You don't know what a "snail bun" is.
It is not what you think.
see if you can guess.
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Is France better than UK?
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You don't know what a "snail bun" is.
It is not what you think.
see if you can guess.
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Known as Chelsea buns in UK.Snail filled croissant...
They believe they're a delicacy
I like them, both the Chelsea buns and the pain aux raisins as they're also called in France.
But your ignorance does you no credit because they don't have any escargot in them. It's the shape of them that gives them their name.
Reaction to food comes down to what you are used to and have been exposed to. Different cultures (quite obviously) are exposed to different food types from birth so will find different things normal or strange. What I can never understand is when people say; that's disgusting' etc. when they come across something that is just different to what they are used to. I recall my Son at primary school Christmas dinner; the teachers handed out oranges. The kids laughed at my boy when he peeled an orange and started eating it. Sadly, they genuinely thought it was disgusting. He was amused and gathered everybody's oranges together and brought them home in a carrier bag.
Your french friends literally take a butter croissant and fill it with snails.Known as Chelsea buns in UK.
I like them, both the Chelsea buns and the pain aux raisins as they're also called in France.
But your ignorance does you no credit because they don't have any escargot in them. It's the shape of them that gives them their name.
They don't just shape the croissant as a snail, they actually put the gastropods inside it.
The dirty b@stards!
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Says Johnny who lives in the city famous for jellied eels.
Getting invaded by the Germans perhaps.
T'would require a modicum of self-awareness. Sadly.
Nice!
I love them!
You're forgetting their disgusting food and their vile language.
I bet he likes winkles too.
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I feel very sorry for you.
You should open yourself up to new experiences: think about all the things you have not tried yet and could be missing out on.
You have absolutely nothing to lose and potentially a whole lot to gain.
Grow yourself.
BTW. Plenty of Brits eat snails in this country, in case you weren't aware.
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I was a weekend courier for TTF back in the 80's. After a couple of months of escorting Brit's around Boulogne and Calais hypermarkets the lack of French people willing to speak English to the customers we were taking in became wearing.
But by the end of the first season I was embarrassed by the behaviour of the British 'tourists' I was escorting.
The lack of preparedness of the Brits to even want to learn the basics of French language (s'il te plaît & mercie) and use good manners. Number of times I saw bottles of wine and spirits fought over and or dropped by people I was escorting, I then had to try and smooth things over with the shop staff.
With seeing that behaviour I'm not surprised that the French don't particularly like us.
The best times for the courier and coach drivers was when we went into Boulogne town and let the coach full to their own devices for 2 hours; myself and the coach drivers would go to Paddy's cafe for a break. When going from the Hypermarket to Boulogne town I would brief the coach on what would happen; the coach would drop people off at the coach park by the harbour market, they had 2 hours go and do their own thing, and make it clear we expected them to be back at the drop off inside the 2 hours - we allowed a 30 minute wait period before we had to go for the ferry. In 3 seasons I managed to loose (leave behind) about 10 people - I was one of the best for bringing back all the (TTF) customers.
Finally:-
At the time everything that was purchased by the punters had to be carried through UK customs - before the coach went through customs we searched the coaches for 'forgotten' bottles of spirits and would hand them in to UK customs - at the time if we didn't do that the coach could be impounded. Most of the punters wouldn't ask about their missing bottles mainly 'cause I'd brief coach after customs on it's way out of Dover harbour before I was dropped at the ferry company. Those that did we did give them chance to 'collect' their excess purchases from customs after paying the fine.
Some good times some bad times.
But by the end of the first season I was embarrassed by the behaviour of the British 'tourists' I was escorting.
The lack of preparedness of the Brits to even want to learn the basics of French language (s'il te plaît & mercie) and use good manners. Number of times I saw bottles of wine and spirits fought over and or dropped by people I was escorting, I then had to try and smooth things over with the shop staff.
With seeing that behaviour I'm not surprised that the French don't particularly like us.
The best times for the courier and coach drivers was when we went into Boulogne town and let the coach full to their own devices for 2 hours; myself and the coach drivers would go to Paddy's cafe for a break. When going from the Hypermarket to Boulogne town I would brief the coach on what would happen; the coach would drop people off at the coach park by the harbour market, they had 2 hours go and do their own thing, and make it clear we expected them to be back at the drop off inside the 2 hours - we allowed a 30 minute wait period before we had to go for the ferry. In 3 seasons I managed to loose (leave behind) about 10 people - I was one of the best for bringing back all the (TTF) customers.
Finally:-
At the time everything that was purchased by the punters had to be carried through UK customs - before the coach went through customs we searched the coaches for 'forgotten' bottles of spirits and would hand them in to UK customs - at the time if we didn't do that the coach could be impounded. Most of the punters wouldn't ask about their missing bottles mainly 'cause I'd brief coach after customs on it's way out of Dover harbour before I was dropped at the ferry company. Those that did we did give them chance to 'collect' their excess purchases from customs after paying the fine.
Some good times some bad times.
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I wasn't veggie then, but have been since 1991.That was brave for a veggie.
I very occasionally eat fish now (but less and less), which is a recent development as I used to be allergic to it, but not any more.
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