Just Katie Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I made bread and butter pudding for french guests recently. I soaked the sultanas in rum and served it with home made custard. It went down a treat.On the subject of beef, I find the stewing steak used for bouef borg to be very good.As someone said earlier, A good steak and ale pie or even a stew served with potatoes to mirror bouef bourg (sorry, I cant spell it) followed by bread and butter pudding. Both will keep and I think both are respectable British dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Eton Mess, or Eton Desordre I called it. Easy and our french friends love it. Buy frozen fruit then you don't have to worry whether you are making enough of the stuff as you can always pull a bit more out of the freezer. If you can't get your hands on double cream then mascapone whipped with creme liquid is almost as good as the real thing! Don't stir in the broken meringue until the last minute to keep it crunchy. Simples!ChrisChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 Just caught up with this thread - thanks for the recipe Fi, and more ideas from others.I'll have to make a list and do some negotiation eventually.I like the idea of the english newspapers - the Mirror or the Financial Times? [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Definately The Sun - the men will love page 3!Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Yes the sun or the star. When we have lunch in the English bar my French colleagues (men and women) are fully amused by them. They sit there giggling and pointing like a load of six year olds looking at the underwear section in a catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruntfuttock Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I am Paul Lees a rotarian in East Yorkshire district 1270 and will be in Ribaute near to Lezignan from the 8th to 29th September. I would very much like to attend a club meet whilst I am there but my French is very limited and feel that unless someone can help me I would not manage well.Can you help?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Pies. The french do have pies, only tarts both sweet and savoury. You could do a selection of meat and for pudding something like a bread and butter pudding,cheesecake made with mascapone or trifle which goes down well with our french friends.In France they already have shepherds pie (hachis parmentier) and crumbles which are terrible.If you do pies with mash or roast potatoes, remember to do some good gravy as well. Other things like bubble and squeak are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sorry error. Should read the french DO NOT HAVE pies.How about stew and dumplings if you can get the suet in time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well some french do have pies. In the Central region of France they have them and maybe other regions do to. My friend was from the Auvergne and she would make a pie with potatoe and cream and I cannot remember what else in it. It was very good. And she would serve it as a starter! Here it ishttp://annuaire.toques-auvergne.com/recette.php?id=80and I think she did this one too.http://lespaniersdemartin.over-blog.com/article-tourte-d-auvergne-au-chou-frise-et-au-cantal-69602011.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 [quote user="gruntfuttock"]I am Paul Lees a rotarian in East Yorkshire district 1270 and will be in Ribaute near to Lezignan from the 8th to 29th September. I would very much like to attend a club meet whilst I am there but my French is very limited and feel that unless someone can help me I would not manage well.Can you help?Paul[/quote]This new member has just revived this thread ( why?)We had the meal last September and they made PIE! Chicken pie with hard boiled eggs and olives. Got the recipe off the internet. Pea soup first, and banoffee pudding for dessert with guiness and an english cuppa to finish.It was quite well attended and my friend and I helped, although most of the cooking was done by the french ladies on the committee. I thought it was going to be catered, but no. They sent the pies out to private homes to be baked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sorry I did not read the whole thread right through, just joined on the end. Yes, why do some people revive ancient threads?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I have trouble enough finding recent threads I want to reread. I'm with you Val2, it amazes me not only that they do it, but how they do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 [quote user="Patf"][quote user="gruntfuttock"]I am Paul Lees a rotarian in East Yorkshire district 1270 and will be in Ribaute near to Lezignan from the 8th to 29th September. I would very much like to attend a club meet whilst I am there but my French is very limited and feel that unless someone can help me I would not manage well.Can you help?Paul[/quote]This new member has just revived this thread ( why?)We had the meal last September and they made PIE! Chicken pie with hard boiled eggs and olives. Got the recipe off the internet. Pea soup first, and banoffee pudding for dessert with guiness and an english cuppa to finish.It was quite well attended and my friend and I helped, although most of the cooking was done by the french ladies on the committee. I thought it was going to be catered, but no. They sent the pies out to private homes to be baked.[/quote]If you put "Rotary" in the search box, Pat, this is the only thread which comes up. Thus perhaps our new poster (what a welcome!) was looking for similarly minded Rotarians and came up with this?I'm sorry I can't help you, Gruntfuttock, but I do love your forum name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 There was another Rotarian who posted just before the Itchy Feet Tour, about caravan awnings if I remember correctly. He also thought of coming along to the lunch, but couldn't find the venue on a dummy run.Maybe the OP ought to start a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 So I say, welcome, Paul, to the forum [:D] But why did you decide to join on an old thread about food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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