As a native Parisian, my breakfast usually used to be an espresso and a cigarette... ready to go ! I'm happy to say that todays, I'm happy with just a expresso.
@@domitiennegegou5967 Really it's OK to skip your breakfast and actually for health reasons. Plenty of people do it to extend their night fast and avoid an insulin spike. Usually you would consume the same amount of Calories/food in your remaining meals but would end up with a better metabolism and a thinner waist line. Skipping breakfast allows your body to fast longer and benefit for longer of the fat metabolism that kicks in a the end of the night.Once used to it, you shouldn't be hungry as long as you have fat and even thin people have about 1 month of Calories in their fat.
@@andr386 I think it would depend on the person health if they can skip breakfast or not some people can skip meals some can not and a smaller waistline should come after one's health and eating the balance meals a day isn't un health because I had someone tell me that while I was dealing with a eating disorder but everyone body is different as long as you take care of yourself in a healthy way then that's all that matters
@@blueberriesracoon I totally agree with you. Everybody is different. That's why the common sense rule of 3 meals a day doesn't make sense to everybody. Some people might need it to stay healthy, some people will be as healthy or more using a different pattern. I don't want people to develop an eating disorder.
My mother is half french (born in US) and growing up she had to make eggs and bacon or sausage daily for my father before work, but she sat at the table with hot chocolate she made in a pan on the stove and toast with butter and honey. I never saw her eat eggs or meat in the morning.
My mother was Niçoise, my fathers WWII bride from Nice, France. I went from grade school, through college, on sweetened Cafe au lait, baguette, and unsalted butter for breakfast. I didn't care for eggs at the time, but love them now.
How do you have the time for such meals in the morning? Im french and I go to middle school and like 6:20 i wake up 7:10 i have my bus i barely have the time for cereals 🤣
Tbh tons of French people have croissant every morning, especially in big urban areas where people tend to not have a proper breakfast at home, just a coffee and a croissant on the go.
Same! Even though live here, I still enjoy it so much! I love going to US supermarkets too when I'm back in the US... discovering all the new products.
I have an American friend who visited France the first time in 2006 as being as tourist and we went to supermarket for shopping. He was very astonished of fresh food shelves, when he saw the range of dairy fresh products, like yogurts cheeses, butters.
As a French , I eat during the week one croissant and one pain au chocolat ( or another viennoiserie) , a fruits juice and sometimes a fruit. It depends and the week end it's cereals ( Fitness milk chocolate of Special K red fruits) and one glass of fruits juice
We found the leftover baguette was the most popular breakfast in our relatives homes in France, both north and south. Coffee with hot milk was the norm, served in a bowl, in Brittany. While in the south it was also coffee with hot milk but in a cup.
I am writing this comment before watching the video because I am remembering that once I accidentally had the closed captions on and, Diane, your opening greeting showed as Bonjour tuna mold! Cracked me up!
I’m Canadian and my husband is French. We live in France and typically have a “French style breakfast” during the week and then a bigger Canadian breakfast on the weekends with eggs, bacon and hash browns, or pancakes. This is typically how I am used to eating in Canada too though so not a big change for me. ☺️
@anne sikaddour I'm British, we eat the same as French really,but I love a big breakfast at the weekends! I'm not sure what a Mexican breakfast is, though!
@@annesikaddour7225I love Mexican breakfasts! Being from Texas and having been to Mexico multiple times when I was younger, I learned to love a little spice with my breakfast in the morning!
@ouiinfrance- thank you so much for this video. I grew up in a household with French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Portuguese relatives BUT my French grandmother ruled how everything played out. I remember warm drinks and croissants the most. I still make many of Grandma's recipes. I didn't eat peanut butter growing up. My grandmother would not allow me to eat it.
Bonjour- New subscriber here! I’m obsessed with your channel 🤗! Love, love France 🇫🇷! Visited France twice in the past 3 years. Paris may just be my all time favorite city! Unbelievable memories. I found that my limited French went a long way- people seemed to appreciate my efforts. I love their seemingly “effortless” joie de vivre. So elegant!! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Nice video 😊 I was surprised not to see a baguette 🥖 or any fresh bread featured, as I guess that’s one of the commonest breakfast items! If you’re able, try the Figues Violettes jam, it’s absolutely delicious 😋
As a french , my breakfast for the week is cereals,especially müesli with oat milk and for the week end: viennoiserie (pain au chocolat or viennoise au chocolat) or tartines (pain or baguette with butter and jam) with café crème 😉.
Hello ! My breakfast in France is a coffee with a little bit of cream, a piece of baguette to do a tartine grillée with half salted butter ans raspberry or orange marmalade, and an orange juice. 🤗
Pro tip from the elders: when putting butter (it works with jam too, but butter is usually more challenging, specially if you forgot to take it out from the fridge ahead of time) on a biscotte, place said biscotte on top of another biscotte, it won't break (unless you apply crazy pressure that is). As for the blueberries, it's indeed rare to find them originating from France in supermarkets. But if you go to the center/south of France (Cantal, Jura, the Alps etc.) at the right season, bring buckets and combs, you can get loads from nature. Same with blackberries actually. Those thorny bushes give everything at the end of summer, they are delicious. I live in Vendée now and we have a lot in town so it's a feast in late July to September. But even in woody areas around Paris like Vincennes you can find tons of them. All natural, no pesticides, no fertilizers (except for dog or human urine if you grab the low low ones in some spots haha)
Careful! Each region has its own rules as to the picking of blueberries... For example, the use of combs is forbidden in the Vosges mountains and the quantity picked must not exceed 5 litres. I would advise to check with the local town hall first.
