The French Thread

[azhdar]

Ok "JambonFort" build log:




What you need :
- One dank baguette
- Ham
- butter
- One dank cheese (here I'm using Beaufort, but Comté or Emmental  can do)





Slice the baguette in the middle.




Put butter in one half



Cut pieces of cheese , little trick, you want the cheese to be out of the fridge for at least half an hour, so the cold don't hinder the flavor of it



Put the ham and the cheese in it



Enjoy !

[Karura]

Best build log on GH, ever!

[HoffmanMyster]

I want to learn French!

Non.

pourquoi mon amour

(thanks google translate?)

Parce que je n'aime pas toi.     

(pardon my ****ty French  )

Parce que je ne t'aime pas *

Oof, that's embarrassing.     I definitely knew that.  In my defense, it's been 7 years since I studied.  :|

[Lurch]

I want to learn French!

Non.

pourquoi mon amour

(thanks google translate?)

Parce que je n'aime pas toi.     

(pardon my ****ty French  )

Parce que je ne t'aime pas *

Oof, that's embarrassing.     I definitely knew that.  In my defense, it's been 7 years since I studied.  :|

Wow, jeez, I mean like, really? Talk about an upset, you know? Thanks HOFF.

Anyway, Hoff, you big jerk, did you teach yourself French, or did you learn in school?

[HoffmanMyster]

Wow, jeez, I mean like, really? Talk about an upset, you know? Thanks HOFF.

Anyway, Hoff, you big jerk, did you teach yourself French, or did you learn in school?

I know, man.  I'm literally the worst.  I tried to be an inconsiderate ******* and I can't even do that properly. 

I took three years in high school.    I never really applied myself though, so I didn't learn as much as I should have.  Does it show?  )

I'm definitely interested in re-learning, and getting better.  Maybe one of these Frenchies could help me out. 

[baldgye]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

[azhdar]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

2 bad u can't tast it m8.

[baldgye]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

2 bad u can't tast it m8.

Any sandwich without reggae reggae sauce isn't a sandwich. Dems le rules m8

[azhdar]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

2 bad u can't tast it m8.

Any sandwich without reggae reggae sauce isn't a sandwich. Dems le rules m8

All due respect Mate, there's no need to cover the taste with sauce when you got great ingredients.

[Ngt]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

2 bad u can't tast it m8.

Any sandwich without reggae reggae sauce isn't a sandwich. Dems le rules m8

All due respect Mate, there's no need to cover the taste with sauce when you got great ingredients.

This is pretty accurate!


Damn how did I miss this thread?! I failed you Azhdar ...

[azhdar]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

2 bad u can't tast it m8.

Any sandwich without reggae reggae sauce isn't a sandwich. Dems le rules m8

All due respect Mate, there's no need to cover the taste with sauce when you got great ingredients.

This is pretty accurate!


Damn how did I miss this thread?! I failed you Azhdar ...

You failed me Ngt

[Ngt]

That's the worst sandwich I've ever seen.

2 bad u can't tast it m8.

Any sandwich without reggae reggae sauce isn't a sandwich. Dems le rules m8

All due respect Mate, there's no need to cover the taste with sauce when you got great ingredients.

This is pretty accurate!


Damn how did I miss this thread?! I failed you Azhdar ...

You failed me Ngt

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I didn't watch the Arrow all the way so I guess I didn't understand the reference. :p

[baldgye]

Great ingredients? Ham and French cheese?

Dai...

[Ngt]

Great ingredients? Ham and French cheese?

Dai...

French bread sir, french bread. Seriously though the bread you find in France as nothing to do with the one in USA or UK. I don't know if it comes from the ferment we use or something alike. You have a real crunchy crust and the inside is so good as well.

[azhdar]

And beaufort Balgye, I don't know if you ever tasted a great comté, but a Beaufort will always be 2x better than any COmté in the world.

[baldgye]

I've been to France and had cheeses there, I can honestly say I'm not much of a cheese person so it's like wine and the ones I like mostly taste the same and the ones I don't like are horrible lol

And you can get fresh French bread pretty much all over the world, it's not some magic recipe...

[Ngt]

I've been to France and had cheeses there, I can honestly say I'm not much of a cheese person so it's like wine and the ones I like mostly taste the same and the ones I don't like are horrible lol

And you can get fresh French bread pretty much all over the world, it's not some magic recipe...

Well I lived several months in USA and a year in UK, even in organic shop I couldn't find the same type of bread. It was not white bread but it still felt like brioche, very soft even though it looked like it has a crust on the top. In the end it still felt like a non sweet brioche. It is like the cheese you find in English countries, it has nothing to do with French cheese because you cannot use raw milk in these countries. So the difference comes definitely from the recipe, at least for cheese. I'll ask to my baker if there is a difference in ingredients in the bread recipe.


