Myths about France

[Miki]

[quote user="le bouffon"]Sorry to ask this miki but who are your

clients,and do they drive 4x4`s....Only

joking.""""""""""""""""""[/quote]

Nope, all banned, cant be 'aving all those hooray Henrys, Henriettas, Tristrams, Olivers and Felicity's  'ere [:D]

Scooters and people on pogo sticks only, are welcome Chez Miki. but we

will allow people with their own jets and helicopters, now that the new

runway and helipad have finally been put built at South Miki Fork

(bluddy artisans, two weeks they said, a year ago !)

Mr O still away I see.

[le bouffon]

No,you got the real deal.

[SaligoBay]

[quote user="Miki"][Scooters and people on pogo sticks only, are welcome Chez Miki. but we will allow people with their own jets and helicopters, [/quote]

Thank goodness you saw sense, Miki.  I quite fancy a hol oop Norf, but wouldn't want to share holiday accommodation with pogo-stickers.  So it's the jet or nothing.  I'm sure you understand.

[Miki]

No problems with bringing the jet SB................ well I say no problems !

When I say, just built, I meant................... not quite ready. We

have been waiting for Seamus and the boys to put down the new tarmac

with those lovely red bits innit but he has promised that it will be

laid before Easter and beat the rush from the Breton jetsetters.

Next door have just purchased a nice new shiny Cessna and say we will

be quite a handy place to take off and land, they can just push it

round here from next door or their son can pull it round with the new

John Deere tractor (purchased on 0% interest, available for the poor).

We plan to do whirlygig tours to Carrefour on Tuesdays (5% discount day

for cardholders) plus a quick stop for a sandwich and a glass of cider

on the way back.

Reckon we are getting to grips with what the tourists want these days..................

[Renaud]

Beurk? What is with this Beurk?

And how come a thread about French Myths has decended into slagging off those that exclaim "Darling" at airports?

[SaligoBay]

[quote user="Renaud"]Beurk? What is with this Beurk??[/quote]

Beurk is an expression of distaste, kind of like yuck.   It's French.

[quote user="Renaud"]And how come a thread about French Myths has decended into slagging off those that exclaim "Darling" at airports?[/quote]

Not sure.  You can balance it up by extolling their virtues if you like.  [:)]

[Iceni]

[quote user="SaligoBay"]

[quote user="Renaud"]Beurk? What is with this Beurk??[/quote]

Beurk is an expression of distaste, kind of like yuck.   It's French.

[/quote]

I thought Icelandic, wrong as per.

Myths shattered for me - French women are not ALL stunningly gorgeous, many outdo Nora Batty in style, the fantastic 5€ lunch with all the wine you can drink now costs 11€, all French people do not speak excellent English better than wot I does though many do but not until the wine flows copiously or they know me well

Myths confirmed - the world stops for 2 hours mid-day, and all day Sunday and Monday, French women visit the hairdresser every other day at least, French bread is wonderful but must be eaten within minutes of purchase or it becomes a weapon of mass destruction.

John

not

[Viv]

[quote user="Renaud"]Beurk? What is with this Beurk? And how come a thread about French Myths has decended into slagging off those that exclaim "Darling" at airports?[/quote]

 

Oh dear, I'm getting into trouble for hijacking my own topic!

[Miki]

And I thought they were saying "Dahling" anyway.

"Darling" is for the commoners (comme moi!) [:)]

Wossy is on in a minute, just listening to Sounds of the Sixties, we

have already had Gene Vincent,  Rocking Goose and lots of Reggie

music, including Fatti boom boom !

I like my Saturday mornings,

starts with the Morning Line (so I can see suitable nags to lose me

dosh on) and then the togger at lunchtime (Scousers and the Mancs are

in combat today !).......not at all integrated on Saturday

mornings..............

I'm rambling now, I tried a new Absinthe last night (integrated period)

and the tea (off integration time) has set me off

again....................

Bon weekend

[Teamedup]

Beurk is a wonderful word. I use it sparingly, when say talking about andouillettes or tripe. Of some other thing that is quite disgusting. And when said with gusto rather sounds like one is going to throw up. It is quite 'current' though and I'm sure that some of you will realise that that nauseus sound you have been hearing from time to time was this word.

 

Like it took me rather a long time to realise that that most dreadful/ugly of french sounds is a word and is spelled 'hein'.

 

Myth broken, I could get soap in France.

 

French chic, not in my village, but certainly many of the ladies in the city I used to live in had 'it', certainly not the men. After leaving an office job in the UK and moving to France I found that the men had as much dress sense and class as a bucket of ....... well, if you come where I come in the North of England you'll know what to put in there. In my old office even office juniors dressed better. Then the 80's really started and as far as the men were concerned dress sense went really downhill after that.

 

[Catalpa]

Yesssss! The Morning Line! [:D] [:D] The last few weeks we've been able to watch it after being without it for 18 months. I threw a hissy fit at the lack of racing coverage (I don't count BBC coverage) so we now have C4 in time for... the Cheltenham festival. We had to cut short our honeymoon (25 years ago) so we could be back in time for Gold Cup - this year will be the first since then that we won't be at Prestbury for the meeting. If I'd not been able to see the tv coverage I'd have been seriously unhappy. But now... [:D] [:D] bit of a bummer having Newbury frosted off last week and Cheltenham the week before though.

[Renaud]

Hmmm, apologies, I rather like threads that go off topic. I usually "darlink" at airports (probably too loudly). They say that it pays to increase your wordpower, Beurk indeed, how is it pronounced?

