Comprendre la France, la culture française, les Français et apprendre le français. Welcome to France!
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Here's a "betterave rouge". Where can I find it ? Most of the time it's sold in a plastic wrap in the "rayon fruits et légumes" in a supermarket. In this case, it's already cooked. But you might find some on an open market and then it's raw. You'll have...
Here are different types of onions on an open market : Oignon jaune on the left, oignon blanc in the middle, oignon rouge. How to use it ? We use a lot of onion in French cooking, especially for vegetables : oignon sauté, ail and vegetables. See some...
Pomme de terre (also " patate") is very common in French cooking. The pink ones are not sweet. In France, you won't easily find "patates douces" (sweet potatoes). You might find "patates douces" in some supermarkets or in Asiatic shops. But if you go...
Ingrédients 1 kg pommes de terre (potatoes), ½ lire huile oil (tournesol). You can try with olive oil for a different taste. All you must keep in mind is to use a « huile pour friture », sel et poivre (salt and pepper). Peler (peel) the potatoes, slice...
Radis belong to " crudités ". We eat them raw, as an entrée with salt, pepper and sometimes butter. Just rinse them, remove their end : Where to find them ? "rayon fruits et légumes" in your supermarket, or an open market. And if you want to know what...
How long will it last ? Go and see the Christmas section, add a few dances between each course and you might have a good idea ! Is there any kind of traditional food for a wedding ? It's all in the “pièce montée”. It's the cake. A cake made of “choux”...
Regardez votre déclaration de revenus (pour la version papier uniquement), si les cases que vous remplissez ont un petit dessin en forme de feuille en bout de ligne, cela signifie que vous devez envoyer un justificatif. Sans ce justificatif, vous n'aurez...
Entre le 24 avril et le 6 mai 2009, vous allez recevoir dans votre boître à lettres votre déclaration de revenus de l'année 2008. Maintenant c'est beaucoup plus simple parce qu'elle est pré-remplie par l'administration (à quoi vous échappez !!). Vous...
Take a look at your « déclaration de revenus », if you see a small sheet drawn at the end of a line you must fill in, it means you must add a justificatif. Without this justificatif, you won't be entitled to any cut. If you use internet to fill in your...
I can't resist ! If you go to a restaurant and see "fraisier" on the dessert menu, here is what it is : It's a soft cake called "génoise" with whipped cream (crème chantilly) or sometimes "crème pâtissière" and fruits. This one is a "fraisier" because...
Here is a very good cheese. To tell the truth, it's not a French cheese but an Italian. Anyway, it's very good and it's this cheese you should have on a pizza. We also use it in summer, it goes very well on a "salade de crudités" for example. It also...
That's an easy one (one more !). Ingredients : Tomates, as many as you want ! Mozzarella (one packet is enough for at least 4 tomatoes), Feuilles de basilic (a few basil leaves) : 2 leaves per tomato is already a good quantity. Sauce : You have the choice...
Noix belong to the category of "fruits secs". It means they keep for a long time as long as it's in a dry place. This kind of fruit will only become dry but still be good. In this category you'll also find : noisettes (hazelnuts), amandes (almondes)....
Usually « salade » is an « entrée », we eat salade at the beginning of lunch (mainly lunch but also dinner if you want). When we eat salade, we only eat salade and most of the time it means « salade verte » (lettuce). We bring a « saladier » (big salad...
This one is an easy and famous cake in France. You only need a few ingredients. It can be used as an easy cake basis in which you can add all kinds of nuts, flavours or fruits. Ingredients : 3 oeufs (eggs) Sucre (sugar) Farine (flour) Beurre (butter)...
These are "asperge" : How to use them ? Rinse the "asperges". Cut the bottom so they all have the same length. Cooking methods : 1. Boiled "aspeges": Bring salted water to the boil. When it boils, put the "aspeges" in the pan and cook for 15 minutes at...
Be careful ! Mustard is hot ! If you try a "moutarde à l'ancienne" it won't be so hot. Enjoy your "moutarde" with a piece of meat or some charcuterie. You can also try all kinds or mustards : estragon (tarragon), basilic (basil), poivre (pepper)... On...
Of course, a cake is a cake ! I agree with you. I (try to) mean that when we use the English word "cake" in French, we mean "a special kind of cake" and not any cake. In fact it's all about its shape : a cake is long and not round. When a cake is round,...
Poulet / chicken is largely used in French cooking, you can buy a whole "poulet", in this case you say "un poulet". But you can also get a steak that we call "escalope de poulet" in French. "Escalope" means "steak" but we only use this word for poultry....
A gigot d'agneau is a common dish for a family meal or a special day like Easter / Pâques. As it's a big piece of meat, we don't cook it so often. Huge isn't it ????? This gigot is "avec os" (bone-in) but you can ask your butcher for a gigot "désossé"...
The important thing to remember about cooking a leg of lamb is to not over-cook it. Lamb is naturally tender. You can get a leg of lamb bone-in (“avec os”) or boneless (“sans os” or “désossée”). Regarding the cooking time question, it is said to cook...
I'm sure you really like "crème chantilly" : whipped cream. If you want to make "crème chantilly", you need "crème fleurette" it's the best. Just put a bottle of cream in the fridge, it must be cold otherwise you will never succeed. Then it's easy, whip...
A Pâques on peut trouver des chocolats en forme d’œufs Pourquoi ? La tradition d’offrir des œufs est plus ancienne que la religion chrétienne (le christianisme), l’œuf qui symbolise la vie et le renouveau s’est tout naturellement trouvé être le symbole...
A Pâques, on peut trouver des chocolats en forme de cloches. Pourquoi ? Et bien tout simplement à cause d’une légende. En France par exemple, on dit que lorsque les cloches ne sonnent pas, c’est parce qu’elles sont parties à Rome pour se faire bénir par...
En France, certains jours fériés sont historiques (11 novembre ou 8 mai pour la fin de la première et de la deuxième guerre mondiale) et d’autres sont d’origine religieuse (Noël, Pâques, 15 août, 1er novembre). Les fêtes de Pâques sont d'origine religieuse....
