Other than bread/pastry I don't get the fuss about French cuisine
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Anonymous
Bla, bla, must be our French pp here. |
Anonymous
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I agree, OP.
And I enjoyed the breads and pastries more in Italy than I did in France. |
Anonymous
“I love food, I follow food. Yet I cannot recognize one of the leading chefs of this generation”. 
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Anonymous
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maybe they are ten years old? or a 21 year old asian.. lumpia
have you heard of Alice waters then? French food is famous b/c it is starving people's food but it is cooked with care. It's also famous in America bc we were a former English colony and William the conquerer and his Normans made a big impression on what was considered haute culture and lost battles have far reaching consequences. This person who is into being human, follows humans etc probably has never heard of the battle of Hastings. I sincerely hope there is absolutely no overlap between this poster and the people offended that their kids have to compete to get into a top 75 university... |
Anonymous
Did you know that bbq ribs were poor people's food? Also lobster? I feel sorry that your taste buds have to suffer due to your elitism. |
Anonymous
Right on. French food diaries, it is bland, add butter, it is still bland, add more butter. |
Anonymous
American palates are used to everything being over salted or too sweet. |
Anonymous
| Fresh food prepared simply to highlight the quality of the ingredients. What's not to like? |
Anonymous
| There is a lot of ignorance on this thread, starting with the OP who sounds like a moron. Wow. |
Anonymous
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It’s popular because if you look at Western European cuisine such as British, Irish, German, Scandinavian, etc, food from centuries ago, it was awful. Really Awful.
French cooks took a bit more time trying to make something decent with the basically the same thing everyone else in that region had- meat, wheat, milk, and salt. So at the time, it was much better than their neighbors fare. But now, when we have so much access to cuisines from all over the world that French food is not the star. It’s basically hanging on because if it’s centuries long reputation in the Western world. But we can see why there were wars, slave trades, colonizations, and more wars as territories battled to get a piece of the spice trade. Food tastes better elsewhere. |
Anonymous
It is interesting that you mention pho. While undoubtedly fantastic it is essentially a chinese (vua north vietnam) soup made using french techniques (roasting the onion and ginger along with making a consomme) and topped with south vietnamese garnishes. It's very french fusiony. |
Anonymous
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I had a cassoulet that I still sometimes think about, it was so, so good.
(If anyone knows a local place with a great cassoulet I’d appreciate the recommendation) |
Anonymous
Ha, ha. Please tell me when the last time was you went to a French restaurant in the U.S. |
Anonymous
So, you want beans and meat? And you somehow fail at cooking this simple central European dish because???? |
Anonymous
Perhaps because he cooks worse than me? I was taught by my grandma, born in central Europe in 1910. |