French Food And Wine
Why is bread so significant for the French?
I’m doing a project on French food And Wine for Languages subject. And i need to find out why bread is so important for the French
Bread is a staple food in France. The baguette is an Icon of France. The typical loaf of French bread is called “une baguette”, which means stick or wand. It is about 60 cm long and weighs 500 grammes.
French people like their bread crusty, and this shape of loaf offers the maximum amount of crust to bread. You can see in the photo that bread comes in many shapes, sizes and textures in France.
Here is a typical French breakfast – un petit déjeuner typique.
du pain – bread, sliced and all ready to make into “une tartine”, or what we would call bread and jam.
du beurre – butter
de la confiture – jam
une pâtisserie – a pastry as a special treat.
du café au lait (coffee) or un chocolat chaud (hot chocolate) to complete the meal!
le petit déjeuner un café
Here are some of the main types of bread that you might see on sale.
Boule: A round loaf sold in various sizes.
Ficelle: A very thin version of the baguette. Ficelle means string in French.
Fougasse: A flat rectangular bread often filled with bacon, onion or herbs.
Gros pain A large family size version of a baguette.
Pain de campagne: This is usually a big rustic loaf (campagne means country) with a thick crust.
Pain complet: Loaf made from whole wheat flour.
Pain de mie: Mie means the interior. This is a soft sweet loaf mainly used for sandwiches.
Pain aux noix: Bread filled with nuts.
Pain aux raisins: A light bread filled with raisins. A breakfast treat.
Pain de siegle: Loaf with two thirds rye flour, one third wheat flour.
Pain viennois: A baguette shape but softer and sweeter.
French bread contains no fat, so it becomes stale very quickly. This is why people visit the local “Boulangerie” (hot bread shop) at least once a day. Bread is eaten at all three meals, and forms the most important part of breakfast.
When in France, you will often see people riding bikes, mopeds or motorbikes with baguettes strapped to the back, or walking the streets with their baguette under their arm racing to get home for lunch at midday.
Handy hints for eating bread!
* In a family, bread is passed around the table. You are often expected to just tear a piece off the end to eat.
* If you cut French bread, it is good manners to slice it on the diagonal. Avoid slicing it through vertically, unless you are making a sub-type sandwich.
* It’s considered good luck if you end up with the knobble at the end of the bread. (Personally, I think this is a way of persuading people to eat it!)
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