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Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by BugWatch on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:53AM (#26433902)
@~"Cheese is cheese."

And I guess that's the moment when the French "delegation" collectively gasped, and left the table in protest? :D

Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by helmholtz on Friday March 12, 2021 @06:05AM (#26434435)
Moving to France and discovering that every grocery store always has an entire aisle full of Cheeses was a mind-bending discovery for me. The aisle stinks, mind you, but nothing can beat Raclette after a winter's day out. The other amazing realisation was just how seriously bread is taken in these parts, with that famous No Such Thing observation that bakers in Paris may not take a vacation without putting a sign to the nearest boulangerie.