When my husband moved to the U.S. on Sundays he would ask for a "big American breakfast", so we would have to go out to a diner that serves HUGE breakfasts. When visiting France, we always have very small breakfasts--usually a croissant and a bit of baguette with some coffee. I'm always surprised how that holds me over for half the day. I miss French croissants and baguettes!
@@OuiInFrance growing up in the U S my grandmother kept to her French roots. I never truly enjoyed a huge breakfast with eggs, toast, bacon/sausage and etc. I prefer a cup of coffee and an occasional croissant. Sometimes, I indulge with a cup of chocolat chaud that I make at home. This video as well as all of the others is outstanding! Thank you so much.
@@OuiInFrance We took his family to a restaurant that serves embarrassingly large breakfasts... The table was covered with plates--they were amazed. I'm sure they thought that all Americans eat breakfast like that! :-D
I grew up with German breakfast. We often had a hard or soft boiled egg… a (hard crust) roll (similar to a mini baguette) with butter and a slice of cheese or some sliced sausage or cold cuts… and a cup of tea or coffee with milk. On weekends, things would get a bit fancier, with an omelette (with mushrooms and a variety of veggies) and maybe a sweet pastry or a croissant with butter and jam or Nutella.
I'm french banana drink is available in France since the first world war and the package featured a African soldier who was in uniform of the french colonial troops Then political correctness Remove it like uncle Ben rice The African troops fought for the french the Maghreb Algeria Maroc troops fought for the french and the cancel culture remove the reminder if you think about breakfast A table with cotton cloth , sugar, coffee a concrete results off slavery in the breakfast way
Yes, I rarely see any from France. The strawberries, on the other hand, are mostly from France in the May time frame as I pointed out. Earlier in the season, they do come from Spain though. ;-)
I’m a 63 year old french man. When i was a kid, children usually drank a bowl of hot chocolate, or coffee and milk. We ate toasts (tartines) with butter and (home made) jam, toasts we dipped into the hot beverage. Croissants only were for special days (Christmas, birthday). Nowadays kids generally eat industrial cereals (so bad for their health) and replace jam by Nutella. Adults, when we work, usually have a cup of coffee or tea. We don’t eat or maybe only a toast. On Sunday or during our holiday we have a full breakfast, with yoghurt, fruit juice, tea/coffee, croissant and toasts.
I hate the globalization of unhealthy food like cold cereal, sugary soft drinks, and fast food restaurants! It causes obesity, poor health, and a loss of local food culture.
My kids were raised in the US and we accustomed them to eat tartines or pancakes with their Chocolat chaud during school days, savory American breakfast on weekends. First time we visit my mother in law in France, she was excited to offer them the Chocapic for breakfast!
I guess I eat the French way in Northern California. I make my own jams from our fruit trees. Apricot, plum, nectarine, peach, I use a big French copper pot and it holds me over for a year plus gifts for friends. My friend swaps me honey from her hives, so good. We have an amazing baker at the farmers market here who won silver at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie in France for his baguette. Spoiled!
I find the Quaker Oats that I can buy in France is different than the Quaker Oats I buy in the states. I can a big difference in my oatmeal cookies. It’s more fine here in France. A couple of years ago, my husband and I saw that one of our favorite restaurants started having brunch. We made a reservation and we so happy to go. I asked for an orange juice with champagne and they had no juice! The menu for “brunch” was just their lunch menu. The food was yummy, but it was a disappointment.
I stick the tip of a spoon under the lid rim and gently push spoon handle down. When I hear a small pop, then I can easily unscew the lid. An arthritis trick...
Just to add some specification, "petit-déjeuner" is French of France (and French of West Africa excluding DRC's French) for breakfast. In Belgium, Switzerland and Canada, the word "déjeuner" is used instead. Then, at noon, they eat the "déjeuner" in France, but the "dîner" in Canada etc. And in the evening, they have "dîner" in France, but "souper" in Canada, Switzerland and Belgium.
Oh I can just taste those strawberries! I was in France a few years ago in May and had the pleasure of tasting the fresh strawberries. They are delicious. So sweet and red all the way through. I think I went through a pint a day. 🙂 I miss them every time I buy strawberries in the US. Loved this video Diane!
I was in Brittany 2 years ago during strawberry season and had fresh Plougastel strawberries. They were amazing ! So much better than the ones I buy in the US.
My home grown strawberries are like that also. The ones you buy in the grocery stores are usually picked before they are ripe and shipped cross-country. Notice how she keeps saying "locally grown" strawberries. That's the difference.
I heard that French strawberries are full of insecticidesThey are hugely expensive compared to the UK. I rarely buy strawberries in France, the last ones I bought as cheaper were Spanish, but my own plants are producing now.
@@wudgee Yeah, they are. But you can found good ones in France to. I bet they didn't ship those one so much tho, they stay for the local market. But we all agree better strawberries are the ones from the garden.
what i like in this country is that most of the people i know have very diffrent ways to eat, especially at the breakfast. Indeed, most people from large towns, and cities will eat "vienoiseries" (croissants,...) , whereas people from the middle sized towns or smaller will mostly eat some kind of bread (baguette, biscottes,...) and orange juice. I belive it to be a remmenant of the story of our contry, from like the birth of this contry, because the one that ate bread the most at this time was mostly commoners. Ps : i hope that i didn't butchered my sentences, if so, pleese don't lose hope that one day, french people will be able to speak a correct English and American.
