More Food!

​Yep – France seems to be all about food LOL.  Thankfully I love cheese and there’s more than enough opportunity to try different cheeses in France. I’m pretty sure that they have enough cheeses to eat a different one every day. Imagine – 365 + varieties of chesses!
 
They also have some phenomenal pastries – sigh.  Since, believe it or not, I’m trying to lose weight on this vacation, I have to say no to the pastries (sniff).  Though I admit, I’m spoiled by American pies. The French version of pie are more like a big tart and they don’t really appeal to me, so I guess that’s a good thing!
 
 
I did however learn something interesting. We have several French Cafes where I live and they all serve soups and sandwiches. One popular sandwich is a fancy grilled cheese called Croque Monsieur.  Well, apparently, while that is indeed a real sandwich in France, there’s another half to it.  If you fry an egg and put it on the sandwich, you now have a Croque Madame!  Who knew there were Mr. and Mrs. sandwiches anywhere in the world.  The difference of course between Americans and most foreigners, in this case including the French, is they eat their sandwiches with a knife and fork. Though I imagine if you stuck a Croque Madame in front of an American we’d go for the knife and fork too!  Can you believe the photo is of an 11 year old boy and he ate TWO of those suckers! They’re huge! 

​There was one more amusing thing I learned.  My hostess – the author Olivia Sands – looked up at the dad of the young boy and asked “what’s the word in French for the ice pops you gave the kids earlier?” He looked at her funny and then his eyes widened in a light bulb moment and he answered –in French of course – “You mean Mr. Freeze.”  It took me a very long minute to finally figure out that ‘meestehr freese’ was actually English!  Then later at the grocery store I realized why! LOL.  

​As for books – I can report that Just One Taste is almost finished. It’s been fun writing a book about a winery while in France. Though the part about hockey didn’t really fit the ambiance LOL.  C’est la vie! (That’s life)
 
Okay – I’m off for my daily swim. It’s taken three weeks to work my way up from two laps to four without gasping for air, but I’ll take any small progress and hope my cardiologist is happy with me!
 
Do you have a favorite lunch food?

I guess it’s tata for now! See y’all next week!