We like to buy most of our foods in France. All we take is coffee, milk and a large bottle of gin. If we are late on site and the shops are closed the gin is opened. No worries then until the next day
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Quote: Originally posted by shootpool on 16/4/2009
We like to buy most of our foods in France. All we take is coffee, milk and a large bottle of gin. If we are late on site and the shops are closed the gin is opened. No worries then until the next day
I entirely agree one has to at least have the essentials. Last year we arrived at one site and as we were about to get out of the car to pitch the tent and rain began. We spent 2 hours waiting for it to clear and things seemed so much better cos we had a bottle of Baileys with us. Otherwise well I dread to think what we would have done.
...and it also depends where you are staying. We will be at Domaine de Chalain this year in Jura which (if my sources are correct) is a good 30 min drive from the nearest large supermarket.
Therefore, I intend to take basics as mentioned previously, and enough food for the first 2 days. I don't intend doing a big supermarket shop the day after we have driven for 12hrs+
The rest of the time though it will be small local shops, for baguettes, hams, brie and local wine.
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I love to bring back bags of their fabulous sea salt. One bag just about lasts us a year. Last year we brought back fine sea salt and the lovely moist crystal chunks. Grind it up and have it on your chips. Wonderful.
Wine vinegar. You get huge bottles much nicer & chaper than my local Asda sells.
Wine - of course. Though not as much now I've started makin me own again.
We always bring back a few bottles of sparkly Saumer for xmas.
Last year I bought a huge pot of provencal herbs for marinades etc, and I'm still using it - every time I open it I think of France...
On the French Food is best debate - I used to think it was .... till I went to Crete!
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Quote: Originally posted by firstclass67 on 19/6/2009
On the French Food is best debate - I used to think it was .... till I went to Crete!
Nah, it's Italian! And not the carp that passes for Italian in this country. My all time favourite is frito misto di mare. Especially when it's got the crunchy fried baby octopus that look like spiders...
Well we buy just about all our food whilst in France, but always have somthing tinned from UK just in case, for this year I will be taking a few Tesco Value tins of Curry Sauce, same size as a tin of baked beans, 5p! each.
Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 01/7/2009
Well we buy just about all our food whilst in France, but always have somthing tinned from UK just in case, for this year I will be taking a few Tesco Value tins of Curry Sauce, same size as a tin of baked beans, 5p! each.
jeepers creepers ...what's in 'em?
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Well I have picked up 50 tins of "Tesco Value Curry Sauce" 390g size, total outlay £2.50!, at 5p each tin, as for what's in em?, it says on the label Tomato Puree onion, Vegetable Oil Sugar, Modified Mize, Wheat Flour Spices and Celery, Sultanas, Salt and Garlic powder, not forgetting the Acidity Regulator, anyway the BB date is June 2011, so should be gould for the next fifty years at least!, to be fair though I have not yet plucked up the courage to try one yet, but in the interest of research I will try one with some chicken and rice this weekend!.
Quote: Originally posted by shootpool on 16/4/2009
We like to buy most of our foods in France. All we take is coffee, milk and a large bottle of gin. If we are late on site and the shops are closed the gin is opened. No worries then until the next day
I have yet to go camping in France yet, however, when my partner and I went to a self-catering holiday at Center Parc in Holland, we met up with a couple of friends at Dunkirk to go shopping at the big Carrefour or Auchen to stock up for provisions, and filled our cool boxes up with goodies and bought loads of snacks.
The only food stuff we would take is the brew kit - teas, coffee, Coffeemate and suger, plus salt and pepper grinders.
I imagine I would do the same when I go there eventually. There are so many things I would want to buy and eat in France!
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Looking forward to the review of the Value Curry Sauce. Like Lizex says probably cheaper for Tesco to make it the nearly natural way rather than adding all the artificial stuff. We're off in two weeks time .. if it's any good will leave a few tins for the dog walkers and house sitters. Mmmm I wonder? ...let me know if I could pass it off as home made by decanting into a different container abnd freezing it .. maybe chuck in a few veges...( I know I'm cheap so you don't have to say it)
you will find costs pretty much like for like now with the euro as is currently sits. We take T bags, instant coffee, sugar, sausages and bacon. Just really so we can have a cupa when arrive without needing to do the shop first. Sausages as we prefer ours, same with bacon. Then shop when we need. Apart from that everything else is much more enjoyable out there anyway and wont cost you anymore to be honest. You just need enough to tie you over for a bit.
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Topic: what food to take to france please?
