise.
More than...?
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:48:35 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
...
... >Funny about the food from this region, they have the lowest heart disease
... >rate in Europe, a third the British or American rate. Their food looks
... >like a cholesterol special. Some "blame" the red wine, but nobody knows
... >for sure.
...
... a) The French die of other things.
... b) The French take more exercise.
More than...?
