Why do French people eat snails?

Not all French people eat snails. Only some do. I usually don't.

But I had a few ones on Christmas Day, with the Veuve Clicquot. It is sometimes difficult to say "no, thanks" when you are invited. Therefore I had a few ones and I found them good.

I had a good laugh when I read the first paragraph of this page:
Why do the French eat snails?

It may be because they like it, or it could be that through years of war and famine they become used to eating anything.

J'ai mangé des escargots en buvant de la Veuve Clicquot. Je ne suis pas du tout une mangeuse d'escargots mais j'ai trouvé ça bon. Je ne sais pas si je renouvellerai l'expérience !

J'ai trouvé sur Internet un site où on nous explique en anglais les raisons pour lesquelles nous mangeons des escargots. Le lien est ci-dessus, dans le texte en anglais.

Le premier paragraphe dit ceci:

C'est peut-êre parce qu'ils aiment ça, mais ça pourrait bien être parce que des années de guerre et de famine les ont habitués à manger n'importe quoi.

The Montpellieran Way

At Port Marianne, last week.

A Port Marianne, la semaine dernière.

Very French, isn't it?

In 1968, many French people said "il est interdit d'interdire" (it is forbiddent to forbid, literally). I think a lot of French people would still say that today. I am definitely not one of them as regards trash, garbage, refuse and rubbish.

I took this photo two days ago.

Bachelor party ritual

I met this young "convict" (bagnard) the same day as the Gay Pride "hugging man."

He was celebrating the end of his bachelor's life (in French we use an expression that means "to bury one's bachelor's life). He let me take a photo of him but I dared not ask him if he considered marriage to be a prison.

I'm asking that question to you today :-))

Amy, from the blog "Chitlins and Camembert" explains what the French bachelor party consists of :

The phrase for "bachelor party" in French is enterrement de vie de garcon, which translates as "funeral (or burial) of the life of young man", or looser translation "you are now an old fart". This event is celebrated differently in different places, with three standard features:

1. the groom (or bride if it is an enterrement de vie de jeune fille) is dressed up by their friends in an embarrassing costume

2. they then must do some sort of stunt that forces them to interact with the general public

3. everyone must get really drunk

As long as these three features are included, you can find a variety of other traditions included in the bachelor party, depending on where you are.

Have a very nice weekend!