By and large the French are a skinny lot, which is
surprising given their fondness for chocolate. When you think of wonderful
chocolate you usually think of Switzerland, but the French are very committed
to their chocolate and find many creative ways of eating it.
Not being a big coffee culture, a French day can start with
a hot chocolate. This is not normally in a cup but a bowl – a bit like a
dessert bowl. Not only is the hot chocolate yummy but also on a cold day you
warm your hands as you enjoy a large bowl of often rather strong chocolate.
Croissants are a famous French breakfast delight but just as
popular are pains au chocolat. In Australia these are often sickly sweet counterfeits
but in France they are beautiful pastries centred with two strips of delightful
dark chocolate.
If that is not enough chocolate for breakfast then there are
many breakfast cereals that are also often laced with chocolate. We love
toasted muesli with shavings of wicked dark chocolate throughout it. We have also
tried another muesli laced with a troika of white, milk and dark chocolate.
There are often other opportunities during the day to
indulge in chocolate and we would feel culturally insensitive to ignore them.
Chocolate mousse for dessert made with dark chocolate is mouth watering. Delicious
chocolate ice cream is a seaside must. It doesn’t hurt to have a piece of
chocolate at the end of the day with a cup of tea. Not to mention our favourite
biscuit, which are a thin layer of biscuit, coated with a much thicker layer of
chocolate.
Finally we are introduced to a French school child’s delight,
which again out of cultural sensitivity we are obliged to try. Morning tea with
baguette sounds harmless. Baguette with a nice piece of dark chocolate as a sandwich
filler is beyond wicked.
Oo la la!
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