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<glum>

I think this is the last Christmas for a long time where I can be my
usual miserable git.

 

Are they? I know they had a shop at Calais, but I've never heard of
them anywhere else ex-UK.

Although I strongly suspect some connections with the Swiss Co-op
chain, as their branding echoes that of Tesco's ten year ago quite
closely, noteably with their "Finest" ranges.


"Pot Roast Pheasant With Chestnuts And Madeira"

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Sounds great, and yes, better for the lack of veggies. I'll print it
off and give it a go sometime, ta.

I'm with you on that, but I usually have both in anyway, so just use
whichever's needing eating up more, IYSWIM.

I've always thought that it was pretty much interchangeable with smoky
bacon. Round here we usuall use the pre-chopped lardons, which are
also equivalent.

Right-oh. Most of our shopping, cooking and eating is still done in
France, BTW.

Furry muff. I like sage, and we have loads of it growing here, so
might leave it as written. But ours has small leaves, so don't usually
bother chopping.

 

My kids' grandparents banned me from brainwashing the kids into
thinking it was a massively commercial enterprise that bore no
resemblance to its roots.

 

Our small mercy is none of the grandparents-to-be are religious. So I
can brainwash it.

 

Heard some version of the "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" song on
the wireless as I passengered out to Stonehouse with Dawn last Thursday -- I
chalked it up as the first Christmas song of the season. (Admittedly, I
don't listen to radio at all these days...)

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<googles> Not quite. Poland and some other easter european countries,
plus interests in India and China, but nowt in the west of the
continent.
http://www.tescoplc.com/plc/about_us/map/

I'd welcome them here. They always were my favourite UK supermarket.
In France it's a toss-up between Geant(Casino), Super/Hyper-U and
Carrefour. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. We also have
a couple of huge E. LeClercs close by, which are OK, but no good for
meat and certain other fresh items. They seem only to stock for the
most localised tastes in vegetables, for instance.

Not sure they'd hold any Sway in Switzerland though. I suspect it's
just re-use of a successful marketing/branding image.

But but but, what about sandwiches, scones, teacakes, muffins, toast,
croissants and malt loaf (to name but a few)? All of these _must_ be
served with big dollops of unsalted.

It's like us when we find a shop selling Parsnips. More common at this
time of the year in CH, but still rare as rocking-horse shit in
France.

Not what I've heard. Quite a lot of people apparently dislike it
intensely. Me, I can't get enough of it. There really is no such thing
as too much coriander. We never use parsley, preferring coriander in
everything.

 

Ta. I'd found it for my other post, which makes this a ginge, I
suppose, but ta anyway ;-)

 

That's changed just in the 5 years we have had the 'chateau'. Some of
the specialist small shops in Peyrat have closed since then. The plus
point though is the regular market. Ace didn't mention the Intermarche
chain, but perhaps there isn't one near him.

There are also some smaller general store type operations. Some with
familiar names others not: Spar, Proxi, Gifi etc.

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Jesus, Tesco are awful. A perfect example of marketing triumphing over
reality. They're only marginally better than Asda.

 

Indeed there is, and we use it a lot, as it's our local village shop
(an Ecomarche, of course). Damn good, despite closing its proper
butcher's counter recently (there's another butcher in the village, so
no probs) but for a proper big shop (that we do once a month or so)
the bigger ones win out in the areas of choice and availability.

 

The patisserie/boulangerie often survives in little places that have
lost everything else. We still have a couple plus a boucherie. For
everything else a Proxi in the centre and a Spar on the outskirts. The
market has most fresh stuff you need including a reasonable range of wet
fish, but for more exotic fare a trip to Eymoutiers is required.

Less than 300 stores nationally, so understandable.

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I know of a few, and there used to be one quite close, but it's not
what I think of as a 'general' store, given that it doesn't sell food
of any sort.

Nice shops for tat though ;-)

 

It worked well done!
Although return the system complained about non ASCII characters and
doubt about the recipient receiving the same character that was sent

Politeness.

 

Well I'm also extrapolating from only one or two I've been in, but the
website certainly seems to support my belief. www.gifi.fr

 

I wouldn't doubt it, where else do you think I got the less than 300
from? Note I did say years (as in possibly 20+) ago. I probably got it
confused with some one-off village store with a similar name. There used
to be a delightful Timy sp? IIRC in Aulu-les-Bains.
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