Baked or prepared

[woolybanana]

It is late and I am tired but maybe some clever soul can help: how does one distinguish between ‘prepared on site’ in French and ‘cooked on site’. French seems to have the word ‘ cuit ‘ when referred to bread and breadmaking.

[Loiseau]

I should guess that prepared on site means they make the dough themselves, and the other that they buy in the dough and just cook it on site.

[woolybanana]

Thank you, little Oiseau, but how do they indicate or say this in French?

[alittlebitfrench]

It is usually written outside WB in very large letters. LOL

You have 'boulanger' and you have 'artisan boulanger'.

The latter makes all their stuff on premises.

Et voila.

[suein56]

This article is quite helpful ..

https://gourmandiz.dhnet.be/tendances/3986/dou-vient-le-pain-des-grandes-surfaces

So, élaboré sur place .. if the bread is made from start to finish on site.

And, cuit sur place, for bread which is produced elsewhere but the final cooking is done in ovens on site.

Glad we're back online.

[BritinBretagne]

There is a third option many places buy in the pre-formed bread ready for the oven, different to those who literally buy in dough.

[idun]

 This is the thing isn't it, the wonderful fresh french bread that is 'made' by the local baker, when it isn't always.

A friend's brother opened a boulangerie and she was shaking her head and glancing upwards as she was telling us about it. As he is not trained or a boulanger, he had to buy all the doughs in and only had to bake it..... and that was a very long time ago, twenty odd years, and this Idun, who was obviously very naive at the time was very shocked.