Randomguy Posted February 20, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 20, 2021 French toast, French fries, French onion soup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, Randomguy said: French toast, French fries, French onion soup... French wife, it's all good. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, Rattlecan said: French wife, it's all good. Do the French just call it 'toast'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 20, 2021 26 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Do the French just call it 'toast'? pain grillé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 20, 2021 Furnished me grandparents. Grandfather born on a farm near Montbéliard, France. They came to the USA when he was 5. Great grandmother was from Berne Switzerland. To get the visas needed to come they had to leave France and live in Switzerland for a year before coming to the USA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 20, 2021 Coneheads were from France. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted February 20, 2021 Share #7 Posted February 20, 2021 They gave us the greatest singer in the world, Edith Piaf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted February 20, 2021 Share #8 Posted February 20, 2021 They evolved many great military tactics in the area of retreat and surrender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 20, 2021 Pasteurized milk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: Pasteurized milk. They were also a major contributor to the development of the Holstein Friesian cattle. My family on my grandfathers side maintained the first official herdbook for the cattle in Europe. Many of those records are still with members of our family in Europe. Holstein Friesian cattle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted February 20, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 20, 2021 Barettes, parfum, duvets, bon bons, the guillotine. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 20, 2021 28 minutes ago, roadsue said: Barettes, parfum, duvets, bon bons, the guillotine. The yin and the yang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted February 20, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: The yin and the yang. According to Victor Hugo, heaven is the Revolution. And we’re winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, roadsue said: According to Victor Hugo, heaven is the Revolution. And we’re winning. It's easier to write about the fighting than to live through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralphie ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 20, 2021 Inspector Closeau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 20, 2021 French press coffee. My new thing. Me likey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #19 Posted February 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Randomguy said: French toast, French fries, French onion soup... French horn, French kiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #20 Posted February 20, 2021 Quote What did the french ever do for you? Taught kissing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #21 Posted February 20, 2021 French dressing french undressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #22 Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Digital_photog said: Taught kissing. French kiss Description Description In English informal speech, a French kiss, also known as a deep kiss or a tongue kiss, is an amorous kiss in which the participants' tongues extend to touch each other's lips or tongue. Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #23 Posted February 20, 2021 Dijon mustard....made with Canadian mustard seeds. Seriously, we went to the Dijon mustard museum and shop in Dijon, France. And there it was, a display steel pail with several cups of raw mustard seed spilling out. I think Dijon wants tourist biz from Canadian tourists. About Maille Canada's prairies produce enough mustard seeds for billions of jars each year | CBC Canada 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #24 Posted February 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Randomguy said: French toast, French fries, French onion soup... I love dry French wines, the cheap blend Beaujolais with it's fruit tones especially - it's one of the few wines where aging is bad for it. Cabernet Sauvignon if Beaujolais isn't available. When in France, ordering a special red wine instead of the house wine is a waste of money: they're fantastic everywhere. A lot of our nuclear power plant technology is borrowed from the French. When I was there in 1998, 75% of French electricity and nuclear-generated and they've had only one minor leak problem I know of. Note that French fries are actually a Belgian invention where the potatoes are fried in the French manner. So I guess it's still French-based. I had excellent French onion soup in an outdoor cafe on top of Montmartre, the highest hill in Paris where the Sacre Coeur church and the big artists' village is. So that's probably of French origin. Of course, I had Paella at Chez Freddie's in Cannes on the French Riviera and that's a dish from relatively nearby-Spain, so their restaurant dishes do borrow from other cuisines. French toast. It's usually got vanilla and cinnamon so it's probably really French, too. Damn, I should have had that for breakfast today. Maybe lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #25 Posted February 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, Longjohn said: French dressing french undressing French Maid outfits French Maids 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #26 Posted February 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Dijon mustard....made with Canadian mustard seeds. Seriously, we went to the Dijon mustard museum and shop in Dijon, France. And there it was, a display steel pail with several cups of raw mustard seed spilling out. I think Dijon wants tourist biz from Canadian tourists. About Maille Is Dijon better than gay poop on? