jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 7/15/2017 1:15 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:25:47 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > > Oh dear. When the peasants were uprising and killing the French
> > > aristocracy... I got this NY Times menu suggestions via email
> > > today. Let 'Em Cake!
> > >
> > > "Good morning. It is Bastille Day, so we've put together a fine
> > > new video recipe for French fries that you could make this
> > > evening in a hiss and bubble of oil, then serve with a simple
> > > pan-fried steak, some béarnaise sauce and a thatch of watercress,
> > > alongside a glass of vin rouge. Steak frites! To the barricades!"
> >
> > But National French Fry day was yesterday...
> >
> > -sw
> >
> Oh well, we're not French. But I do love fried potatoes. Skinny,
> steak cut, quarter fries. Sliced into rounds. I seriously doubt the
> peasant class was eating pan fried steak with bearnaise sauce. They
> might have been picking watercress if they could find clean water.
>
> Jill

I'm curious what the diet back then, was in the cities. I get the idea
of flour and lots of root veggies in winter and fruits and greens in
summer.

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