French Vegetables

Caran | 20:52 Tue 17th Sep 2013 | ChatterBank

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Supermarkets in France have great displays of vegetables. Having been to France nearly every year for 15 years we have never seen a carrot, a pea, caulie,broccoli or any other veg in a restaurant. All you are offered is chips, rice OR green beans. Who eats all the French veg?
When they come over here and eat out they must be amazed at the choice of veg.

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joggerjayne

Caran, that is SO true, isn't it.

boxtops

How odd. When you eat out in southern Spain, they always seem to offer you a brouhaha of tomatoes, potatoes, the odd onion, a sort of stew-veg. It's very nice but it's very predictable!

Bbbananas

True. Britain has cabbage. :-)

boxtops

Do French eat veg, to be amazed by it?

boxtops

salla, and sprouts :-)

Buenchico

Try the wonderful Histoire Ancienne in Calais. It's very reasonably priced and you'll find 'et légumes du jour' on the end of many menu listings:
http://www.histoire-ancienne.com/les-cartes-et-menus.htm

Bbbananas

Yep, the ubiquitous sprout.
Is that the right word?

joggerjayne

Cabbage? I love cabbage.

Buenchico

I can also recommend choosing the plat du jour here. The last time I was there the veg included artichoke hearts:
http://www.buffet-gare-calais.com/modulosite2/fiche.php?id=606&fr=1