L'arrouse Gastronomique

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It's the definitinve French cookbook! And who cares?! French food is cruel, awful fare. The french are such snooty idiots. Too snotty to appreciate what down to earth vegetarians are all about. I don't give a hoot about the L'arrouse Gastronomique. Do you? I'm attending a cooking course in September. Any other chefs here? And no, we won't cook together because ever does the axoim ring true that too many cooks spoil the broth!

My last name is Fournier... and I once was a vegan until my parents disallowed me from it.

Comments like, "The french are such snooty idiots." Shows idiocy because it groups vast amounts of persons under a category which they cannot choose. It's like insulting birds because they have wings.

Sorry.

What do you like cooking?

Dunno where that's from, but i don't know any french word that resembles "l'arrouse" unless you meant, "la rose" which would make a tiny bit more sense.... And huh, i'm supposed to get a class on how to cook, supposed to help me become more independant.... But no news from the people organizing the program =(

And besides.... I'll let you know that french cuisine is rather diversed.... <.< We are pretty much the ones who've popularized most of the dishes one can make with potatoes (not sure about french fries though), we also have something called "pistou" which is somewhat close to pesto but slightly different, i think. And we make some pretty good baguettes and wine, none of which could cause harm to a veggan, so what's the deal with that rant? o.O

Spaghetti is nice. I can't cook properly yet so just bought tinned soups in bulk this afternoon. If I do well on my course I'm looking forward to cooking minestrone soup, pies and vegetables, potatoes and legumes in a creamy sauce.

spaghetti is way too common imo, there are loads of pastas in the world, but spaghettis seem to be your average pasta meal.... (had some yesterday btw). And per, try cooking fish, fish is good =^.^=

I've only had once ever <.< your standard poutine would seem harmless compared to a restaurant i know that practicly specializes in those (i've even heard there is a poutine with foie gras with it, or even bacon -.- ). I don't exactly enjoy foie gras myself, mostly because it's vastly overdone and not that tasty, still i suppose for special occasions i can bear with it. =/

And Per, even my dad who's french complains sometimes about how french people can be stupid, so yeah we all have our bunch to deal with >< (i was wondering what was the difference in "courriel" and "courrier" earlier, i thought one letter wouldn't change much, he explained that courriel stands for "courrier électronique" invented by the belgians (sp? >< having doubts) which is the equivalent for email... Well guess what, he told me that some people in France actually say "email" but in french conversations... it's even written as badly as imèl or somesuch... That speaks volumes )

Well, my mom made the dinner -.- so yeah, tomato sauce, sometimes homemade, sometimes it's president's choice brand (i think you can only find those in Canada, they're a pretty good enough brand of grocery goods, i'll even let you know that the president of the grocery chain who commercializes that brand appears in his own publicities, and he looks rather good doing it :p ).

My dad adds some crushed chili pepper flakes sometimes to add that "spicy" feeling But if you want to eat em traditionnally, soak them with a bit of olive oil, pesto and you should be good :p .

I like the way you talk about food. You're a natural!

I like to think of myself as a gastronome :> .

I've recently started taking interest in seafood, but sadly it seems my stomach doesn't agree with uncooked shrimps (cocktail shrimps). If you've never been to Marseille, you should definitely try out the "bouillabaisse" but i should warn you, it's a rather big dish... You could last the whole supper with it. The price varies too, since it's a fish based dish, the rarer the fishies, the more expensive it gets =/ i reckon the "average" price was around 24 euros. You basicly make some sort of potage called "rouille" it's orange-ish color, tomato based i think... And you dip whatever fish you want in it and then eat. :p I've only eaten some once and it's probably the best fish dish i ever had until then.

I've also eaten some sushi, it's not as bad as it seems. Wasabi mustard is kinda odd though. you have to eat a bit of ginger to calm down the spicyness. :p And only once, i've tasted sushi as desert, it was rather unique o.O i reckon one of them was blueberry flavored... I've sadly forgot what the rest was but i think one of them involved ice cream, can't remember for the life of me. =/

If I ever come to Montreal I'm inviting myself to your house for dinner. : )

I've got a Romanian friend who's coming to study in England. I'm going to have to ask her to cook some of her native food for me. What a delicious world!

I'm partial to "Joy of Cooking" myself. I've visited France a handful of times and liked the food in general but thought it relied too much on sauce.

I've taken a couple cooking courses but they weren't French. Are you taking cooking courses for fun or to be a professional chef?

The course I'm going to study on is for professional chefs. We all have to buy a special suit to stop heat burning us and a set of knives for chopping with.

It's quite comprehensive. It involves making salads, soups, bread, desserts, cooking vegetarian dishes, fish and seafood, beef, veal, lamb, chicken, pork and game.

What kind of foods are your favourites?