Made in France and other countries..

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fellowshipfellowship
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I thought in light of all the insults that can find themselves in this forum in regard to american or europe bashing I would open a thread of escape from the verbal bombing that is going on.



What if there were indeed a thread that focused on the good things of each of our countries? Wow could such a thread exist? I wondered. I open this thread as a venue for feedback of the things that you like about various countries across the globe. Sure include European countries as well as America or Japan? Any country goes. What products do you really enjoy from these countries? What cultural influences? Music? Art? TV? Movies? Food?





Let me get a nice start off to this venture into what we actually do like about other countries:









Would you believe it? Made in France is my T-FAL Omelet pan which is a wonderful piece of cookware. T-FAL is a brand of great quality and I would reccomend for all in need of cookware.



Up next:









Ahh Boddingtons Pub Ale from Manchester England one of my all time favorites.



Next we have Duvel Belgian Ale brewed by the Moortgat family brewery in Breendonk Belgium and may I say it is some of the worlds best.



Following that wonderful dreamy stuff we have something for your tongue to savor we have Edmond Fallot Moutarde de Dijon for us Americans that is simply Dijon Mustard. It is one of my favorites. It comes from Beaune France.



Moving right along we have Bonne Maman Wild Blueberry Preserves from Biars France which I love because it is not corn syrup this wonderful company uses as an ingredient after the fruit it is cane sugar. It is the best to be had. Perfect on toasted four corner french loaf bread.



Can you say salad or fish? Maille Vinaigre de vin de France from vin blanc (white wine) for us americans is wonderful white wine vinegar. This golden product is from none other than Dijon Cedex France.



Enough food, I love Sony of Japan I have spent a small fortune on Sony electronics. I love german cars. I do not have one at the moment but at age 16 I had a red VW GTI and I loved it! I like the art that Europe has given the world. I like the architecture just as much. How about the rest of you? What do you like from other countries?



Your Turn



Fellowship



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  • Reply 1 of 31
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Bonne Maman Wild blueberry Preserves is great, i love it too. I never suspected that you can find these product in US.

    The dijon mustard you've got seems superior to the current stuff that i have. I would check to try to buy some.



    Concerning US : there is lot of things that i love. Shall we start by the number one stuff ?

    well let's talk of Apple

    US is the king in the computer aera, from the chip to the software.

    From time to time i enjoy a good coke when the weather is hot.
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  • Reply 2 of 31
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    French:



    Valhrona chocolate. Expensive as hell but addictive like crack



    Le Creuset cookware. THE BEST.





    USA:



    Coke. Best cure against headache



    Macs. A type of computers that use another operative system than Windows that just works better.
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  • Reply 3 of 31
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    France: Bonne Maman is also available here in Switzerland.. mmmhmhm..
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  • Reply 4 of 31
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    England and France: The language, including the words you are reading at the moment. Even if you understand English but not French, you probably know what ballet, cache, camouflage, croquet, detour, macabre, panache, plaque, renaissance, rendezvous and ricochet mean, all of which are French in origin.
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  • Reply 5 of 31
    zarathustrazarathustra Posts: 264member
    [quote] USA:



    Coke. Best cure against headache <hr></blockquote> Some mistake surely......?



    Columbia:



    Coke. Best cure against headache
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  • Reply 6 of 31
    haraldharald Posts: 2,152member
    America: Miles Davis was American. Only America could have produced Miles Davis.



    France: Just about everything.



    Sweden: Hypothetical cellular mobile devices. Got to love 'em.



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  • Reply 7 of 31
    colanderofdeathcolanderofdeath Posts: 1,261member
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  • Reply 8 of 31
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    Morbier, Montangard(sp?), and of course really good Brie and Camembert



    Yves Klein



    Catherine Denneuve



    Malabar and Carambar!!!!!!!! -memories of childhood



    Creusset cookware --yes



    Duex Cheaveaux cars(sp?) --funky!



    did I say Catherine Denneuve?!
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  • Reply 9 of 31
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    It's hard to imagine Western culture without France and Germany, apparently the two biggest enemies of the US right now, after Sodom.



    Bach Beethoven Mozart Schubert Debussy Ravel Kant Leibniz Wittgenstein Nietzsche Hegel Schopenhauer Sartre Descartes Rousseau Voltaire Goethe Brecht Monet Matisse Einstein and on and on.
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  • Reply 10 of 31
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    [quote]Originally posted by BRussell:

    <strong>It's hard to imagine Western culture without France and Germany, apparently the two biggest enemies of the US right now, after Sodom.



    Bach Beethoven Mozart Schubert Debussy Ravel Kant Leibniz Wittgenstein Nietzsche Hegel Schopenhauer Sartre Descartes Rousseau Voltaire Goethe Brecht Monet Matisse Einstein and on and on.</strong><hr></blockquote>hey you forgot Lacan, Foucault and Derridas!!........heeheee
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  • Reply 11 of 31
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    [quote]Originally posted by pfflam:

    <strong>hey you forgot Lacan, Foucault and Derridas!!........heeheee </strong><hr></blockquote>
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  • Reply 12 of 31
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    who are those three you forgot ?
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  • Reply 13 of 31
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    [quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

    <strong>who are those three you forgot ?</strong><hr></blockquote>ahem, there's a difference between "forgot" and "left out."

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  • Reply 14 of 31
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I eat those preserves as well! Except I get strawberry.
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  • Reply 15 of 31
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    France-designed the concorde (built by the british), built the eiffel tower in 1889 (still an awesome display, although i have yet to see it in person), and helped with the tunnel under the english channel.



    yes, i've been watching the travel channel show the worlds greatest engineering feats...
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  • Reply 16 of 31
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    France gave us the Statue of Liberty!
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  • Reply 17 of 31
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    [quote]Originally posted by groverat:

    <strong>France gave us the Statue of Liberty! </strong><hr></blockquote>



    oh sweet irony...
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  • Reply 18 of 31
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    Clearly, you're all forgetting the best French product: Orangina!
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  • Reply 19 of 31
    the installerthe installer Posts: 910member
    France: François Truffaut, but not President Chirac

    Germany: J.S. Bach, but not Chancellor Schröder

    Italy: Fellini, but not the Maffia

    Switzerland: Swiss Army Knife & Swatch, but not ... errr... can't think of anything

    U.K.: the (very varied) media, but not public transport

    U.S.A.: Bob Dylan, but not the implementation of the concept of fast food



    - T.I.



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  • Reply 20 of 31
    hassan i sabbahhassan i sabbah Posts: 3,987member
    Japanese cooking knives made from one single piece of multiply-forged metal a la Samurai: the Global knife. Best knife.



    Best Dry Sausauge Award: France.



    Best Bread Award: France, for the traditional (sour, flour-y, crusty, odd-looking and slightly burnt) baguette.
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