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Apr 9th, 2019, 08:38 AM
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Ima start a new thread for life experiences, especially during travel. Whoever wants to join feel free!
Apr 9th, 2019, 09:11 AM
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No, France DOES still have the best bread.
Apr 9th, 2019, 10:09 AM
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I wish I knew how to make bread like they do in France.
Apr 9th, 2019, 10:47 AM
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Apr 9th, 2019, 10:53 AM
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French wheat flour, long proving times and proper bread ovens. That being said, there's not much that can be improved on a well made English sourdough cobb, fluffy interior and a crisp, chewy crust spread with salted Cornish butter and filled with free range, Gloucester Old Spot bacon.
Apr 10th, 2019, 04:51 AM
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I guess dropping the B from the language was certainly a big shock.
Apr 10th, 2019, 06:23 AM
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The baguette was introduced as a way of stopping rampant inflation litterally taking the bread from the mouths of the poor. The ovens are nothing special (originally steam ovens), the flour is ordinary and no added sugar and no preservatives. The taste is only special to you if you are used to having preservatives in it and sugar. Honestly French bread "is pants" but just so much better than most American and industrialised bread. Even "bread of the country" which is far better than the baguette is only up to proper Danish and German standards.
St C, we will have to agree to differ.
St C, we will have to agree to differ.
Apr 10th, 2019, 06:52 AM
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You know what I just realized? There is no “American” anything. Especially not food. We don’t even have an official language or religion. American culture is immigrant culture. But in terms of food, its weird because each region of the US has their own taste: the west coast is all about healthy foods, the south is about barbecue and deep fried goodness, and the east is mainly seafood and multicultural food. While this isn’t 100% the only thing, its a general sight.
Apr 10th, 2019, 07:22 AM
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Yes, bilbo, we will.
I will say if some Dane or German would come along and introduce the French to a real rye or pumpernickel, I would be eternally grateful.
I will say if some Dane or German would come along and introduce the French to a real rye or pumpernickel, I would be eternally grateful.
Apr 10th, 2019, 08:02 AM
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I lowkey want to move to Germany. Maybe not for life but atleast my Junior year in College. I can’t get enough of Germany, and it has always been a weird thing too about my love for Germany. Almost love it like another figure in history... Anyways, Is hard liquor available for 18 y/o too in France and Germany? I want a nice Gin and Tonic or some Schnapps.
Apr 10th, 2019, 10:40 AM
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I lowkey want to move to Germany. Maybe not for life but atleast my Junior year in College. I can’t get enough of Germany, and it has always been a weird thing too about my love for Germany. Almost love it like another figure in history... Anyways, Is hard liquor available for 18 y/o too in France and Germany? I want a nice Gin and Tonic or some Schnapps.
More topics for your IG followers, I suppose.
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Apr 10th, 2019, 02:01 PM
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In German, the "g" is always hard, as in Angela (pronounced Anghela) Merkel. Therefore, the "h" was deemed superfluous.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csm...7s02-woeu.html
How do you pronounce "get", by the way?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csm...7s02-woeu.html
How do you pronounce "get", by the way?
Apr 10th, 2019, 11:13 PM
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In German, the "g" is always hard, as in Angela (pronounced Anghela) Merkel. Therefore, the "h" was deemed superfluous.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csm...7s02-woeu.html
How do you pronounce "get", by the way?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csm...7s02-woeu.html
How do you pronounce "get", by the way?
Under the Anglo-Saxon rules, yes get would take a hard g .
But we also follow the Romance language rules.
Briefly those are:
Go, Ga, Gu= hard g
Ge, GI, Gy= soft g
So gender, gem, gin, gym
So in the word spaghetti, that h serves as a placeholder or a warning flag for Italians, telling the reader to use a hard g. As my Italian teacher said over and over, every letter in Italian has a job to do. (As someone from Italy, you know all this.... I'm just clarifying for others).
While English speakers may not consciously see the h in spaghetti as a flag, it works as such. Because we do have multiple ways to pronounce this letter. We take all the clues we can get. Therefore, keep the h.
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Apr 11th, 2019, 01:53 AM
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English pronunciation is a subject way above my pay grade. Mrs Bilbo knows it all after an excellent classical education, trouble is, the rules are hard and complicated and I get bored at the edge of complication.
I was just surprised, which country is dropping the "h" in spaghetti? I've not seen that in my little part of the UK, but who knows?
BTW way welcome to the land of the "panini's".
I was just surprised, which country is dropping the "h" in spaghetti? I've not seen that in my little part of the UK, but who knows?
BTW way welcome to the land of the "panini's".
Apr 11th, 2019, 07:00 AM
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Whats the hardest language to learn for an english speaker? Im thinking either Arabic or Finnish...
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