Also perhaps I didn't find the good places to take french bread but then it is not as easy to be found as you suggest IMO. 

[baldgye]

I mean, that's more the difference between going to a place for a few months and living there for almost 30 years

Though I do like French bread more than Italian, but ham and cheese is ham and cheese and reggae reggae makes that **** 100x better. Use it instead of butter B-)

[iri]

Also add some HP sauce. And don't forget salt and vinegar.

[Ngt]

I mean, that's more the difference between going to a place for a few months and living there for almost 30 years

Though I do like French bread more than Italian, but ham and cheese is ham and cheese and reggae reggae makes that **** 100x better. Use it instead of butter B-)

There are always difference in terms of quality for any product in any country. I don't think you can say "ham is ham". Personally I don't consider the ham I buy in any supermarket to be equivalent to a homemade one but still it is ham. But then it is just a matter of personal preferences so as long as you like it you're good to go.

[Nai_Calus]

Why is there only butter on one half, and only ham on one half, and WTF is even going on there?

Damn French doing things halfway.

The only French I know comes from the ridiculous frankenstein Solitaire I have on my Windows 7 computer because the version they introduced with Vista onwards SUCKS. So with the help of the googlez since I didn't have an XP or earlier machine to gank it from I have this abortion of a Windows 2000 French sol.exe and someone's homemade CARDS.DLL that uses the Vista card art. It's ghetto as hell but it works, except when it glitches like old Solitaire does sometimes even on a proper instance of it. lulz two ace of clubs fml.

So like, Partie, Donne, Annuler, Redistribuer, Jeux, Quitter, Sommaire, Aide sur, Utiliser l'aide, Ŕ propos du Soiltaire...

[Jokrik]

I want my steak tartare! and cheese! lots of cheese and wine!

Time to dig my old fattening trip to French photos and pots em here

[demik]

An an an an an an an an an an an an an an an

[Karura]

Canadian Baguette Build Log:

Artisan baguette (La Baguette-chan):


Raw cow milk cheese from France:


Some jambon:


Jambon-beurre side:


Fromage side:


AM I FRENCH YET?

[azhdar]

I'm proud of you Karura, but you're quebec at best.

[clacktalk]

butter not yellow enough 8/10

[Ngt]

Canadian Baguette Build Log:

Artisan baguette (La Baguette-chan):

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Raw cow milk cheese from France:

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Some jambon:

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Jambon-beurre side:

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Fromage side:

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AM I FRENCH YET?

Looks good to me! Nice.

[tp4tissue]

Canadian Baguette Build Log:

Artisan baguette (La Baguette-chan):

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Raw cow milk cheese from France:

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Some jambon:

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Jambon-beurre side:

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Fromage side:

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AM I FRENCH YET?

Looks good to me! Nice.

No enuff PROTEIN.. !!

[Jokrik]

Canadian Baguette Build Log:

Artisan baguette (La Baguette-chan):

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Raw cow milk cheese from France:

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Some jambon:

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Jambon-beurre side:

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Fromage side:

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AM I FRENCH YET?

Looks good to me! Nice.

No enuff PROTEIN.. !!

Same goes with Ramen...

[HoffmanMyster]

The only French I know comes from the ridiculous frankenstein Solitaire I have on my Windows 7 computer because the version they introduced with Vista onwards SUCKS. So with the help of the googlez since I didn't have an XP or earlier machine to gank it from I have this abortion of a Windows 2000 French sol.exe and someone's homemade CARDS.DLL that uses the Vista card art. It's ghetto as hell but it works, except when it glitches like old Solitaire does sometimes even on a proper instance of it. lulz two ace of clubs fml.

So like, Partie, Donne, Annuler, Redistribuer, Jeux, Quitter, Sommaire, Aide sur, Utiliser l'aide, Ŕ propos du Soiltaire...

Do you, uh...yknow...want an English copy?   

[azhdar]

Thread name changed to me more revelant.

New french recipes and story soon.

[baldgye]

Is the story of how you surrender? I like that one





:3

[Karura]

Thread name changed to me more revelant.

New french recipes and story soon.

I look forward to it!

By the way, the cheese I used in my baguette was Comté, pretty good stuff!

I tried to find some Beaufort, but that was the closest I could find.

[azhdar]

Like I said when we discussed, I think you'll have a hard time finding Beaufort outisde of France.

[Karura]

Like I said when we discussed, I think you'll have a hard time finding Beaufort outisde of France.

