Proper etiquette to eat good cheesy French onion soup in public without being gross?

[Anonymous]

I'm French. We have a few really cheesy dishes, and they always pose a problem! You're supposed to use a piece of bread to twirl away stringy bits from your mouth, then eat the bread. I've seen farmers use their pocket knife to cut off the cheese from alpine cheese soup right at the lip. And everything in between.

Your appreciation of the dish compensates for all the creative ways you choose to consume it, so NO WORRIES.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need to spill the beans! The DCUM foodie section wants to try this soup! Where should we go???

[Anonymous]

Some things are not meant to be dainty.

Now. Where was this?

[Anonymous]

So stupid op wont share, if no one orders it it will pulled off the menu. Dumb AF not to share the info.

[Anonymous]

Not OP but I had a great bowl of baked French onion soup at Copperwood Tavern in Shirlington last night.

[Anonymous]

NP. Lyon Hall in Clarendon has amazing French onion soup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to spill the beans! The DCUM foodie section wants to try this soup! Where should we go???

le dip

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to spill the beans! The DCUM foodie section wants to try this soup! Where should we go???

le dip

The FOS at Central is SOOOO good.

[Anonymous]

In commemoration of this thread, I had French onion soup for lunch today, scratch made except for boxed beef stock. I keep a block of Gruyere cheese in the freezer for this soup, and I always have French bread in the freezer too. So good. YUM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to spill the beans! The DCUM foodie section wants to try this soup! Where should we go???

le dip

Merci!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm French. We have a few really cheesy dishes, and they always pose a problem! You're supposed to use a piece of bread to twirl away stringy bits from your mouth, then eat the bread. I've seen farmers use their pocket knife to cut off the cheese from alpine cheese soup right at the lip. And everything in between.

Your appreciation of the dish compensates for all the creative ways you choose to consume it, so NO WORRIES.

This is brilliant. You guys are so classy.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why you couldn't just cut it with the soup spoon against the bowl. I've never had to eat onion soup cheese with my hands.

At any rate, you are way overthinking this. You liked it. You figured out how to eat it. It's over. Try the spoon cutting next time. Move on.