French Dishes

[Yaceman]

Cooking is something that i do for fun, although ive never really bought any literature on it. After becoming interested in French culture i decided to look for some recipes. Tomorrow night im making a traditional dish called Coq au Vin and gonna try to make a dessert called Clementine Clafoutis.
I was wondering if anybody else shared this interest, and would recommend some French Dishes, or anything food related.

Peace :p

[Moi-aimes-Alizée]

Frogs :D :P

[Fish]

Lately I've been wanting to learn to cook past throwing something into the microwave, and have looked at some French dishes. Coq au vin has been something I've wanted to try for some time, both preparing and eating.

There are some pretty good websites out there with nice detailed recipes, just takes a quick search.

Also, look up the show Good Eats. Alton Brown has done episodes on both coq au vin and crepes.

[Youpidou1]

Chicken cord en bleu, is that a French dish?

[Matze]

Did you meant Cordon Bleu (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cordon-bleu-2.jpg/797px-Cordon-bleu-2.jpg)? According to Wikipedia Germany it comes from Switzerland.

Try it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cuisine
But I think the most dishes won't smell you, too exclusive (at least that's my opinion). :D

[Yaceman]

Did you meant Cordon Bleu (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cordon-bleu-2.jpg/797px-Cordon-bleu-2.jpg)? According to Wikipedia Germany it comes from Switzerland.

Try it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cuisine
But I think the most dishes won't smell you, too exclusive (at least that's my opinion). :D

I will try anything once, im very lenient when it comes to food.

[garçoncanadien]

don't limit yourself to only French food (although I highly recommend Ratatouille and salade nicoise, that i can make both myself ;))

look at other european food too, like sangria compote, tapenade, Russian blini, casseroles, etc. also i highly recommend the middle eastern shawarma, pita sandwiches, and tabbouleh.

[Matze]

Did you meant Cordon Bleu (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cordon-bleu-2.jpg/797px-Cordon-bleu-2.jpg)? According to Wikipedia Germany it comes from Switzerland.

Try it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cuisine
But I think the most dishes won't smell you, too exclusive (at least that's my opinion). :D

I become paranoiac! This afternoon my sister told me that she'll make Cordon Bleu this evening. Ok, now I sit on my portion and well, it's not one of my favorite foods but I think you can eat it without dying. :) ;)

[nurvonic]

i dont know a thing about french dishes...

campbells chunky soup is pretty damn good.

i actually almost became a student at la cordon bleu chef school down in Miami some years ago. i had some interests in cooking, but now im just a master at making toast.

[Yaceman]

i dont know a thing about french dishes...

campbells chunky soup is pretty damn good.

i actually almost became a student at la cordon bleu chef school down in Miami some years ago. i had some interests in cooking, but now im just a master at making toast.

With 4 whole chickens, and a coke?? :cool:

[ajaccio corsica]

hi
there are many schools where you can learn french recipes in the states
however it's pretty difficult to find god quality foods there
I remember a friend of my brother worked as a baker in florida and he had to import flour from france because it wasn't available there
I think my mum should open a school because she knows many corsican traditional recipes, especially cakes ;)
have fun
http://www.azcakerecipes.com/corsican_cheesecakefiadone_recipe-181.htm
those are called embrocciatti in southern corsica though
pardon my french
http://gateauxdecorsefr.blogspot.com/
cheers

[fsquared]

I have indeed heard that European flour is different enough from American flour to alter the outcomes of recipes.

[Alizee=Czech-Princess!]

beef steak, salted dumplings, carrots and roast potatoes in a lovely gravy, a Czech classic =)

[Amigo!]

beef steak, salted dumplings, carrots and roast potatoes in a lovely gravy, a Czech classic =)

mmmmmmmm... Potatoes :p

[French Fan]

Frogs :D :P

Have you ever taste frogs?
Because it seems so disgusting when you try to imagine a frog in your plate but it's delicious :p
But snails are disgusting I can't eat these things :blink:

[Future Raptor Ace]

how about making french fries and french toast? :D

[garçoncanadien]

French fries are from La Belgique, my friend ;)

[Future Raptor Ace]

oh my bad. i dont know anything about food except it tastes good and you eat it.

[Deepwaters]

Have you ever taste frogs?
Because it seems so disgusting when you try to imagine a frog in your plate but it's delicious :p


I've had them in Louisiana, along with crayfish (or "crawdads" as they're called there). I agree.


