menthe Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Plenty for everybody, but you'll have to go to Aurillac.... https://www.20minutes.fr/tempo/food/4070532-20240115-aurillac-record-monde-plus-longue-galette-rois-battu?utm_source=pocket-newtab-fr-fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betise Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Nope, due to always visiting French family in the North over the new year period, and being offered it at every opportunity (even if just popping round for apperos or a coffee) I now view it as something to avoided if at all possible. We went away to Scotland this new year, got off scott free! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Yeah…no. Its nice the first time. That is about it. Another pointless (expensive) French tradition. Give me a bourbon or maybe a custard cream biscuit and a cuppa anytime. You won’t break a tooth with a custard cream. 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betise Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 ALBF, we know someone who claims to swallow the fève rather than have to be king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLister Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, alittlebitfrench said: Give me a bourbon For a while I was in agreement with you until I realised you were talking about the biscuit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Well, perhaps, betise they really wanna be a queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hectorsdad Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 That is not a very long, record breaker. It is just a line of individual galettes which are clearly gapped slightly. It would be twice as long if each one was cut in half and the pieces placed end to end. Sorry but I have nothing to do at the moment except drink a mug of tea followed by icing our daughter’s 55th birthday cake, made by her Mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Betise, I agree about the taste of galette des rois. I have been cured of eating it forever! This year, I have managed to avoid all occasions where it would have been served, not the gym réunion, not the maire's drink-up, not in any neighbour's house, not visited the boulangerie in case he offers me a bit to taste. I think that long line of galettes would have turned me queasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 3 hours ago, DaveLister said: For a while I was in agreement with you until I realised you were talking about the biscuit. Naughty DL, I'd have liked a very large bourbon (no rye thanks) after coming in soaked to the skin late afternoon. But alas no longer keep any spirits in the house and minimal wine so as not to be tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 oops, I mean no dry, don't like mixers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Hmm, my daughter asked me to bring one back to London after Christmas, and the only ones I could find had SpiderMan crowns with them. is that some new French trradition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Galette, different sorts, still too sweet, and the need not to break a tooth means I sually avoid, and like Menthe, not been anywhere this year which necessitates one! Been enjoying the last of my stollen instead, as the mince pies are long gone, as is any Christmas cake I managed to find as I don't buy or make one, just enjoy others makes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 11 hours ago, Loiseau said: Hmm, my daughter asked me to bring one back to London after Christmas, and the only ones I could find had SpiderMan crowns with them. is that some new French trradition? Loiseau, I remember when all the fèves were figurines like baby Jesus or Mary or some vaguely Eastern potentate robed character. But in later years, there have certainly been strange figures unrecognisable to me. The last one was called 'Chewbacca" who appears to be some sort of monkey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Exactly, minty. She did say that they substituted a paper crown from a cracker when it came to the day. I think I ought to try making one next year, if she asks me. Actually, I forgot to tell her that the smallest person at the table has to hide underneath it and then call out the names to receive each slice as it is cut, to avoid any shenanigans. Pity, as her 5-y-o would have loved doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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