As a person of French Canadian ancestry I have a pastry with coffee and perhaps a yogurt with fruit.
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After three months of breakfasting half a baguette with butter and marmalade and a bowl of tea EVERY single day I went to Germany for Paques and I was HAPPY to breakfasting ham and saussages and cheese and orange juice. If you could have seen my face you would have thinked I find a puppy or a long lost love or something like that
Most expat French teachers (women) I've worked with have a hot drink like coffee for breakfast and sometimes a piece of toast with a little scrape of butter and small bit of jam or a tiny yogurt. Their lunch was a small cup of soup with mini roll or salad (mostly vegetables). When I was in France, I saw people eating a ham sandwich for breakfast (1 thin slice of ham, butter, and part of baguette) or in a cafe with hot drink and croissant. I don't know what they eat at home.
For breakfast, I eat muesli with soy milk, a few tablespoons of non-dairy yogurt, flaxseed meal, fruit, and peanut butter. I sweeten it with a bit of Pyure, a stevia/erythritol blend sweetener.
My Canadian city is still under lockdown. I only leave my house once a week to buy groceries for my family. I allow myself the “luxury” of popping into the pharmacy next door to the grocery store for a tiny bit of retail therapy. I’m rather bored of it all but it’s all I have. Thanks for the fresh trip Diane.
Hi, during lockdown, anything that can provide a bright spot is welcome. A few of the things that worked for me were buying/having a pastry on the week-end, so that there is a happy anticipation setting in, buying a pretty potted plant to keep inside and look at, using a body cream with a lovely fragrance, going down a kiiten hole of binge-watching favourite vids on YT, which can be adapted to other interests, of course, provided it makes you happy. Hang in there!
When touring in Europe the hotels always put out sliced ham, cheeses, fresh fruit, plain yogurt, honey, jam, various breads, cereal and milk, juice, coffee and tea. It's quite a spread and really nice to be able to pick and choose. I always imagined a smaller version in European homes. My Spanish friends are fans of cereal with freeze dried strawberries. The shelf stable milk is great. You just buy a case and put a box in the fridge as needed.
For a big spread try Turkish breakfast. I only saw the spread you mentioned in hotels in France. But Turkish people often have such a spread for weekend breakfasts in their home plus olives, sliced cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, egg.
When I worked in a chambre d’hôtes in Bellac I was intrigued by the way the various nationalities had breakfast - French, Spanish, Swiss, German, British, Dutch (we didn't have any Americans but did have two Australians) The French usually had the baguette with jam and they often popped the middle out and just ate the crust popping the centre in their coffee cup afterwards. Where they making a tartine. The bread and croissants were fresh daily from the boulangerie but they didn't often eat the centre.
A Montpellier Hérault Languedoc Roussillon France le petit déjeuner est une tartine ou pain de chocolat avec un fruit, café ou thé ou chocolat chaud un yaourt et jus tomate ou jus d'Orange. déjeuner est le repas plus large du jour
Just came back from Paris…croissants and cigarettes for breakfast was the common theme. We had croissants and fresh squeezed orange juice which was amazing.
Just stumbled across your channel. Gladly so. Thanks for simplifying the French market for us. May I kindly request you to make more detailed videos of all kinds of food markets, wholesale and retail spice markets, food and beverage manufacturing units etc etc? Basically everything related to food in France! Merci boaucoup!!!
Welcome! Have a look at some of my older videos. I did a live market walkthrough, a bunch of supermarket tours, and a vlog where I interview a wine seller, cheese expert, and baker!
Yes! In the USA you can buy Kerry Gold Irish butter. It is extremely good. Costco organic butter also has more flavor than regular tasteless American brands.
On an etymological note, "déjeuner" means exactly the same thing as "breakfast" : from Latin dis- ("apart, away", hence "break") + jejunare ("to fast")!
Don't forget about Breakifast In America. Really good pancakes and French Toast IF you are from the US and feeling homesick. Also great burgers and shakes. He has two restaurants in Paris. Well, he DID, I haven't checked since the start of Covid.
ahhhh! nothing better than a 'tartine' dipped in good chocolate milk. personally I look at the labels indicating the ingredients of the product and if there is too much sugar, salt, coloring and palm oil: I do not buy! and now the nutriscore: it's awesome. I recommend 'confipote' very good low-sugar jam with lots of fruit.
So helpful. I have a French penpal who lives near Toulouse. Her name is Frédérique (we only email). When I speak of her I call her Fred (as in Fred Flinstones) dur eek! Nice to know HOW to pronounce her name! Sorry Fred (Flinstones)...
Oui in France ! I have an idea for a video! There's a contemporary art museum in Nantes which used to be the factory of the LU company. Bonne chance, Diana ! Vous êtes là mielleuse !
This video was not what I was expecting, although it fits the description pretty well. Check out “What Japanese REALLY Eat for Breakfast” on the _Life Where I’m From_ channel-Greg Lam actually _talked to_ Japanese people (people he knows) about what they _really_ eat for breakfast, complete with gorgeous video. (A few were a bit reluctant to show what they really eat-maybe a few didn’t want to reveal that they just had a cup of coffee or something-but Greg convinced them.) It really gives a good idea of what a certain group of people actually eat for breakfast.