But snails are disgusting I can't eat these things :blink:

Kind of chewy and tough. Need a lot of garlic & butter. Not my favorite. I'll take raw oysters instead. :D

When it comes to French cooking I find myself liking simple stuff from the country more than haute cuisine. In summertime I'll make pan bagnat, which is a layered raw vegetable sandwich with boiled eggs and an olive marinade sauce on a baguette. I like a daube au provencale, beef stew cooked in red wine with onions and peas and served on boiled red potatoes. My mother used to make a cassoulet with white beans, lots of onions, and meat cooked for hours in white wine, then the whole thing baked. And then of course there's bouillabase, who could not like that?

[lefty12357]

Alligator ribs are probably the most out of the ordinary thing I’ve eaten.

[nurvonic]

Alligator ribs are probably the most out of the ordinary thing I’ve eaten.

gator is pretty good, and especially easy to get to living in florida:p

[Philippe]

as a Frenchman I can tell you escargots and grog legs are probably the most disgusting in our cuisine, many people don't like that here. I would recommend you Boeuf Bourguignon ( beef cooked in red wine) , Veau Marengo ( calf in a tomato sauce) , raclette and fondue savoyarde or fondue bourguignone , hachis parmentier , cassoulet is divine too , in my region we have paté Lorrain which is absolutely gorgeous . Quiche is from my region too as well as Potée Lorraine ( a mix of vegetable and pork meat )and choucroute ( sauerkraut in German ) is very popular here...
without forgetting all the pastries we have , too many to mention but eclairs , croissants , Paris Brest , religieuses , napolitains... would die for them lol

[fsquared]

When I was a kid, I remember eating a fair amount of "escargot" at fancy restaurants. It was quite expensive, but I liked it a lot. Although I can't say whether I would like it now. But it's not like it's much different from eating oysters or clams....just a smaller mollusk :)

[jung_adore_ALIZEE]

With 4 whole chickens, and a coke?? :cool:
pretty much just described my supper last night only I had two cokes

[edgar93]

I dont know so much about cooking, I just know the french gastronomy is one of the most complete in the world.

Have you ever tried with the dishes of Ratatouille :D?

[MonteCristo]

I bake. Although i rarely find myself making my own food, all i know are steak, bacon and eggs, omelette, spaghetti and meatballs, and occasionally a french crepe. I can make muffins, cookies, cake, big or small, and other fancy desserts. I dont look into books or anything when i bake, i just make whatever comes into my mind or anything im influenced into making. I once made a dragon cake, but i didnt write down how i did it, so i forgot the next day, im gonna try making it again one day. But even if i dont, i know my mom loves to cook, she has the Food&Wine magazines, the cooks illustrated, and she has magazines from gourmet to bon appetit. perhaps you should buy some french cooks magazines, im sure you'll find out lots about french dishes. Either that, or go to france:D Thats how i found out the most about french food

[TheBarrett]

I've been raised around Asian cuisines.
One of my parents being an Indoman, I learned a lot from him about different exotic spices, and cooking methods, that have been passed down his family line.

The things i've made before were Mongolian Beef m/w Bok Choy and Fried Rice, Steamed Cod in Black Bean and Oyster sauce, and of course, perhaps one of my signature recipes, Swedish Meatball Curry.

As for French food, I can't say i've tried many, Crépes are absolutely delicious if you know the right stuff, i've tasted some Cherry crépes that were absolutely dreadful and sour, i've tried some chocolate crépes that were quite heavenly, and this is coming from a person that absolutely dislikes most solid forms of sugar treats. Escargot, despite the exterior mask of disgust, tastes like gooey chicken, it was distasteful for me, but nonetheless interesting. Frogs Legs are a specialty, and the French way of preparing them differs much from the Pacific Island way, in some places, the French-style of Frog Legs are quite a kick in your mouth of flavor. The Veau Marengo, I have to recommend, it...is...godly.

[edgar93]

Oh yes the name of a dish, that seems to be easy to cook, is Ratatouille, just like the movie.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille

[Tchaikovsky]

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I like cheese...

[jung_adore_ALIZEE]

http://www.france-property-and-information.com/easy-french-food-recipes.htm

there are some that sound quite good (besides one has bacon you can't go wrong there)

[patyl]

I know how to prepare onion soup and a spinach soufle. I know many would like to hear about meat but these two dishes are delicious :D

[alizee lover]

I have one thats very french Ratatouille soup:confused: haha lol jk:D