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Originally Posted by masraum
Sounds fantastic! A few things.
1 - Wow, Bonne Maman! I'd feel so weird eating that there, since I eat it here, but it's tasty.
2 - Need more pics
3 - Need more anecdotes about places, people, food, etc..
4 - "don't buy bread in spain." Maybe that's a location thing. I spent 2 summers in Spain down near Jerez, and I had some really great bread there.
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Yeah. I was surprised too. I had suspected it was made in new jersey but its everywhere in france.
But that doesn't matter because there's also this magic stuff that obsoletes butter:
Did you hear that?? Butter is officially obsolete. 2 day old chevre pucks for $3 each.
More pix. Ok, here's scallops at pont vell:
Apple pie with cinnamon ice cream at pont vell:
Anecdotes: nope. You just gotta go. Best analogy, its like if the best part of the cascades went on for 500km and there was a gorgeous town every 5 km that had a great grocery and a farmer's market.
Bread: So... I've been all over spain and with very few exceptions it sucks on the universal bread quality scale. The guy that ran the airbnb was an accomplished baker in the states. He setup an oven and started cranked out legendary loaves and... the spanish thought it was inedible broken product. He gifted us a loaf and it was a crusty glutenous marvel but impossible to even give to spaniards. I can't explain it. France is 5 miles away and you can get good baguette/pain de campagne in any grocery for < 2 euros. The spanish stuff is bone hard in 2 hours - cut your gums biting into it. We ended up buying wassa crackers in spain because the bread was just inedible.
That Bethmale vache for $28/kg! The most wonderful cheese you've ever had and its $13/lb. Vache au piment had hot peppers innit. That was real great too. That cheese will light your world on fire.
