French Food

I was in France over April break and the food in France is to die for! I never ate the same thing twice because there was so much variety. Even the packaged snacks are delicious (and a million times better than the ones here). Also, the main meal in France is lunch, not dinner, like how it is in America. Every family’s meal traditions varied, like here, but most families have a sit-down lunch all together (on the weekends) and then breakfast and dinner are much more casual. For breakfast most days I ate cereal, which was pretty similar to cereals here. It was called Chocopic, and it was small chocolate flakes-nothing special, but delicious nonetheless. My first day in France, our lunch was so large. There were chicken, mashed potatoes, pasta, rice and bread-lots and lots of bread. For the bread, there was this strange pork spread that came in a can, but it tasted good, so I ate it. For dinner, my host brother, some other kids, and I went to a small kebab restaurant. But, the odd thing was, they were sandwiches, not meat on skewers. The next day, lunch was even bigger than the first day. There were 3 different salads, sausage, steak, and more bread. Then we had French cheeses, and finally dessert. For dessert in France, though, they have yogurt. We do eat that here, but not usually as dessert. At school, lunches were also really big. No one brings lunch to school, and there isn’t any variety in the food they get to eat. There’s a main meal, like chicken and vegetables. Then, you can choose one side, like a salad or hard-boiled eggs. Then, there’s fruit and bread. Unfortunately, though, the food is still not very high quality and wasn’t very appetizing! I think I prefer bringing my own food! Cari W.