tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post7352274065350795817..comments2024-03-27T23:48:36.383+00:00Comments on Vraie fiction: Food and civilisationGuillaumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-83834525904290783402008-06-25T16:00:00.000+01:002008-06-25T16:00:00.000+01:00PJ-Oui, je crois que c'est un peu ça aussi. Les An...PJ-Oui, je crois que c'est un peu ça aussi. Les Anglais sont insulaires et leur nourriture est donc relativement homogène. La variété est venue avec leurs colonies.<BR/>Holly-I had wanted to write a cultural/gastronomical entry for ages, this one is a bit underdeveloped. I had a good national day (as far as having it in another country). My comment on the 24 was refering to the "early" nature of the St-Jean-Baptiste, which is a solstice celebration, therefore a night of excesses, an aspect which sometimes still exists today (a few years ago, some people in Quebec threw themselves in bonfires). But usually people just get drunk. Anyway, the day was originally pagan, then it got Christianised, then we nationalised it, so to speak. And yet all that remains for many Quebeckers is a night of drinking excesses. I do think however that such behavior is triggered by the season/primitive atmosphere.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-51388896822012189872008-06-25T15:36:00.000+01:002008-06-25T15:36:00.000+01:00Cool. I don't have a lot to say about British foo...Cool. I don't have a lot to say about British food, as I've only been there once and it was okay, and I've never been to France. I do, however, like your connection of food to culture. I come from the American South, where food is inextricably linked to every facet of life--including death.<BR/><BR/>I hope you had a good national day. Thanks for your comment on my post of last night--I didn't know that about the whole romantic/patriotic thing.holly wynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08667113630829157468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-57662811632687127122008-06-25T14:57:00.000+01:002008-06-25T14:57:00.000+01:00La bouffe francaise est probablement plus variee q...La bouffe francaise est probablement plus variee que celle d'Angleterre a cause de la plus grande geographie et variete de climat. L'Angleterre est une ile relativement uniforme, cote relief et temperature, alors que la France va de la Manche a la Mediterannee, des Alpes a l'Atlantique. L'Angleterre est n'a de voisins immediats que l'Ecosse et le Pays de Galles, la France est a cote de l'Espagne, l'Italie, l'Allemagne, la Belgique, la Suisse. Tout ca fait que les Bretons ne mangent pas la meme chose que les Toulousains, les Alsaciens ou les Bordelais.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973880055678854253noreply@blogger.com