[Closed] Fat people in France...

Waitrose have 'little waitrose' on high streets to sell upmarket stuff.

Where?

Molgripes - this thread is about why people in France are skinnier on average than us in the UK. Not about buying upmarket products. Unless you're saying that all the upmarket food you buy is part of the problem?

Are you denying that there are local bakeries and whatnot? Am I making it up or what?

Back on topic, when it was 39°C outside last week and 26°C in the house anything heavier than a salad and fish didn't really appeal.

Don - there is a traditional bakery in the town I live in. That's one bakery for 25,000 people.

Edit - to be fair it's actually more of an upmarket tea shop that sells it's fresh bread. We do have a Waitrose though.

Molgripes - this thread is about why people in France are skinnier on average than us in the UK. Not about buying upmarket products. Unless you're saying that all the upmarket food you buy is part of the problem?

Don - there is a traditional bakery in the town I live in. That's one bakery for 25,000 people.

Are French people low or high GI?

I suppose the whole point of this thread is about the French being leaner meat add this to garlic being allowed, I'd say you can add Frenchies to your low GI diet.

Can you get french people pasties?

A few years ago I was biking in t'Alps.

I had commented during the holiday about what appeared to be a lack of fat people whenever I visited France.

One of our number was injured at Morzine and went to hospital in Thonon-Les-Bains.

Whilst waiting for our friend, we found an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.

What appeared to be the entire fat population of France were in there, we assumed it was some sort of annual conference.

I ate a fair amount.

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Pound Bakeries of the world Part2:
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There was a Pound Bakery in Altrincham. I bought my, ahem, wholesome, artisan-crafted lunch from there on occasion (in my defence, I was cycle commuting) Sadly, it closed down.

I'm nit sure if there's a connection, but there is a Waitrose in said town ...rare in the North, although I suppose it is in Cheshire.... It hasn't closed down.

I'd say you can add Frenchies to your low GI diet

this thread is about why people in France are skinnier on average than us in the UK. Not about buying upmarket products

You and Edukator started going on about how everyone in the UK is a fat lazy slob who only buys the cheapest crap and doesn't care about nice food.

This is so manifestly wrong I had to contest it.

Well I don't think I said everyone... I'm in the UK and I'm not fat and lazy, nor do I eat crap food.

You eat ready made sauces though. 😛

Waitrose have 'little waitrose' on high streets to sell upmarket stuff. And there are also bakeries, butchers, greengrocers in most of the suburbs by me.

Not sure what your post is about here. Are you denying that there are local bakeries and whatnot? Am I making it up or what?

Food here is, in general, about the cheapest and the most convenient

Franc e and Germany still have bakers and actual food shops in small villages and not just large supermarkets in the edge of towns

but there is a Waitrose in said town ...rare in the North

Hardly. One of the oldest branches of waitrose is in Merseyside.

Mind you, Liverpool was - for some time - the obesity capital of the UK.

I BLAME WAITROSE!

so we have supurbs in small villages now.

Do you want me to find bakeries and butchers in village for you too? Wtf do you want? Full amenities for every house?

The French have bakeries, well that's great. You have to go and get bread every day cos it doesn't keep. Now you may call that fantastic, I'm not sure I do to be honest.

But fresh bread that goes off quickly is not as bad for you as the plastic rubbish found in our supermarkets.

Maybe the walk to the shop... the effort to get the food helps to reduce obesity levels? Maybe it's a sign of a culture that isn't as lazy...

But fresh bread that goes off quickly is not as bad for you as the plastic rubbish found in our supermarkets.

But fresh bread that goes off quickly is not as bad for you as the plastic rubbish found in our supermarkets.

Honestly. WTF? Are you blind? There is cheap crap bread, and there is nice bread. Why are you doing this?

Actually, don't bother. You live in a shit hole full of lazy scumbags and disgusting food if you like.

I remember when Molgrips was ok and the worst thing about Edukator was his slightly dodgy schoolgirl fetish.

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Let's just try and remember the good times, eh?

There's no obligation to read, Rusty.

There's no problem with French bread going stale quickly in my local bakery, they bake twice or three time a day so it's always fresh when you go in. If you still have any left more than three hours after buying (unlikely), toast it. The ingredients are regulated by law so they can't add preservatives and so on.

Can't help it, it's a form compulsive self harm.

You know when you go to a pub and hear a pair of drunken asshats arguing about something utterly bloody pointless, but you can't help listening?

Like that.

Should I tell you about the girl in my rock and roll dance class that even Madame noticed was hot, Rusty? Just to provide some light entertainment to reward your compulsion. Unfortunately I can't guarantee she's under 18 as I haven't asked.

This thread has proved deeply amusing

Edukator, you misunderstood, I'm a PIEdophile, you mucky little monsieur.
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Look at the crust on that.......

Maybe its time for some light amusement

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The general rule for dirty old men is "look don't touch". How do you dance rock and roll with a girl and not touch? Incidentally there's a 14-year-old guy that Madame dances with that she thought was 17 or 18 until she asked.

Do you want me to find bakeries and butchers in village for you too? Wtf do you want? Full amenities for every house?

The French have bakeries, well that's great. You have to go and get bread every day cos it doesn't keep. Now you may call that fantastic, I'm not sure I do to be honest.

I am not saying everyone here is fat lazy and eats crap just that the french eat less crap or better than we do in general

You live in a shit hole full of lazy scumbags and disgusting food if you like.

😆 No, I buy decent fresh food (including bread) and cook from scratch. But when I look around me and see a lot more obese people in the UK than I did in France, it makes me wonder why? I think you're trying to help us work out why... but I can't work out how.

I'm in no position to contest "lazy scum bags", I haven't worked in ten years. However, it's the shit hole with the highest quality of life I've experienced and the food is [i]inscrite au patrimoine mondial immatériel de l'humanité[/i] by Unesco.

Madame has just served, it's her turn tonight: German sausages, pasta (with olive oil), green peppers and a salad. Nectarines for desert. No iDave around here.

biking in t'Alps. - lack of fat people - went to Thonon-Les-Bains. - all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.- entire fat population of France

Gravity - Innit

Agreed, I'd want to know what has been added (to bread)that enables it to stay fresher for longer.

Fat - to seal the bubbles. See Howies' Doughboy campaign of yesteryear