Not like a breakfast here in the US. Strawberries are good. Some familiar companies, but world wide, and some local company's I never heard of before. Don't have yogurt too much for breakfast. Usually when on a cruise ship. Some of those brands are sold here in the U.S. Fig Jelly is good. Non diary milk is good. Some of the food items in your supermarket look familiar. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Don't like meat with breakfast. My wife loved Nutella. A little sweet for me. Sometimes I do have some. I like Oatmeal. My wife likes products with Hazelnut in it.
Lol. The bread in the box looks hard as a rock and more suitable for breaking into croutons 🤣 But will take your word for it that it was good. I've always been in either no breakfast or brunch camp. Just have rarely ever been hungry early in the mornings. Really been enjoying your videos and greatly appreciate your response to questions I've had. 😊 I'm sure it's a bit time consuming. So wanted to thank you for making the extra effort.
As a french I can say you're not so far off. You could acutually use biscotte in your soup if you're out of croutons. But I wouldn't use biscotte in a salad for exemple. In my opinion/experience croutons are harder than biscotte. Biscotte is very light and airy despite appearances and crumbles very easily.
They have them in Italy too, they're crispy, but crumble very easily. Much more brittle or fragile than croutons. You definitely won't crack a tooth on them.
Nice video ! ^^ About the Jam, it seems you said it was figue violet as if it was figue and violet flower in the same jam. Indeed it's a special type of figue that are violet, that are different from white figue. But violet flower jam does exist and is quite good, but this is not very common to find it.
My husband got so hungry for eggs and bacon. He just hated "bread for breakfast". Occasionally we would find a brunch. I am good with a cafe creme or 2. But 2 will set you back 8 to 10 euros so restraint is needed. When making my own coffee I used a fench press in my apartment and added "Gloria" evaporated milk for a rich coffee. If eating in the morning I go for yogurt. I am not into bread or cereal in the morning. I do like eggs but too lazy for that usually. Also I hate Pain au chocolate. Chocolate is chocolate and bread is bread. They should not mix. I always love apricot jam in France.
As a native Parisian, my breakfast usually used to be an espresso and a cigarette... ready to go ! I'm happy to say that todays, I'm happy with just a expresso.
Glad you were able to quit smoking! Congrats!
Vous ne vous faites pas une santé, il faut manger ! Je suis Parisienne aussi. Parisian here... That's not healthy, you should eat too !
@@domitiennegegou5967 Really it's OK to skip your breakfast and actually for health reasons. Plenty of people do it to extend their night fast and avoid an insulin spike. Usually you would consume the same amount of Calories/food in your remaining meals but would end up with a better metabolism and a thinner waist line. Skipping breakfast allows your body to fast longer and benefit for longer of the fat metabolism that kicks in a the end of the night.Once used to it, you shouldn't be hungry as long as you have fat and even thin people have about 1 month of Calories in their fat.
@@andr386 I think it would depend on the person health if they can skip breakfast or not some people can skip meals some can not and a smaller waistline should come after one's health and eating the balance meals a day isn't un health because I had someone tell me that while I was dealing with a eating disorder but everyone body is different as long as you take care of yourself in a healthy way then that's all that matters
@@blueberriesracoon I totally agree with you. Everybody is different. That's why the common sense rule of 3 meals a day doesn't make sense to everybody. Some people might need it to stay healthy, some people will be as healthy or more using a different pattern. I don't want people to develop an eating disorder.
My mother is half french (born in US) and growing up she had to make eggs and bacon or sausage daily for my father before work, but she sat at the table with hot chocolate she made in a pan on the stove and toast with butter and honey. I never saw her eat eggs or meat in the morning.
Love the picture you make of your mother😊
My mother was Niçoise, my fathers WWII bride from Nice, France. I went from grade school, through college, on sweetened Cafe au lait, baguette, and unsalted butter for breakfast. I didn't care for eggs at the time, but love them now.
How do you have the time for such meals in the morning? Im french and I go to middle school and like 6:20 i wake up 7:10 i have my bus i barely have the time for cereals 🤣
Eggs and bacon not a French breakfast thing.
Thanks for dispelling the stereotype of "treats" from the bakery as the everyday breakfast. Croissants on the weekend it is!
You're welcome ;-) I'm sure some people eat croissants daily but the vast majority don't and save them for the weekend or a special treat.
Tbh tons of French people have croissant every morning, especially in big urban areas where people tend to not have a proper breakfast at home, just a coffee and a croissant on the go.
There’s even a word in french for that. Le café-croissant :)
I love visiting international grocery stores when traveling. Hopefully I can go to some if I end up in France.
Hope you're able to travel soon!
Love visiting French grocery stores every time I visit. So many great products.
Same! Even though live here, I still enjoy it so much! I love going to US supermarkets too when I'm back in the US... discovering all the new products.
How refreshing to see a grocery store so neat-no products stacked in the aisles! 🛒
The blueberries are from my country, Portugal ❤️❤️❤️
I have an American friend who visited France the first time in 2006 as being as tourist and we went to supermarket for shopping. He was very astonished of fresh food shelves, when he saw the range of dairy fresh products, like yogurts cheeses, butters.
As a French , I eat during the week one croissant and one pain au chocolat ( or another viennoiserie) , a fruits juice and sometimes a fruit.
It depends and the week end it's cereals ( Fitness milk chocolate of Special K red fruits) and one glass of fruits juice
We found the leftover baguette was the most popular breakfast in our relatives homes in France, both north and south. Coffee with hot milk was the norm, served in a bowl, in Brittany. While in the south it was also coffee with hot milk but in a cup.
I am writing this comment before watching the video because I am remembering that once I accidentally had the closed captions on and, Diane, your opening greeting showed as Bonjour tuna mold! Cracked me up!