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="Teamedup"]

French chic, not in my village, but certainly

many of the ladies in the city I used to live in had 'it', certainly

not the men. After leaving an office job in the UK and moving to France

I found that the men had as much dress sense and class as a bucket of

....... well, if you come where I come in the North of England you'll

know what to put in there. In my old office even office juniors dressed

better. Then the 80's really started and as far as the men were

concerned dress sense went really downhill after that.

 [/quote]

On the plus side, one doesn't see too much of what might be termed

"inappropriate use of sports wear" - that is, €300 track suits being

worn by poeple weighing about quarter of a tonne, fag in one hand, bag

of donuts in the other. I'm not saying the France is immune (certainly

we have one lady in this village who doesn't get her feet wet in the

shower and she is seldom without her replica Man United shirt,

though there is some evidence to suggest that she may be away with the

fairies), but this unspeakable trend is certainly less evident here

than in many other places. This could be down to a "style" gene I

suppose.

I agree with you about the 1980's being the beginning of the end for

the well dressed office workforce. It is merely co-incidence, however,

that I entered the fulltime workplace towards the end of that decade.[:)]

[SaligoBay]

[quote user="Renaud"]Beurk indeed, how is it pronounced?[/quote]

A bit like "berk".  Or "burke".  Or "bleurchghchgh".   Or a mixture of all three.  As long as you use it in the right context, French people will know what you mean.

[Patf]

The sound you make when throwing up. Very onomatopoeic (?)

[le bouffon]

Whats wrong with tripe,there is tripe in the northern style provence style and the best is tripe is in the catalan style,love it with a glass of red,dip your bread in the rich gravy(sauce to the posh members)and let the flavour and texture do their thing.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="le bouffon"]Whats wrong with tripe[/quote]

All the scrubbing and rinsing and scrubbing again for a start. And the

boiling it for about 11 hours before it approaches being edible. I'll

eat anything if pushed (except celery), but I can't help feeling that

if nature makes it so difficult to eat there's probably some reason not

to eat it. I had a friend once who was a devotée of blowfish. He would

pay impassive oriental types with big knives vast sums of money to have

them carve up these things in such a way that they would not kill him.

I tried some once. Tasted a lot like it looked, and certainly a funny

sort of thing to risk a life over, particularly ones own.  Mind

you, if you can find someone to do it for you, trips à la mode de Caen can be pretty impresive, despite the rather unpromising appearance of the raw matterial.

Now, if we're taking about nice offal, sweetbreads are hard to

beat, and, I noticed at market this morning, quite reasonable at the

moment, plus we are coming into the best season for lambs' livers and

kidneys.

The French are bloody brilliant about knowing how to turn the more

unappetising parts of livestock into top quality dishes - that is not a

myth.[um] I would hazard that this is the reason why so many French

dogs look half starved: a lack of offal to turn into pet food.

[YCCMB]

Myth about France no. 304...........it's populated by French people[:^)]

[le bouffon]

Now your talking,lambs kidneys lovely, fried in olive oil  garlic lardons (or any air dried ham)and a touch of creme frais just before the end.Veal liver floured and just shown the pan on each side,veal heart sliced fried quickly in olive oil,bulls heart roasted ummm,eat warm.Draw the line at pigs trotters,down here they mix snails with the trotters in a garlic tomato and chilli sauce,the sauce is great but snails and trotters no way!!!

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="le bouffon"]Now your talking,lambs kidneys lovely, fried

in olive oil  garlic lardons (or any air dried ham)and a touch of

creme frais just before the end.Veal liver floured and just shown the

pan on each side,veal heart sliced fried quickly in olive oil,bulls

heart roasted ummm,eat warm.Draw the line at pigs trotters,down here

they mix snails with the trotters in a garlic tomato and chilli

sauce,the sauce is great but snails and trotters no way!!![/quote]

I'd agree about pig's trotters on their own, but split in two and added

to a slow cooked stew they add a fantistic texture and flavour to the

gravy. I don't eat them afterwards though.

[Teamedup]

But it has to be said that if one is making a pate en croute or even a pork pie, then the gelee made from pigs trotters is an abosolute must. I have never made another gelee that is ever as good as the one pigs feet give me.

Snails are fad and without a half decent sauce are a complete waste of time.

[Miki]

Catalpa,

Hedgehunter has a big

lumpo (11st10lb) to carry this year in the National. I backed him last year and

have never, ever ever been so confident

of a horse two out being the winner. Monkerhostin has top weight (11st12lb). I think I will

have a sympathetic bet on Clan Royal who was desperately unlucky not to

be in  the shake up last year.

Kempton (once my very local race track) is, I am told,

getting on very well with it's all weather track and facilites (saw it at Xmas and it

looked very good) good course but Sandown has alway been

my favourite, due really to the excellent viewing facilities. From one

particular bar, one can see the parade ring, the course and have a bet

without moving from the spot !! Don't like Cheltenham and Goodwood from

a "being there" point of view anymore, too busy and too difficult to

have a bet plus  getting a drink can be a nightmare and I am not a

picnic punter ! Nor a ladies day, sorry to you ladies who like and

understand the nags but too many are there just for the fashion stakes

and the "shampoo" ('orrible term!) and again, it crowds it out all too

much !

As you say, thank heavens for Channel 4, althought little Willie and

big Clare do try their best and Angus (stato) is a mine of info.

Whoops off topic, hope the thread policeman will allow this one to stay [:D]

[Viv]

11st 10lb A big lumpo?

That is SOOOOO depressing, I am  now going off to the dieting thread......I may be some time....

[Miki]

Sorry Viva, didn't mean it to be a personal thing ! But it is soooo

difficult for horses to carry much more than that over 4½ miles and

still have the time and energy to go and chase Mr Reynard (oops that's

another thread innit !, sorry !)

[Viv]

Nah don't worry, I'm not really that sensitive about my weight.  Besides I know that jockeys are really just leprachauns!