A French Christmas

0 views

Skip to first unread message

Suyay Escarsega

unread,

Aug 3, 2024, 11:35:27 AM8/3/24

to chilringserci

I love your line-up. I purchased the aged iron star tree topper several weeks ago and was so impressed when it came. It is very sturdy and beautiful from all sides and not just from the front like a lot of others toppers. Great list of holiday decor, fitting for a french country home.

In San Francisco

I had the pleasure of spending Christmas Eve in the company of six French people. I always wondered about how the French do Christmas.

How to abruptly stop six French people from talking French: Give them some Fatted Calf Truffled Guinea Hen Rillettes. Sigh. Peace for the approximately 37 seconds it took everyone to demolish the entire portion.

How to eat really good foie gras on Christmas Eve (and lots of it): Make friends with a Frenchman whose father agrees to send a humongous slab of foie in the mail, simply labeling it "gift", for the sake of customs. Yes! It really does work. (Remember: Be polite and try to make sure to leave just enough for the gracious hosts to have some for breakfast the next morning.)

Drink wine, eat duck, eat potatoes cooked in duck fat and champignons, followed by the best Buche de Noel in the world (details to follow, one day, I hope).

Mercie a Del et Presd, the gracious hosts. I can't believed Del blogged it before me. And, to the rest of the world, I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas.

Archive Alert! On this date in 2004 How Fred Made me Cry.
Food Christmas French Foie Gras A French Christmas Eve

I'm finishing the cake while taping this. You can shut our mouths with rillettes but your buche will make us speak for a while...yummy!

Huhu sorry I blogged it before you.I didn't mean to beat my favourite English at her own game ;)

You were a very helpful angel in the kitchen and I really appreciate after a day of work. Merry Christmas Sam!

Mona
well fred is french andd so we spent chritmas eve with the french connection. Christmas Day was more multi national. we also got some foie gras from the fatted calf here in SF which was absolutely delicious. I ate it for breakfast.

sam

'Becks and Posh' is modern cockney for 'nosh'. Follow English-Girl-Abroad, Sam Breach, on her culinary travels, mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also further afield, whilst she plays at being amateur restaurant critic, wine taster, food photographer, cocktail connoisseur, party planner, good food forager and practising home cook, with trusted French advisor, Fred, by her side.