28 February 2015

Noyers food signs

One of the things we did in Noyers-sur-Serein, in Burgundy, was buy food. That shouldn't surprise anybody. We didn't have a restaurant meal, but we visited the village's main boucherie-charcuterie to get food to bring back with us to Saint-Aignan, as well as some to prepare and eat at the nearby gite where we were staying.


I think that the photos are large enough so that you can read the text if you click or tap on them to display them at full size. On the first sign above, you'll see an item called « Jambon Persillé de Bourgogne ». We bought a big package of that. It's chunks of ham in an aspic that has a lot of parsley in it. You eat it cold as a starter course before you have the main course of your meal.


The hand-written sign on a chalkboard is harder to read, but you get used to deciphering such signs when you live in France. You see them on sidewalks and in shop windows all over the country, as well as in restaurants announcing the daily specials. On the sign above is a list of cuts of meat that you would cook at home.


Above is a composite photo of the shop. The little round sign in the middle between the words charcuterie and boucherie says « Maison fondée au XVIe » — the business was founded in the 16th century. It includes a tearoom and a restaurant in addition to the butcher/deli shop

9 comments:

  1. I'll take one of each from the list on the sign! On my first trip to France we had tongue that was in a terrine. We got it at the deli in the Carrefour in Lyon. Boy was that delicious, I've been on the lookout for something like that since. But of course that cannot be found around here.

    -craig-

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    1. I've had really good terrine of tongue too. Not to mention tongue cooked in a boiled dinner (pot au feu) with winter vegetables.

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  2. That's a well preserved building. Je me demande if you brought some andouillette back with you?

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    1. No, no andouillette. Just ham and a couple of jars of pâté. And some wine, of course.

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  3. Did you really enjoy this little trip to Bourgogne, Ken?😉 Are you still excited to see this kind of authentic, ancient architecture in a town you're visiting, or just used to it?
    P.S. you sure do a great job lining up those two-part photos. Neither yesterday nor today did I realize that I was looking at two photos, until you told us. (ken, would you be okay if I use one or two of those photos on my blog, to show how they compare to that Sears house? As long as I clearly cite you, and link to your posts? No problem if you'd prefer that I didn't, so don't hesitate to be honest.)

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    1. Feel free to republish the photos, Judy. I'm a totally not-for-profit operation.

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    2. Merci bien, dear Ken :) I just like to let people know, out of courtesy :)

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  4. I didn't even notice the black line until Judeet mentioned it. Both times, they looked like electrical lines, which we're so use to seeing in odd places. Good job of matching!
    And the list of meat cuts has me drooling.

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  5. Sorry to hear about your malware problem, I've just been through the same experience. It wasn't something called webssearch was it? If so, it's a right swine and it digs itself in deep. We know someone who can clean it up for you if you need, Just don't let him sell you (verbally, it's freeware) Ubuntu or set your tabs up in pretty colours or install Blur. Pauline

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