I’m Canadian and my husband is French. We live in France and typically have a “French style breakfast” during the week and then a bigger Canadian breakfast on the weekends with eggs, bacon and hash browns, or pancakes. This is typically how I am used to eating in Canada too though so not a big change for me. ☺️
Mmmm! American here! I love Canadian bacon!!!
We are French living in the US and we do French breakfast on workdays and American or Mexican style on the weekends!
@anne sikaddour I'm British, we eat the same as French really,but I love a big breakfast at the weekends! I'm not sure what a Mexican breakfast is, though!
@@annesikaddour7225I love Mexican breakfasts! Being from Texas and having been to Mexico multiple times when I was younger, I learned to love a little spice with my breakfast in the morning!
Wow if I didn't see the French writing on this, I would have assumed it's straight out of an NZ grocery store!!
@ouiinfrance- thank you so much for this video. I grew up in a household with French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Portuguese relatives BUT my French grandmother ruled how everything played out. I remember warm drinks and croissants the most. I still make many of Grandma's recipes. I didn't eat peanut butter growing up. My grandmother would not allow me to eat it.
What was grandma's beef with peanut butter?
I love peanur butter, but all my thoughts to your grandma ❤️
What's wrong with peanut butter ?
La tartine au beurre et à la confiture a l'air délicieuse Diane !
Diane, I write this before finishing the video. The French eat yogurt more as a dessert than for breakfast.
Well then my French colleagues ate a lot of dessert for breakfast. 😀
Bonjour- New subscriber here! I’m obsessed with your channel 🤗! Love, love France 🇫🇷! Visited France twice in the past 3 years. Paris may just be my all time favorite city! Unbelievable memories. I found that my limited French went a long way- people seemed to appreciate my efforts. I love their seemingly “effortless” joie de vivre. So elegant!! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Welcome Julie, so glad you're enjoying my content!
Nice video 😊 I was surprised not to see a baguette 🥖 or any fresh bread featured, as I guess that’s one of the commonest breakfast items! If you’re able, try the Figues Violettes jam, it’s absolutely delicious 😋
As a french , my breakfast for the week is cereals,especially müesli with oat milk and for the week end: viennoiserie (pain au chocolat or viennoise au chocolat) or tartines (pain or baguette with butter and jam) with café crème 😉.
I'm American and I eat muesli for breakfast. I add soy milk, some non-dairy yogurt, a flaxseed meal, berries, and peanut butter.
Hello ! My breakfast in France is a coffee with a little bit of cream, a piece of baguette to do a tartine grillée with half salted butter ans raspberry or orange marmalade, and an orange juice. 🤗
Sounds great!
Pro tip from the elders: when putting butter (it works with jam too, but butter is usually more challenging, specially if you forgot to take it out from the fridge ahead of time) on a biscotte, place said biscotte on top of another biscotte, it won't break (unless you apply crazy pressure that is). As for the blueberries, it's indeed rare to find them originating from France in supermarkets. But if you go to the center/south of France (Cantal, Jura, the Alps etc.) at the right season, bring buckets and combs, you can get loads from nature. Same with blackberries actually. Those thorny bushes give everything at the end of summer, they are delicious. I live in Vendée now and we have a lot in town so it's a feast in late July to September. But even in woody areas around Paris like Vincennes you can find tons of them. All natural, no pesticides, no fertilizers (except for dog or human urine if you grab the low low ones in some spots haha)
Careful! Each region has its own rules as to the picking of blueberries... For example, the use of combs is forbidden in the Vosges mountains and the quantity picked must not exceed 5 litres. I would advise to check with the local town hall first.
When my husband moved to the U.S. on Sundays he would ask for a "big American breakfast", so we would have to go out to a diner that serves HUGE breakfasts. When visiting France, we always have very small breakfasts--usually a croissant and a bit of baguette with some coffee. I'm always surprised how that holds me over for half the day. I miss French croissants and baguettes!
Yesss! Totally relate because Tom does the same thing. He loves his eggs and sausage and all that when we visit the US!
@@OuiInFrance growing up in the U S my grandmother kept to her French roots. I never truly enjoyed a huge breakfast with eggs, toast, bacon/sausage and etc. I prefer a cup of coffee and an occasional croissant. Sometimes, I indulge with a cup of chocolat chaud that I make at home. This video as well as all of the others is outstanding! Thank you so much.
@@OuiInFrance We took his family to a restaurant that serves embarrassingly large breakfasts... The table was covered with plates--they were amazed. I'm sure they thought that all Americans eat breakfast like that! :-D
Diane! J'adore vos vidéeo! La france me manque tant, j'ai hâte de pouvoir enfin y retourner! Merci!
I'm English and had French, Irish , Grandparents. Omelette for me. Marmalade or Apricot Jam for Breakfast. French Toast OK. ' Protein '
I grew up with German breakfast. We often had a hard or soft boiled egg… a (hard crust) roll (similar to a mini baguette) with butter and a slice of cheese or some sliced sausage or cold cuts… and a cup of tea or coffee with milk.
On weekends, things would get a bit fancier, with an omelette (with mushrooms and a variety of veggies) and maybe a sweet pastry or a croissant with butter and jam or Nutella.
That Banania drink sounds amazing!!
I'm french banana drink is available in France since the first world war and the package featured a African soldier who was in uniform of the french colonial troops
Then political correctness
Remove it like uncle Ben rice
The African troops fought for the french the Maghreb Algeria Maroc troops fought for the french and the cancel culture remove the reminder if you think about breakfast
A table with cotton cloth , sugar, coffee a concrete results off slavery in the breakfast way
Bonne Maman is my favorite as they sell it in the DC area. So much better than any confiture americaine!