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #27 Posted February 20, 2021 Bixi bike share....originated in Paris..then went to Montreal, Toronto. I think Caesar salad has a French historical base...from Provence region. Aioli of many versions...it started in France. Today the common homogenized version is...mayonnaise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #28 Posted February 20, 2021 I'm not sure who started the donut's birth....but begneits are centuries old French donuts....which spread to southern Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #29 Posted February 20, 2021 croissants....geez everywhere you go in France, you see them. It's like crackers or Wonder bread. Cafe au lait, faux pas, cafe latte, joyeux noel, ma petite, ma cherie, mon cher, Mon Dieu, Bonjour, chacuterie, fois grais, Salade nicoise, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #30 Posted February 20, 2021 I should also point out that locally. in Baltimore and between Baltimore and Annapolis, we have a "Fayette Street" and a "Veterans Highway" so-named ever since the Marquis de LaFayette led troops from the South to join Washington in Pennsylvania in the 1770's. We do owe France a lot for help with military leadership and organization and for providing standardized arms for Washington's Army. Of course, there's also the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. When the American Army landed and marched into France in 1917 to join the British and French allies, they stopped at Lafayette's tomb and, with General Pershing in attendance, Colonel Charles E. Stanton cried out, "Lafayette, nous sommes ici!" - Lafayette, we are here! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #31 Posted February 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I think Caesar salad has a French historical base I thought I heard somewhere it originated in Mexico. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #32 Posted February 20, 2021 5 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: I thought I heard somewhere it originated in Mexico. Me too. Tijuana. Croissants originated in Turkey, adopted by the French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #33 Posted February 20, 2021 A Statue of Liberty that I had the privilege of visiting. I watched some French Canadian movies as a teenager that showed titty. Other than that, not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Old Guy Posted February 20, 2021 Share #34 Posted February 20, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 20, 2021 Share #35 Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Philander Seabury said: Inspector Closeau Does your dog bite? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #36 Posted February 20, 2021 Here's ten good reasons. https://www.bossroyal.com/top-10-list-of-hottest-french-women/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #37 Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Rattlecan said: I thought I heard somewhere it originated in Mexico. Interesting... somehow the use of anchovies originally in France for the salad...came from Mexico? Ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 20, 2021 Share #38 Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, BuffJim said: They evolved many great military tactics in the area of retreat and surrender. And yet played an important role in our own country’s liberation from the British. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 20, 2021 Share #39 Posted February 20, 2021 Remoulade sauce was invented in France, even though I think of it as Cajun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 20, 2021 Share #40 Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Rattlecan said: I thought I heard somewhere it originated in Mexico. This, TIajuana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 20, 2021 Share #41 Posted February 20, 2021 3 hours ago, MickinMD said: Note that French fries are actually a Belgian invention where the potatoes are fried in the French manner. So I guess it's still French-based. Yeah the Dutch & Belgians are bonkers over their frites. Dutch call them patat frites while the Belgians call them the more French sounding pomme frites. I betcha didn’t know the Dutch mercilessly bag on the Belgians. Like the stupid polish jokes we grew up with back in the day.... How many Belgians does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, they are too dumb to have electricity ha ha ha... Belgians are so cheap they use both sides of the TP!!! Why is that funny again? Because it is ha ha ha. Uh OK cuz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #42 Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Clark said: Drop mike. Mark as solution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted February 20, 2021 Share #43 Posted February 20, 2021 Brie. There's nothing like brie. It's glorious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 20, 2021 Share #44 Posted February 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Clark said: I wonder how she'd look if she tried a little makeup? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 21, 2021 Share #45 Posted February 21, 2021 Tour de France Paris-Roubaix 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 21, 2021 Share #46 Posted February 21, 2021 Statue of Liberty and some pretty nifty bike races. Marquis de Lafayette Lots of nifty composers including Bizet who is the source for a billion skating porgrams the French Impressionist exhibit at the Met. Founded the University of Notre Dame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 21, 2021 Share #47 Posted February 21, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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