Exchange Student from France

mathmom
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:47:39 +0000

My German friends thought that any time I cooked with garlic it was “hot” and too spicy. They weren’t too fond of Mexican food either. But aside from that they thought I was a great cook, and were always surprised that American didn’t subsist on hamburgers and fries. When I lived in France for a year, I looked on it as an opportunity to try new food. My family did ask me if there was anything I couldn’t bear to eat and I admitted I would prefer not to eat liver. (They ate it about once a month and they fried me an egg for dinner instead.) There were a few other things that I didn’t care for, but there was no need to let them know. I wouldn’t overthink it. Cook what you cook well.

By the way, I’m cooking snails on Sunday for a Bastille Day party.