Comments by "CuteCatFaith" (@CuteCatFaith) on "Munchies"
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Friends, family and contacts in the United States have ridiculed me (and worse) for over two decades for living as I do in Europe. They "pity" me for not having gadgets and frills. I got a new lease on life and wouldn't exchange this for anything. Some have come to visit and actually, some freak out. They just cannot handle all the quiet, peace, polite human contact, nature, culture, and quality of life. Others just blossom here and find they have little anxiety, stress, and have pleasure in little things such as walking, eating, waking up refreshed, et c. Invariably, many ask to smoke even if they are not smokers! (I try to warn them not to -- Paris has a bad climate.) Our country places in Brittany BLEW AN OLD FRIEND'S MIND! He loved meeting the peasant relatives and seeing all the Roman roads, megaliths, vipers, birds of prey, horses, et c.
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I moved to France long ago from the States and learned to eat slowly, "less is more," and it's quality, not quantity. If you eat on a regular schedule, it's nicely served even in a modest setting, and you do courses, no matter how humble, your health improves, the weight comes off, and the objective is that you are never, ever hungry at the end of the meal. You learn to savor food. My guests here from the USA kept shoveling in junk they were buying and gobbling things down without even tasting them. After we set a good example and they tried what WE eat, one guy, black guy from NYC and AZ, said, "This cheese is OUTRAGEOUS!" The flavor is the focus here, and you're supposed to have your fill, and you can take more plain bread, more cheese, and fresh fruit near the end of lunch and dinner, even everyday, if you need it, so you learn not to panic -- you're going to get enough. "Why can't I have another bite?" The more, more, more, more is better American thing is not for me any longer. :)
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Hey, this American guy was visiting me here in France and wanted me to see a clip of his "friend" who had the fastest battery-operated motorcycle on record. I said, "That's stupid. You don't need to 'go fast' on a motorcycle." Sure enough, in the clip, the guy wiped out and is now paralyzed. I said to my visitor, "Oh, great, think of the cost and he's wrecked himself for something so pointless! This is horrible. You really think this is great? That's stupid." He looked stunned, hadn't thought of it that way, and kind of had to agree. Really, it was shocking! That fool made himself a burden who will suffer horribly! For nothing!!
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Uprated. I LOVED the North of England, and the South of Scotland! I was FINE with the food in both countries, since 1980, many times, mostly for pleasure but a little bit for work. I just stuck to local specialties and game. No problem! Crab fishing by boat is horribly hard and dangerous. Seafood and shellfish, any sea or water products, in fact, are generally way too toxic to eat or too stressed to harvest, however, so I reluctantly avoid them. (But do not exclude them. Depends.) The parmo is, at this point, after living in France so long from the USA via Italy, too gloopy for me likely, but I certainly would try it! I really like doing some British and Scottish dishes here, making my own pastry, getting the gnarly supplies and cooking them all down. Fun clip. I think the North of England is a bit like the North of France, which has a bad reputation. Undeserved. I can really recommend the Northeast of England as a visit destination. Go look, study the history, behave, and try some things! Very fun clip, thank you.
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One of the reasons I don't eat the beef tartare here in France is that I'm not nuts about their presentation of it. This method looks better. We like it served French style with horse meat, however, the egg yolk right on the meat in an indentation, and you put chopped onion, a pickle, a few capers, et c. around on the side of the plate. Usually the condiments offered (and this is easy to make and do at home) are Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce if it can be found, mustard, horse radish maybe, and I've seen oil offered. The bread is on the side. It's considered to have a raw meat meal at least seasonally here very healthy. Fun to garnish with a radish, et c. Oh, I've also seen lemon juice as a condiment. The diner can pick the mix they want to bite at, a little at a time, with nibbles of bread. I like raw meat meals once in awhile. This chef does a nice job, and adding a dash of cognac looks good. Uprated.
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Uprated, shared. Another interesting one. Hormonal problems, fibroids = soya. I can't handle it, unfortunately. Lots of stuff in this one. Here in France, a lot of stuff like the "cupping" is at least partially covered by basic universal health care. Mésothérapie, acupuncture, homeopathy, sophrologie, lymphatic drainage, physical therapy, chiropractors who use pressure points on the neck to give you the feeling of a long weekend vacation of rest, and plenty of Asiatic doctors who tend to be excellent. I've taken friends visiting from the States around to have eye checks and glasses, dental care, et c. Enough about France, I like it here. Again, I would have had at least a bite of everything shown here, even the tofu. I agree with what you said at the end, very much -- one culture is not better than another, just it's own thing. I studied Chinese herbology decades ago, formally, and still refer to my materials. Just cleared up a tooth abcess in two days, will just go next week to a regular dentist for a classic check. Very informative despite the rudeness often, ha ha ha! Thank you. You are what you are, Mr. Huang. Salute!
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My French spouse forced me to watch some documentaries some years ago and to visit one of his family member's industrial farms (which is quite nice, modern and humane by many standards, but yeow!). I got the message. Reducing meat, sticking to free range, organic, equitable, local, seasonal ... in fact, it's the cheaper option here in France for the most part. I used to sometimes get a free range organic turkey on order in the States. Turkeys go for 70 to 100 USD equivalent here in France but they prefer goose and other things anyway. Scott Rea has a great recent clip up of what lovelieness can come of an ordinary turkey, however, and I recommend his channel. Enjoy, and do go hunting or fishing once and kill and process it ALL yourself! :)
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Fun! Uprated. I always liked to cook in the USA and learned in Italy, where I studied. I've been in France for 21 years, and actually landed a job as a chef's assistant in Paris on a short-term contract. Wow, that chef was nasty, but I shut up, obeyed and learned a lot. "Tripéries" are popular here in France and I live in Saint-Denis on the border of Paris and people are poor a lot of them, so the "tripes" vendors in the huge greenmarket here three times a week (one of the largest in Europe) are always thronged. I love "tripes" (offal) and nailed Tripes à la Môde de Caen my second try. He's right, it is more work. If you do it right, the stuff tastes amazing. Ask any Soul Food afficionado! Chitlins here are "andouilles" and "andouillettes," and so on. I have done half a suckling pig in a way I learned from Sardinians in Italy, splitting it with another woman right there in the greenmarket here. Stuffed lamb hearts, I'll try anything! A lot of this stuff has to be cooked all day, cooled, chilled, then continued next day so it can bloom. I miss a North American cocktail and I think this is a winning combination! Never been to Thailand but any Thai dish I had, however inauthentic, was wonderful. You're SUPPOSED to take a long time with this, and then scent the aromas, eat slowly, chew, talk, think ... taste. Uni (sea urchin) is a bit weird but I like seeing it here fresh and alive in January and look forward to doing it Inch'Allah (ha ha!). Italians love it as a seasonal treat, too. I really like the presentation in the dishes shown here, and the thoughtful zaniness. It all seems to ought to work, to me. I'm also one of the few people I know who likes any caviar or fish eggs. Wonderful, colorful clip. Thank you so much! "Bon continuation!"
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