THE TASTE BUDS OF VIRGINIANS IN SOME WAYS MORE DISCRIMINATING
THAN OUR FRENCH FRIENDS
Virginians are now way ahead of the French in one small area of the dining arts. We have been eating, quite literally, much higher on the hog than our French friends.The news is that the French may be coming around to our way of thinking. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that the French are turning away in mass numbers from such delicacies as tongue and kidneys and spleen. They are saying no more to brains and heart and sweetbreads.To be more direct, the French...
French Friends: The Guardian: Hanged
"One of my French friends tried to escape. He was captured three days later. He was brought back to the camp and hanged with two Russians. We all had to watch. The camp was not as terrible as others, like Auschwitz. But by March and April 1945 there was less and less to eat. The Germans had nothing to give us. The soup was clear."Letters from inmates found in the Stasi archive paint the same grim picture. According to Karol Zeglicki, a Pole, prisoners worked in the...
French Friends: Differences matter little
FINDING FRENCH FRIENDS Other than Kansas muscle and a preference for handshakes, exchange student mostly finds similarities in France NICK CLAYTON SUBMITTED Topeka High School senior Nick Clayton, far right, has bonded quickly with his French peers.OMPEY, France --- After a month in France I have observed enough to write a book on French behavior; for the constraints of a column I'll give the highlights.There are very few true differences in the behavior of...
French Friends: Bonjour to twin
A HEREFORDSHIRE twinning association are to say 'Bonjour' to their French friends during a visit to their continental 'twin' in October.The Kington Marines Twinning Association will visit Marines in France from October 24 to 28 where they will be staying with families in the town.The organisation also hopes to visit Paris during the trip. For further information contact secretary, Sally Jermy on 01544 230149....