What do the French really eat? | Easy French 75

Hello everyone and welcome to Easy French. Today, we went to see the students of the Faculty of Nice and we asked them questions about clichés about food in France. Let's go! So, hi! Hi! For you, what is French food? So, I think that, first of all, it's a very famous cuisine in the world and I think that there is a lot of influence from France. We have a lot of borders with a lot of countries where there is also a famous cuisine. So, I don't know, here in particular, we are really influenced by Italy, I think in the north, by Belgium, all that. What do you eat, for example, usually in your week? For example, do you eat pasta or things like that? What is easy with pasta is that it is quickly made. We can season it with cheese too, which is very easy to do. Often, we have steak, steak pasta, it's really the basis. For example, at the Mediterranean level, what elements, what ingredients do you use for your dishes? Olive oil, that's it. After that, what do I use? We mostly eat vegetables and seasonal fruits that we buy at the market. We really try to buy seasonal because it's better for the planet and it's better for us too. So, really Mediterranean, what do we have? In the summer, we have tomatoes, we have peppers, we have these things, artichokes, which are really from Nice, olives, etc. I eat a lot of soups in the evening. Soups of what, for example? Vegetable soup, I quote vegetables. Yes, it's for learning vegetables. Be ready. Carrots, potatoes. After that, it can be, I don't know, leeks. Well, that's about it. Celery, it depends. After that, I eat a lot of pasta. I also sometimes eat meat and vegetables, generally. It can be cucumber, carrot, beetroot, it depends. Is the cliché that in France, we tend to eat baguettes, cheese and drink wine, is it true for you? Yes, honestly yes. Because in fact, abroad, I'm talking about my experiences, but it's true that there are no bakeries. We can't find a bakery. In France, we have a bakery in every corner of the street. It's true that we like bread a lot. I think there are studies that show that we eat a lot of baguettes every year. Yes, a lot of meat, baguettes too. Often baguettes in meals. Wine, because we are big wine lovers in the family. And cheese, we eat a lot of cheese. So it's true, in France, we eat cheese, bread and drink wine. At home, we eat a lot of wine. We are the cliché. It's too good. In many families that I know, we don't eat only that. There are people who don't necessarily like cheese. I don't like cheese, but wine, all that. Yes, it's true that it's common. I think it's a bit of a cliché, because everyone doesn't necessarily like that. Even the cliché of the beret with the baguette under the arm. Clearly, we don't see it. No, we don't see it. But compared to other countries, in Europe, or even in Asia or the United States, we never see a bakery. As soon as I go on vacation, I look for a bakery. I'm not ready to find a croissant. Or a bad croissant. Yes, or a bad croissant. But here, in every corner of the street, we find bakeries. And it sells. It's not something that remains unusual for the French, I think. And for the more exotic meats, for example, foreigners tend to think that we eat frog legs, and also snails. Have you ever tasted it? Is it something that seems to be typically French to you? It's funny, because I tasted snails for the first time at Christmas. This Christmas? This Christmas. I always had this a priori. It's true that it's visually not very aesthetic, let's say. So I always had this a priori. But now I've grown up, and I've had the opportunity to eat it. Because it's my grandmother who cooked it. So I tasted it. It's not that I like it, but it was fun to taste. And on the other hand, frog legs are a dish that I eat quite regularly. It's my grandmother who cooks it and buys it. I don't know how she did it. A lot of salt, a lot of herbs, but it's super good. But it's true that at first glance, it's not necessarily widespread. Because I know that when I talk to colleagues, we realize that it's not a widespread dish. But it's true that in my personal experience, it's a little less snails, but frog legs, yes. I think the French rarely eat snails. It's really at festive moments. Once a year, for example. And I've never eaten frog legs. I don't know what it tastes like at all. And on my side, I've already tasted frog legs and snails. And I found it pretty good for both. It always depends on how it's prepared. A good preparation and it's good. A bad preparation and you can't eat it, quite simply. Well, thank you all for watching this video. I wanted to share with you this idea of what French food is. It seemed pretty important to me. So tell me in the comments if you have an important topic that you would like to propose. Also, I opened a new channel called French with Tony on YouTube. 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