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Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Feb 25, 10:13 am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> I like French food a lot but they can get unbelievably serious about it.
>>> As described inhttp://tinyurl.com/3bc8hk, the French leader (M.
>>> Sarkozy) wants la cuisine française to be listed by Unesco, the UN
>>> agency, as part of the world's cultural heritage. On the other hand, it
>>> may just be a typical political ploy :-)

>> Heh. I saw this somewhere too... I dunno about 'political ploys' but
>> I've always had the impression that the French think their cooking is
>> 'magnific' <rolls eyes>. I've never found it all that marvelous, but
>> that's just me...

>
> I've never had that much use for it, either. In that thread
> discussing
> Ming Tsai and master sauces, Sqwertz said something about
> duck confit. I shrugged.
>
> That might be a topic for a survey: What do you think of French food?


Good idea... thanks.
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