The Blueberries were from Portugal, Lol !
Yes, I rarely see any from France. The strawberries, on the other hand, are mostly from France in the May time frame as I pointed out. Earlier in the season, they do come from Spain though. ;-)
The label read Framboise (raspberry) Portugal. the little black fruits are Myrtle (billberry) easy mistake to make as they are related to Blueberry.
Hello, for me I eat one yoghurt, Activia nature, black coffee and sometimes bread with butter and jam.
I’m a 63 year old french man. When i was a kid, children usually drank a bowl of hot chocolate, or coffee and milk. We ate toasts (tartines) with butter and (home made) jam, toasts we dipped into the hot beverage. Croissants only were for special days (Christmas, birthday). Nowadays kids generally eat industrial cereals (so bad for their health) and replace jam by Nutella. Adults, when we work, usually have a cup of coffee or tea. We don’t eat or maybe only a toast. On Sunday or during our holiday we have a full breakfast, with yoghurt, fruit juice, tea/coffee, croissant and toasts.
I hate the globalization of unhealthy food like cold cereal, sugary soft drinks, and fast food restaurants! It causes obesity, poor health, and a loss of local food culture.
The store seems a LOT CLEANER than many supermarkets here in the States.
My kids were raised in the US and we accustomed them to eat tartines or pancakes with their Chocolat chaud during school days, savory American breakfast on weekends. First time we visit my mother in law in France, she was excited to offer them the Chocapic for breakfast!
I guess I eat the French way in Northern California. I make my own jams from our fruit trees. Apricot, plum, nectarine, peach, I use a big French copper pot and it holds me over for a year plus gifts for friends. My friend swaps me honey from her hives, so good. We have an amazing baker at the farmers market here who won silver at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie in France for his baguette. Spoiled!
Ahh I love that you make your own jams! Sounds great!
I find the Quaker Oats that I can buy in France is different than the Quaker Oats I buy in the states. I can a big difference in my oatmeal cookies. It’s more fine here in France. A couple of years ago, my husband and I saw that one of our favorite restaurants started having brunch. We made a reservation and we so happy to go. I asked for an orange juice with champagne and they had no juice! The menu for “brunch” was just their lunch menu. The food was yummy, but it was a disappointment.
And note this well, it’s pain au chocolat and not chocolatine, that’s the most important thing to learn from this video
Chocolatine for ever !
To open a jam container, it is also very popular to tap the bottom. This will increase the pressure on the top and make it easy to unscrew the lid.
I stick the tip of a spoon under the lid rim and gently push spoon handle down. When I hear a small pop, then I can easily unscew the lid. An arthritis trick...
Just to add some specification, "petit-déjeuner" is French of France (and French of West Africa excluding DRC's French) for breakfast. In Belgium, Switzerland and Canada, the word "déjeuner" is used instead. Then, at noon, they eat the "déjeuner" in France, but the "dîner" in Canada etc. And in the evening, they have "dîner" in France, but "souper" in Canada, Switzerland and Belgium.
*_I AM LITERALLY IN FRANCE RIGHT NOW EATING BREAKFAST AND WATCHING YOUR VIDEO._*
Bon appétit!
My favourite breakfast as a french person will always be fresh baguette with butter and jam, dipped in hot cocoa. Tastes like childhood.
Thanks for sharing your memory.
Ur videos r wonderful. We have Carrefour in here, Dubai - UAE , and all these products are available in here.
Oh wow! Very cool the chain is there as well! So happy you enjoy my videos!
Just subscribed! I love your videos
Yay! Thank you and welcome!
Oh I can just taste those strawberries! I was in France a few years ago in May and had the pleasure of tasting the fresh strawberries. They are delicious. So sweet and red all the way through. I think I went through a pint a day. 🙂 I miss them every time I buy strawberries in the US. Loved this video Diane!
Yesss, the strawberries are some of the best I've ever had. Thanks for watching!
I was in Brittany 2 years ago during strawberry season and had fresh Plougastel strawberries. They were amazing ! So much better than the ones I buy in the US.
My home grown strawberries are like that also. The ones you buy in the grocery stores are usually picked before they are ripe and shipped cross-country. Notice how she keeps saying "locally grown" strawberries. That's the difference.
I heard that French strawberries are full of insecticidesThey are hugely expensive compared to the UK. I rarely buy strawberries in France, the last ones I bought as cheaper were Spanish, but my own plants are producing now.
@@wudgee Yeah, they are. But you can found good ones in France to. I bet they didn't ship those one so much tho, they stay for the local market. But we all agree better strawberries are the ones from the garden.
Merci pour le video de l’imformations sur ‘petit déjeuner’ français…C’est vraiment interessant. Salut! Two thumbs up!
what i like in this country is that most of the people i know have very diffrent ways to eat, especially at the breakfast. Indeed, most people from large towns, and cities will eat "vienoiseries" (croissants,...) , whereas people from the middle sized towns or smaller will mostly eat some kind of bread (baguette, biscottes,...) and orange juice. I belive it to be a remmenant of the story of our contry, from like the birth of this contry, because the one that ate bread the most at this time was mostly commoners. Ps : i hope that i didn't butchered my sentences, if so, pleese don't lose hope that one day, french people will be able to speak a correct English and American.
