Steak au poivre is a pepper steak with different doness ( well done, medium done and rare done) served with with spicy pepper sauce.
Q: How is the modern kitchen brigade different from the classic kitchen brigade?
French people tend nowadays to eat more often between meals and have lighter and less organised meals. It was a national habit to sit (the whole family) at fixed times for breakfast, lunch, diner and dieteticists say this is partly a reason for why obesity is less present in France. It is still recommended not to eat between meals, especially sweets or salted snacks.
beef is le boeuf
chicken is le poulet
grapes are les raisins
cheese is le fromage
ham is le jambon
watermelon is la pasteque
mushrooms are leschampignons
apples are les pommes
bread is le pain
bananas are les bananes
fromagerie
This follows the usual formula of adding -(e)rie to something to make the word for a place that sells or makes that thing. For example:
sandwicherie
friterie
chocolaterie
The Spanish do eat snails but then so do the French and Americans and a lot of other nationalities.
Yes, they can. French traditional nougat recipes use sugar and honey, almonds and less frequently other nuts (hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts) and egg whites and sometimes candied fruits. The brown nougat recipe is bristle and crunchy as it doesn't have the egg white addition. Both recipes are acceptable for Halal diet, contrary to English or American nougat-like candies, which most often contain gelatin and additional fats.
French style food service is when food is brought around on carts for diners to look at. The table is already set in front of the diner, when they see a food that they want to eat, it is served to them from the cart.
Forever they have 5 course meals. I've been there.
If they have guests, most of the night (with a lot of talking). If it's just the family, under an hour.
There is no age for legally drinking alcohol, but there is one for buying it: 16 years. It is however almost nowhere enforced.
Well, another weird food they eat is frogs.
smart clothing, they don't like to dress casually. The women like to wear a berret and a chequered jacket with a smart skirt and the men like to wear pedal pushers with sandals and a t-shirt. France is famous for its fashionable clothing.
The French love cheeses, wine, Steak and Frites (french fries) Sole, eggs, roasted chicken, good fresh bread, green salad , green beans. Of course it depends where you are in France.
Cheese
They say 'une bouche' or more impolitely, 'une gueule'.
Which type of seafood eaten is very seasonal in France. That being said, Salmon, Bass Mussels and Oysters are favorites.
Truffles are found all over the world but they're most expensive and to some people they're the best in France.
French Fries (Pommes de Terre = Potato and Frite = Fried)
The French love a quick and easy breakfast that consists of croissants and slices of bread. For drinks they love coffee or tea and children usually drink hot chocolate. Lunch is often a time of socialising and is known as the 1-hour mid day break but in some smaller towns where work is not as busy, lunch is known as the 2-hour break. It usually consists of sandwiches followed by a dessert. Dinner often consists of three courses: an entrée which is usually soup, a middle course which consists of salad and a cheese platter, and maybe fresh fruit or yoghurt and a final course which is often meat served with rice or pasta. For desert they eat crepes, soufflé, custard, chocolate and tarts. They also love their wine.
Some French foods are crossiants, Pain de chocolat, Café au lait, Croque-monsieur, Crème brûlée and
cheeses such as Brie, and Roquefort.
From 100 to 135 according to the size of the potato
The main types of foods that are eaten in France are bread, as in baguettes, croissants, pain noir ( black bread ) , and they also consume alot of cheese. The cheeses are very condimented cheeses.