/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.7074450]

is french cafe food good? I've heard it's to die for.

[Anonymous No.7074452]

joking about terrorist attacks isnt cool man

[TinyURL No.7074453]

>>7074450
>to die for
you did not just
holy shit you did

[Anonymous No.7074460]

>>7074452
>>7074453

[Anonymous No.7074463]

>>7074460
Nothing wrong with feeling emotion, mang.

[Anonymous No.7074472]

>>7074450
i wanna try french coffee. but just a shot.

[Anonymous No.7074478]

>>>/b/

[Anonymous No.7074489]

>>7074472
Tried once, would die for another.

[Anonymous No.7074695]

>>7074450
IS french food even good?

[Anonymous No.7074704]

>>7074695
it's the bomb

[Anonymous No.7076145]

>>7074450
>>7074695
the thing about food in france is that the majority of it is produced in france. The meat, the vegetables, the dairy. The take exceptional pride in the production of groceries. Eating food served in a way youre not used to is always a plus but what youre eating is high quality to being with. This is why food tastes so exceptional there. It's the ingredients.

[Anonymous No.7076149]

I had a baguette once.

Didn't care for it.

[Anonymous No.7076163]

>the french sit in rows of tiny tables watching the traffic go by
>smoking cigarettes and drinking an ounce of coffee

In all seriousness, the one great thing about France is the fucking baguettes.

The best baguettes in the city will cost a dollar at most, and I could fill them with different shit everyday and make a couple meals out of it.

[Anonymous No.7076185]

>>7074704
2soon

[Anonymous No.7076188]

>>7074472
>>7074489

Okay you're going too far

This is overkill

[Anonymous No.7076206]

>>7074450
Once I stuffed myself with a huge steak with frites, I felt like I was going to explode

[Anonymous No.7076345]

>>7074450
Yeah, it's the bomb.

[Anonymous No.7076423]

Great thing about a cafe is that you can just drop into one whenever the mood strikes.

[Anonymous No.7076486]

I hear the concert after dinner really takes your breath away

[Anonymous No.7076599]

>>7076149
I find baguette is sort of an acquired taste. Each country in Europe has it's own types of bread. Even those who have baguettes make them differently. The thicker/tougher crust is probably not as enjoyable if you're used to soft crust subs, for example, like they serve in the US or even sliced bread.

[Anonymous No.7076650]

>>7076149
if its not fresh its a fucking cracker with bread inside.

[Anonymous No.7076760]

>>7076145
This.
This also means that a lot of the food is cheaper, like wine and cheese, since there's no import costs.
Patisseries are the bomb. Nothing like buying a shit load of pastries for under $10 when a decent croissant costs you $2 in the states.

[Anonymous No.7076797]

>>7076760
France is a welfare state. plenty of free food and entitlements to go around that you'd never have to work if you wanted to.

[Anonymous No.7076828]

>>7076145
>The take exceptional pride in the production of groceries.
It really is a matter of standards. Everywhere in the modern world has standards for food safety and laws against food adulteration. But the French are incredibly strict about quality and tradition as well. Many foods can only be called by their names if they were produced by a very specific method in a specific region. Italy and Spain are similar, but the French are particularly fanatic when it comes to food standards.

The downside of this is that French food can seem overly formal and a little staid. But the upside is that the food there is recipes that have been painstakingly worked out using high quality ingredients.

[Anonymous No.7076842]

>>7074450
well, it often is, but also the atmosphere is good too, so that helps

[Anonymous No.7076857]

>>7076828
>French are particularly fanatic when it comes to food standards.

All food everywhere is exactly the same and anyone who disagrees with me is a dumb hippie. Those "standards" are just protectionism.

[Anonymous No.7076873]

>>7076857

Don't you have start a carbonara thread or something?

[Anonymous No.7076969]

>>7074450
To answer seriously your joke question - not really. Cafés are for drinks, not food. They'll generally have some peanuts, sandwiches, maybe crêpes depending on where you are, but very rarely more than that.

>>7076797
>I have never been to France: the post

[Anonymous No.7076971]

>>7076857
>All food everywhere is exactly the same
I can prove you wrong very easily. Chicken. If you're used to eating chicken in the US and you travel to Europe, Asia or Central/South America try the chicken. The taste and texture are so much fucking better. There is no comparison.

Because there's practically no standard for chicken in the US. It's legally not even an animal here.

[Anonymous No.7076992]

>>7076971
Show me a peer reviewed randomized double blind placebo controlled n > 1,000,000,000 study that proves conclusively that you can tell the difference between your fancy organic guatemalan chicken and the chicken I can get at walmart

Actually don't even bother, because it doesn't exist, you hippie pothead liberal

[Anonymous No.7076996]

>>7076760
>Patisseries are the bomb
Um.... you dont know what you're talking about.
Stuff in the patisseries are pretty expensive.
One eclair or something similar is around 3 euros or more. The stuff are usually around 4 euros.

[Anonymous No.7076997]

>>7076992
>what is terroir?

[Anonymous No.7077000]

>>7076971
That's horseshit. I've had chicken all over EU and there is nothing special about it. Most foods tend to be fresher, but that would only be obvious to someone who ate most of their meals from 7-11 or TV dinners from mom's fridge. If you stick to fresh food at home, you won't be experiencing babby's first culture shock at eating your first croissant that wasn't made by spics and shipped to you frozen.

[Anonymous No.7077001]

>>7076996
He compared croissants so he is talking about a boulangerie, he just doesn't know the difference.

[Anonymous No.7077002]

>>7076992
>walmart
opinion discarded

[Anonymous No.7077011]

>>7076996
I *think* the éclairs at the closest pâtisserie to where I live are around 1 euros 20, or maybe those are the religieuses (generally more expensive than éclairs)

It probably depends on where the pâtisserie is located - stuff in Paris is bound to be much more expensive, and it's what tourists generally come across.

[Anonymous No.7077015]

>>7074450
make sure you get a few of these :^)

[Anonymous No.7077018]

>>7074460
this isn't /b/ you idiot-child

[Anonymous No.7077020]

>they unironically buy chlorine fed chicken in the US
>"It makes them grow faster as it builds up water content in their cells - thus it tastes better than European chicken"

[Anonymous No.7077032]

>>7077000
It's absolutely true. The chicken in the US has been bred to mature very quickly and produce as much breast meat as possible on the cheapest possible diet. The result is a flavorless bird with a spongy texture.

If you start with a bird that has been for flavor instead of rapid maturation, and let it eat a decent diet the bird will have better flavor and texture.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/26/why-nothing-especially-chicken-tastes-like-it-used-to/

[Anonymous No.7077053]

I find it to be a bit too explosive for my taste :^)

[Anonymous No.7077055]

>>7076997
>what is terroir?
It's a made up word much like "umami" that Hillary Clinton supporters use to push their agenda.

[Anonymous No.7077058]

>>7076969
I don't have to go to france to know autism pays 6,000 euros a month. Just DDG it yourself faggot

http://www.thelocal.fr/20141010/frances-welfare-state-set-to-get-stingier

[Anonymous No.7077061]

>>7076996
In Paris maybe. Where I live it's around 1.20€ for an eclair. Small towns are the best imo.

[Anonymoüs No.7077084]

>>7074450
Here is your reply

[Anonymous No.7077456]

>>7076997
Anti-Americanism

[Anonymous No.7077465]

>>7077084
are you a dead parisian cause you're a little late.