I assure you that your English is perfectly good. As an American I clearly understood what you were saying. ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼
As a person of French Canadian ancestry I have a pastry with coffee and perhaps a yogurt with fruit.
After three months of breakfasting half a baguette with butter and marmalade and a bowl of tea EVERY single day I went to Germany for Paques and I was HAPPY to breakfasting ham and saussages and cheese and orange juice. If you could have seen my face you would have thinked I find a puppy or a long lost love or something like that
Most expat French teachers (women) I've worked with have a hot drink like coffee for breakfast and sometimes a piece of toast with a little scrape of butter and small bit of jam or a tiny yogurt. Their lunch was a small cup of soup with mini roll or salad (mostly vegetables). When I was in France, I saw people eating a ham sandwich for breakfast (1 thin slice of ham, butter, and part of baguette) or in a cafe with hot drink and croissant. I don't know what they eat at home.
For breakfast, I eat muesli with soy milk, a few tablespoons of non-dairy yogurt, flaxseed meal, fruit, and peanut butter. I sweeten it with a bit of Pyure, a stevia/erythritol blend sweetener.
Yum, sounds delicious!
Bonjour Diane! Such a FUN little video!! It made me hungry, haha!! Your channel is wonderful! Thank you for all the hard work!!
I love france
My Canadian city is still under lockdown. I only leave my house once a week to buy groceries for my family. I allow myself the “luxury” of popping into the pharmacy next door to the grocery store for a tiny bit of retail therapy. I’m rather bored of it all but it’s all I have. Thanks for the fresh trip Diane.
Hi, during lockdown, anything that can provide a bright spot is welcome. A few of the things that worked for me were buying/having a pastry on the week-end, so that there is a happy anticipation setting in, buying a pretty potted plant to keep inside and look at, using a body cream with a lovely fragrance, going down a kiiten hole of binge-watching favourite vids on YT, which can be adapted to other interests, of course, provided it makes you happy. Hang in there!
@@isabellem1945 What would we do without RUclips! 💚
Same jam I buy very good they have a date jam yum
When touring in Europe the hotels always put out sliced ham, cheeses, fresh fruit, plain yogurt, honey, jam, various breads, cereal and milk, juice, coffee and tea. It's quite a spread and really nice to be able to pick and choose. I always imagined a smaller version in European homes. My Spanish friends are fans of cereal with freeze dried strawberries. The shelf stable milk is great. You just buy a case and put a box in the fridge as needed.
For a big spread try Turkish breakfast. I only saw the spread you mentioned in hotels in France. But Turkish people often have such a spread for weekend breakfasts in their home plus olives, sliced cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, egg.
I didn't even know strawberries had different varieties 😬
Thank you for the video! Very informative!
When I worked in a chambre d’hôtes in Bellac
I was intrigued by the way the various nationalities
had breakfast - French, Spanish, Swiss, German, British, Dutch
(we didn't have any Americans but did have two Australians)
The French usually had the baguette with jam
and they often popped the middle out and just ate the crust
popping the centre in their coffee cup afterwards.
Where they making a tartine.
The bread and croissants were fresh daily from the boulangerie
but they didn't often eat the centre.
Love instant coffee especially getting ready for work. I have a french press that I use on my days off
I like the Nutri Score on the packages.
A Montpellier Hérault Languedoc Roussillon France le petit déjeuner est une tartine ou pain de chocolat avec un fruit, café ou thé ou chocolat chaud un yaourt et jus tomate ou jus d'Orange. déjeuner est le repas plus large du jour
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
J'achète la même confiture. Trop bonne!
Just came back from Paris…croissants and cigarettes for breakfast was the common theme. We had croissants and fresh squeezed orange juice which was amazing.
Just stumbled across your channel. Gladly so. Thanks for simplifying the French market for us. May I kindly request you to make more detailed videos of all kinds of food markets, wholesale and retail spice markets, food and beverage manufacturing units etc etc? Basically everything related to food in France! Merci boaucoup!!!
Welcome! Have a look at some of my older videos. I did a live market walkthrough, a bunch of supermarket tours, and a vlog where I interview a wine seller, cheese expert, and baker!
Some people will have camembert on their baguette in the morning, and yes, you dip that tartine in your coffee too !
YUM!!!!!!!!!
Great content. Looking forward to seeing more
I hear (from some of the Food Network sows that the butter made in France is really good. My mouth is watering.
Yes! In the USA you can buy Kerry Gold Irish butter. It is extremely good. Costco organic butter also has more flavor than regular tasteless American brands.
Ooohoo jam where are you? oh- its right here ^_^ is my favorite part
On an etymological note, "déjeuner" means exactly the same thing as "breakfast" : from Latin dis- ("apart, away", hence "break") + jejunare ("to fast")!
Exactly, that's explained in the description ;-)
@@OuiInFrance Hi! I always dive straight into your videos! Didn't read the description, will do next time... sooorrry
Well and thorough video, you’ve just got a new subscriber.
Thanks and welcome!
Don't forget about Breakifast In America. Really good pancakes and French Toast IF you are from the US and feeling homesick. Also great burgers and shakes. He has two restaurants in Paris. Well, he DID, I haven't checked since the start of Covid.
I miss Reglisse Menthe tea so much....
We get that brand of jam in America at Walmart! :)
Bon Mamaan is sold worldwide. I bought it in Iraq, Tanzania, China, India, etc. Lol yummy too.
The French sell pre-cooked, cold toast 😍
So much fun! Love these videos.
