r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • May 08 '17

Series What do you know about... France?

This is the sixteenth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

France

France is the second most populous country in the EU. They were the most important voice in creating the EU (and its predecessors), to elevate their own power and to prevent further war with Germany. Hence, French is a very important language for the EU and especially for some institutions like the ECJ whose working language is French. They have just elected a new president last sunday and they will have parliamentary elections in june.

So, what do you know about France?

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u/eurodditor May 09 '17

Paris and Île-de-France being it's heart and soul.

Triggered!

but also have some very questionable dishes.

What?? No! Pied de porc and tête de veau are awesome!

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u/epericolososporgersi Ne pas se pencher au dehors May 09 '17

And andouillette, and snails, and frog legs

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u/M0RL0K Austria May 09 '17

What about this?

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u/eurodditor May 09 '17

Never heard of it before... but I'd try it nonetheless. Duck meat is great, if a bit expensive.

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u/happy_otter France May 09 '17

This is a very elitist dish, not exactly representative :-)

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

I think I've heard about it for the first time on Reddit.