I can imagine. Even for the Comté, I had to head to the nicer boutique cheese shop for it

The Comté was really nice too, I like slicing it into strips/cubes and eating it plain. I think alpine cheeses are my new favourite.

[Ngt]

Like I said when we discussed, I think you'll have a hard time finding Beaufort outisde of France.

I can imagine. Even for the Comté, I had to head to the nicer boutique cheese shop for it

The Comté was really nice too, I like slicing it into strips/cubes and eating it plain. I think alpine cheeses are my new favourite.

You have some pretty nice cheese taste! One I like even more than Comté is the Swiss Gruyere. So damn good!

[vivalarevolución]

I'm dating a French woman.  Does that help my French cred?  Should I buy a Peugeot and start advocating for nuclear power?

[azhdar]

Peugeot is for sure great cars, nuclear power well it's a tricky subject.

Did she converted you to Azerty yet?

[vivalarevolución]

Peugeot is for sure great cars, nuclear power well it's a tricky subject.

Did she converted you to Azerty yet?

No, she's actually more American than French at this point.  We haven't even discussed Azerty.  I'm actually disappointed in myself that I never breached the subject.

[HoffmanMyster]

Peugeot is for sure great cars, nuclear power well it's a tricky subject.

Did she converted you to Azerty yet?

No, she's actually more American than French at this point.  We haven't even discussed Azerty.  I'm actually disappointed in myself that I never breached the subject.

What else have you even been talking about if not Azerty?

[azhdar]

Peugeot is for sure great cars, nuclear power well it's a tricky subject.

Did she converted you to Azerty yet?

No, she's actually more American than French at this point.  We haven't even discussed Azerty.  I'm actually disappointed in myself that I never breached the subject.

What else have you even been talking about if not Azerty?

m'hoffman

[Jokrik]

I've had some of the most memorable moment when I was in French late last year
memorable food since I love French food, cheese and wine

Diggin in some old photos:

Best pork dish I've ever eaten so far at LE COMPTOIR DU RELAIS SAINT-GERMAIN, Pig trotters, stuffed and deep fried


Pig trotters by Hanshen, on Flickr

Oh and what's more romantic than this, took my wife to Paris for her birthday, blow the candle at Ladurée (apparently girls go mad over their macarons), shopped at Champs Elysées


Birthday by Hanshen, on Flickr

Never seen her more happy

Damn you French people with all your food, cheese, wine and romantic places

[CPTBadAss]

Aww jokrik, you're so cute.

And those baguette sandwich build logs are the best build logs ever. Almost as good as our Keycon Chicago 2015 Group Buy.

[azhdar]

Hey jokrik, happy you enjoyed France, macarons are always a sucess with the ladies.

And I'd suggest to anyone that come to France to go outisde of Paris if they have the opportunity, there's so much more to see.



@CPT : Glad you like it, some more to come.

[HoffmanMyster]

There are some people (suppliers or customers, I don't know) speaking French at work right now.  I'm trying to decipher, but all I hear is "Il y a" ... "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" ... 

I seem to have some gaps in my vocabulary.  )

[vivalarevolución]

Peugeot is for sure great cars, nuclear power well it's a tricky subject.

Did she converted you to Azerty yet?

No, she's actually more American than French at this point.  We haven't even discussed Azerty.  I'm actually disappointed in myself that I never breached the subject.

What else have you even been talking about if not Azerty?

Nothing important, obviously.

[azhdar]

There are some people (suppliers or customers, I don't know) speaking French at work right now.  I'm trying to decipher, but all I hear is "Il y a" ... "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" ... 

I seem to have some gaps in my vocabulary.  )

You know who to contact if you want to speak french )

Peugeot is for sure great cars, nuclear power well it's a tricky subject.

Did she converted you to Azerty yet?

No, she's actually more American than French at this point.  We haven't even discussed Azerty.  I'm actually disappointed in myself that I never breached the subject.

What else have you even been talking about if not Azerty?

Nothing important, obviously.

Seems like you guy are starting to understand.

[JaccoW]

1900-1926: Lost streets of Old Paris - Mashable

@vivalarevolución: Bring her some good French cheese and break the subject of Azerty to her. French chicks dig that.

[vivalarevolución]

FYI, boys:


"Let me know if I need to train to use an Azerty keyboard again for this discussion. When I moved to the U.S., I switched to Qwerty and I prefer it now. Using Azerty is too hard and not practical."

[HoffmanMyster]

FYI, boys:


"Let me know if I need to train to use an Azerty keyboard again for this discussion. When I moved to the U.S., I switched to Qwerty and I prefer it now. Using Azerty is too hard and not practical."

Those cold hard truths.

* HoffmanMyster awaits azhdar's well thought out response