food Culture of france!

Dining Etiquette

Lunch staples:

( le déjeuner )

Day Menu, where to find these ingredients

• Formality and politeness is a must at dinner time in France.
• It is considered rude to have hands hidden while at the table but elbows should never be on table.
• Bread will always be served with your meal but you must rip off piece by piece, taking abite of a whole slice is 'boorish' in France.

Foods brought to Canada !

Starters: salad or soup

main dishes :

• meat, fish , pasta and veggies with cheese and bread

Desserts:

• typically a fruit tart or caramel cream

Festivals

Bread: found at the local bakery daily

picked up.

Wine : red and white found at any grocery

or convenient store.

Olive oil, garlic, Dijon mustard,Shallots : found at the grocery store

• Tarte au sucre ; pie made of brown sugar
• Pudding au Chomeur (Poor Man's Pudding)
• Tourtière (Meat Pie)
• Ragoût de Boulettes (Spicy Meatballs)
• Quebec Poutine

• The lemon festivals February 15 to March 5th ( shown in picture )
• March 16-18, Omnivore Food Festival
• January 25-26, Fete de la Truffle

When did the foods come to Canada?

Supper :

Snacks :

Geography of

France!

Staple foods

• Tarte au sucre became popular in 1759.
• The pudding chomeur came to Canada in the great depression time since the ingredients are cheap and simple.
• meat pie came to Canada in the late 19th and 20th century
• Poutine came to Canada in the 1950s most Canadian communties say.

Similar to lunch menu

Cheese normally served before dessert.

• Cheese
• Chocolate crossiant
• Crepes
• Fries
• Macarons

France is surrounded by water giving them easy access to seafood easily. The land is mountainous on the sides. France has very fertile food making it perfect for growing fruit and vegetables and herbs also perfect for growing grapes for making some of the best wines worldwide.

Breakfast:

• Baguette/croissant, with chocolate and coffee
• bread slices with jam
• yogurts or fruit are also staple in France.

Cultural foods ;

•Coq au vin ( chicken cooked in red wine sometimes, garlic.

•Crêpes ( normally stuffed with fruit or cream

•Baguette ( long french bread eaten typially with cheese, chocolate or at meals with wine )

•Chocolate mousse

•Éclair ( pastry dessert stuffed with cream with added icing on top

•Crème Brûlée ( custard with caramel on coated on top)

• truffles
• Moules : seafood cooked in garlic and typically served with fries ( restaurants)

Habits

• Baguettes are typically eaten with chocolate and coffee in morning (pain au chocolat avec café) early breakfast while bakeries are opened
• lunch between 12-3pm ( most places close during this time , stores etc. ) people tend to nap during this time.
• late dinners 7-8 pm
• Wine is one of the most important parts of dinner time.

references

Food Culture of France!

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