Quote: Originally posted by AMBD on 12/8/2014
Can anyone recommend a similar cafe between Samaur and Chinon??.
Try the Relais Routiers website for more information. I found the one I mentioned earlier, near Sigean, which is actually called Relais de Cotes Roquefort and is on the N9 just south of Sigean.
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Our first trip to France, in a Trailer Tent 25 yrs ago, was planned 12 months in advance. Every week when we did our weekly shop we bought an item to go in the TT for France.A bottle of ketchup, tin of beans, toothpaste, cream crackers, biscuits, kitchen roll, toilet paper and near the holiday ,butter, bacon, eggs ,sausages!
Quote: Originally posted by jsparkes201148 on 14/8/2014
Our first trip to France, in a Trailer Tent 25 yrs ago, was planned 12 months in advance. Every week when we did our weekly shop we bought an item to go in the TT for France.A bottle of ketchup, tin of beans, toothpaste, cream crackers, biscuits, kitchen roll, toilet paper and near the holiday ,butter, bacon, eggs ,sausages!
Hope you didn't buy the butter, bacon, eggs and sausages 12 mths in advance....lol
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Quote: Originally posted by AlanGlynSmith on 12/8/2014
Re the OP
We were near Ales in May/June this year and although used a largeish Intermarche in ALes, I was a bit surprised re the prices.
Yes skinned Chicken breasts pack of 3 are available.
However take plenty of money.
3 pack in Tescos £4
3 pack in Intermarche = £7... !!! And re food snobs... NO it doesn't taste any better or worse than our "plumped up" water filled variety
Generally I'm not sure there is much difference in the taste of chicken but there is a significant difference in how it cooks and the size of each fillet.
In UK I would allow one fillet per person, where in France I use one per two persons. If slicing or cubing then the chicken has to be cut smaller in France due to the swelling that happens when cooked which doesn't happen in the UK.
If you can't find fillets available then just ask the butcher at the meat counter for "filet de poulet frais".
For me the main difference in taste is in the finished meal due to the odd glass of wine, garlic and other spices that are added while cooking.
------------- Ollie
2016
Monplaisir - Provence
Camping Les Gorges du Loup
I agree with Ollie, and if you buy Poulet Jaune from Lidl at just 4.59 euros, then you have two breasts, and two legs. If you use it well then you can make several meals from just that one chicken! Two breast fillets will feed four people, the legs another meal, and then the stock and the bits will make something else!
And another tip - if the fruit and vegetable area has weighing scales, you have to weigh your purchases yourself. You put the bag on, tied at the top, press a picture button of the produce you're buying, and it prints a label which you stick on the bag. Usually they have pictures on to give you a clue how to do it, but if there are three kinds of tomatoes (say) make sure you select the correct one as prices of each will vary. Sometimes there is an assistant behind the scales, who will take your bags and weigh them and stick a label on.
However, lots more supermarkets these days, have scales at the checkouts and they're weighed just like they are home.
Or you arrive at the scales with your half dozen bags of fruit, veg, salad etc, and there are no pictures, only number codes for each item and you have to retrace your steps, find the precise item, find the number, back to the scales, put in the number ...
At long last!!
A thread in the "abroad" section, where I can proudly say "Been there. Done that"!!
Quote: Originally posted by LlaniDavis on 08/8/2014
Do people think that France is a Third World country or something?
A bit harsh! Some of us just don't know what to expect, on certain subjects!
Why, only 11.5 months ago, during our French début, I cockily sauntered into the Casino in Sarlat, slammed my wallet down on the counter, and brusquely proclaimed "Tout sur le numéro 35".
Imagine my surprise when I walked out with €428 worth of green beans... with no carrier bags!!
We laugh about it now, of course, but I could have done with a kindly word of warning from a UKCS expert before we set off!!
Quote: Originally posted by paul at julie on 08/8/2014
Condiments - You just cant get salad cream in France, umpteen bottles of dressings and mayo but no salad cream. On our first trip to France we scoured every supermarket in every town because my hubby wont have anything else on his salad but found none.
This year we found Heinz tomato ketchup in Lidl for 29p a bottle, a real bargain so now have about 20 bottles in our store for daughters use as she cant seem to eat food without it. J x
We were in Vendee recently, and the Super U we use had salad cream..... At 7 euro for a small bottle! No we didn't buy it, but just couldn't believe the price. I noticed they had tomato ketchup as well but can't remember the price, on saying that it couldn't have been as bad as the salad cream or I'd have remembered.
------------- Fab time in France again.... Roll on next year!
The Super U near Dinard had an English section.... Of course we avoided it like the plague ;-)
------------- 2014
September
Middle Hills Farm - Matlock
August
4 Vents - Crèvecoeur-en-Brie
Camping Emeraude - Saint-Briac-sur-Mer
July
School Field - Manchester
2013
July
Callow Top - Ashbourne
School Field - Manchester
2012 and prior
Various sites in Anglesey, North West UK and several music festivals
We took bacon, to last 2 weeks milk to last a week and warburtons bread and a couple of other bits to last us until we got to Biscarosse to do a shop. We normally have BBQ's or eat out sometimes eat in the van but not very often.
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I take bacon, sausages and baked beans to have cooked breakfast for the first few days. I buy eggs when there. We eat at about 10am so it sees us through as lunch as well. I take jam too (same as in France only cheaper especially when on offer)
This year did a cooked breakfast for some Dutch teens that my son had befriended, they couldn't get over eating a big breakfast, they just have bread and ham normally.
We ate out most nights, thoroughly enjoyed it too, ate so much cheese I think I've cured my addiction with such overload. Pain au raisins for breakfast and another for a snack with a cuppa in the afternoon, oh the joys. One day I ate three ... all to myself *widen the doors*.
This year took Pataks jalfrezi jars, bought chicken and some rice and did us a quick curry. No luck finding naan bread or onion baihjis though ;) lol
One of my favourite 'occupations' on holiday is cooking - and I've been known to make my own Naan breads complete with black onion seeds - then cooked on foil on the electric ring, or barbecue! I also make my own curry from scratch, and have a large Tupperware container full of herbs and spices!
Two years ago we met a German couple who were on the next pitch - and she was a cook too - and we 'swapped' tasters of meals! We had some delicious German specialities, and she and her husband had some of what we were having! Her husband loved my paella and my husband loved some mini-burgers she made which had gherkins chopped in them - and she made a lovely salad dressing with gherkins and dill in it!
How I wish I'd been pitched next to you seeing as you do you're own naan breads lol
Most nights I cook from scratch at home so on holiday (especially France) I like the luxury of eating out and then I like eating food I don't cook myself at home.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: Food & Drink in France
