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11/01/2010, 21:42 baypond Joined on 14/06/2007 Gers 32 and Kent Posts 512 Re: beef French beef isn't hung so has to be eaten very rare, or cooked extremely slowly at a low temperature (in which case it will not be rare). If you are feeling really flush, you can always roast a portion of beef fillet, smothered in garlic, salt,  pepper, some butter and a little olive oil (to stop the butter burning). Should only take 30 mins in a hot oven, and you can control rareness fairly easily. Not cheap but tastes great. Life is too short to be small    Report

12/01/2010, 7:59 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: beef  Théière wrote: Oh boy have you any idea what youv'e done now Jeeezzz How many times have we already discussed this indeed? While you're at it, please mention that our sausages are cr*p; that you can't find salad dressing, that most women are beaten, that we all treat our pets badly, that hairdressers aren't good in France, that we like drinking and driving, that we drive too close to your cars, etc.. Please help me complete the list!!)    ........ Hey, no offense intended, just humour!! Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

12/01/2010, 10:03 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 8,169 Re: beef Ha ha Frenchie!  Although I think supermarket meat in the UK isn't a patch on a butcher's either. Baypond says French beef is not hung  -  really?  I did not know that.  Honest. Healthcare Issues Site "I couldn't sleep very well last night. Some noisy b*ggers going around in automobiles kept me awake." Ken Miles    Report

12/01/2010, 10:21 Bugsy Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) The Nice Bit Posts 5,881 Re: beef  Frenchie wrote:  Théière wrote: Oh boy have you any idea what youv'e done now Jeeezzz How many times have we already discussed this indeed? While you're at it, please mention that our sausages are cr*p; that you can't find salad dressing, that most women are beaten, that we all treat our pets badly, that hairdressers aren't good in France, that we like drinking and driving, that we drive too close to your cars, etc.. Please help me complete the list!!)    ........ Hey, no offense intended, just humour!! Reg: You forgot writing cheques for 50cent purchases in supermarkets or showing the cashier pictures of the latest grandchild when the queue is half a kilometre long. . "Growing Old is Inevitable - Growing up is Totally Optional"    Report

12/01/2010, 17:21 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 2,558 Re: beef I'm still smiling trying to work out how cooperlola knows her butcher is well hung from her comments in an earlier posting.  Benjamin Is Miki back?    Report

12/01/2010, 17:31 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: beef  Benjamin wrote: I'm still smiling trying to work out how cooperlola knows her butcher is well hung from her comments in an earlier posting.  All French butchers are, didn't you know ?? Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

13/01/2010, 6:42 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 2,558 Re: beef Done a lot of research on the subject then?  Benjamin Is Miki back?    Report

13/01/2010, 8:17 Quillan Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 6,132 Re: beef I don't think we have ever had a decent bit of beef in France since we got here. We did the supermarkets first then moved on to the butchers even going to the best (and most expensive) one in Quillan. We have tried cooking it like we did in the UK and even the 'French way' (turn your oven on to maximum, wait 30 minutes then stick the beef in for 25/30 min's) and still its as tough or tougher than old boots. So the long and the short of it is that we have given up with beef. It's the same with steak although we have had fillet and it is very good but then theres the price to contend with. Like somebody has mentioned we go mainly for pork, lamb and chicken. I buy pork when its on offer and in huge quantities. Those pork leg slices are pretty good for the BBQ, season and cook whole then carve at an angle, you can feed about four people with one of these. I love French sausages and in particular the Toulousian sausage. When I went back to the UK for my mother-in-laws funeral my father-in-law presented me with a full English breakfast one morning with best Walls bangers, it was like eating sawdust but I guess he meant well. The only thing I miss is decent bacon (I have got over withdrawal symptoms from lack of baked beans) but we can go to Iceland just over the border in to Spain and get it.   http://www.chambresdhote.com    Report

13/01/2010, 8:20 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 8,169 Re: beef  Benjamin wrote: I'm still smiling trying to work out how cooperlola knows her butcher is well hung from her comments in an earlier posting.  That is for me to know and for you to keep wondering about. Healthcare Issues Site "I couldn't sleep very well last night. Some noisy b*ggers going around in automobiles kept me awake." Ken Miles    Report

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