Glad you like them!
ahhhh! nothing better than a 'tartine' dipped in good chocolate milk.
personally I look at the labels indicating the ingredients of the product and if there is too much sugar, salt, coloring and palm oil: I do not buy! and now the nutriscore: it's awesome.
I recommend 'confipote' very good low-sugar jam with lots of fruit.
Love your videos! Thank you for sharing great information.
Glad you like them! Merci!
I love following your You Tube channel and how you take us on your shopping journeys! Thanks!
You are so welcome!
My fav is Caffè and croissant,but if its verry cold I don't go outside to get myself a croissant so bread/jam/nutella/butter/fromage blanc.
Do you know of the American breakfast place in Paris? Called Breakfast in America, on Rue des Ecoles. I hear it is very popular.
Yes, been there several times and even reviewed Craig's book on my blog a couple of years back. Enjoy both the resto and the book ;-)
Hi, if you like half-salted butter (demi-sel), it isn't hard as a rock when you take it out of the fridge just before having breakfast. That's nice.
Great content.
So helpful. I have a French penpal who lives near Toulouse. Her name is Frédérique (we only email). When I speak of her I call her Fred (as in Fred Flinstones) dur eek! Nice to know HOW to pronounce her name! Sorry Fred (Flinstones)...
It's a hard one to say for sure. Does she like Fred?
Hi Diane =) love your supermarket videos!
Thanks so much! So glad ;-)
I'm jealous of the Nespresso capsule selection. i get like 3 or 4 options at my local store.
Oui in France ! I have an idea for a video! There's a contemporary art museum in Nantes which used to be the factory of the LU company.
Bonne chance, Diana ! Vous êtes là mielleuse !
That place is called le Lieu Unique, and it's not only a museum, place for art and crativity, very nice place famous in Nantes and all over around
This video was not what I was expecting, although it fits the description pretty well. Check out “What Japanese REALLY Eat for Breakfast” on the _Life Where I’m From_ channel-Greg Lam actually _talked to_ Japanese people (people he knows) about what they _really_ eat for breakfast, complete with gorgeous video. (A few were a bit reluctant to show what they really eat-maybe a few didn’t want to reveal that they just had a cup of coffee or something-but Greg convinced them.) It really gives a good idea of what a certain group of people actually eat for breakfast.
What were you expecting? I gave a pretty good spread of what you can expect the French to eat for breakfast ;-)
I so miss Marie LU cookies! Loved eating breakfast in France: espresso and jam on a fresh baguette. My favorite jam is also Bonne Maman.
Excellent choice ;-) What's your favorite flavor?
Marie LU cookies are in US supermarkets. So is Bonne Maman jam as well as that smaller jar of lower sugar bonne maman jam.
Love your shirt! I didn't see it in your merch?
Not like a breakfast here in the US. Strawberries are good. Some familiar companies, but world wide, and some local company's I never heard of before. Don't have yogurt too much for breakfast. Usually when on a cruise ship. Some of those brands are sold here in the U.S. Fig Jelly is good. Non diary milk is good. Some of the food items in your supermarket look familiar. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Don't like meat with breakfast. My wife loved Nutella. A little sweet for me. Sometimes I do have some. I like Oatmeal. My wife likes products with Hazelnut in it.
So, you know how the oj in the states is so processed and doesn't really taste like oranges? Is it that way in France or is it actually fresh?
Du coup, j’ai hâte d’être demain matin pour le petit-déjeuner.
;-)
Lol. The bread in the box looks hard as a rock and more suitable for breaking into croutons 🤣
But will take your word for it that it was good. I've always been in either no breakfast or brunch camp. Just have rarely ever been hungry early in the mornings.
Really been enjoying your videos and greatly appreciate your response to questions I've had. 😊 I'm sure it's a bit time consuming. So wanted to thank you for making the extra effort.
As a french I can say you're not so far off. You could acutually use biscotte in your soup if you're out of croutons. But I wouldn't use biscotte in a salad for exemple. In my opinion/experience croutons are harder than biscotte. Biscotte is very light and airy despite appearances and crumbles very easily.
They have them in Italy too, they're crispy, but crumble very easily. Much more brittle or fragile than croutons. You definitely won't crack a tooth on them.
Nice video ! ^^
About the Jam, it seems you said it was figue violet as if it was figue and violet flower in the same jam. Indeed it's a special type of figue that are violet, that are different from white figue. But violet flower jam does exist and is quite good, but this is not very common to find it.
What is the name of a Farmer's market?
You forgot to dunk your biscotte.
Bonjour tous le monde
I like the photos on the wall behind you. Can you tell me what brand camera you use? Also, have you migrated to mirrorless? Many thanks.
Hi Paul, I have a few and depending on the type of video, I use a DJI Osmo Pocket or drone, a Panasonic Lumix, or even my phone! Just depends ;-)
@@OuiInFrance Merci Madame :-)
This is the one thing I don't like about France from the videos I've watched: starvation breakfast.
My husband got so hungry for eggs and bacon. He just hated "bread for breakfast". Occasionally we would find a brunch. I am good with a cafe creme or 2. But 2 will set you back 8 to 10 euros so restraint is needed. When making my own coffee I used a fench press in my apartment and added "Gloria" evaporated milk for a rich coffee. If eating in the morning I go for yogurt. I am not into bread or cereal in the morning. I do like eggs but too lazy for that usually. Also I hate Pain au chocolate. Chocolate is chocolate and bread is bread. They should not mix. I always love apricot jam in France.
I hope to go back to France in the future
Merci beaucoup