I was reading Nichole's adventures on her recent trip to Paris over at
Little Brown Pen and well, I got a bit jealous. French butter. Hmph. I'm sure everything in France is better, huh Nichole? Well my dear friends, I decided to go on a hunt today for French butter to see what the fuss is all about. I want to see what would make a lady go all the way to Paris from New Jersey and bring back BUTTER in her carry on luggage. I mean, what taste could inspire such madness?
And now I eat my words.
Literally.
Because I just went to Kaufhof to the grocery store on the bottom floor and found a whole section of butter from mainly France, Switzerland and of course, Germany and there were these large "bricks" of butter. And I bought a smaller sized brick, about 1/3 of the size, and came home and ate it on a rice cake (can't have bread right now). And it was HEAVENLY. I plan to put this in rice when I'm having one of those days when all I want is a bowl of rice with nothing on it except butter and salt. Oh my Nichole, you were right. This stuff is worth smuggling through security check. The French butter with the Irish name. Who would have known?
And what else did I find today? Newman's salad dressing. Not that I need it, but I bought it anyway just to let my mother-in-law sample it as she's never had it before. ;)
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Comments
I am SO SORRY to have been the cause of what will become a debilitating addiction.
;)
:)
Iris
I found your Blog via Sinjes Hausmausblog, and I really love reading what you discover about Germany. Since I just left it (my 8th week in Brussels just started) it is nice to see how you discover my "old" country...
I wish you all the best learning German, Liebe Grüße,
Julia
Paysan Breton means Breton Farmer, breton has for someone that comes from Brittany in France.
It is with this salted butter that in Brittany they make the salted butter caramels, have you tasted already ? If you haven't you must, it is soooooooo good :)
to check my local gourmet shops to see if I can get my hands on some... If you come across any Irish butter Holly, you should try it out. It's the best!
I commented on an earlier post about the reciprocity agreements that some US states have with Germany...but I wanted to comment again.
This post is great....I'm an American living in Heidelberg for the past two years. After we first moved, I loved discovering all this interesting German (or European) foodstuffs that are available. And although the novelty has worn off a bit, I still enjoy picking out some new interesting-looking foreign foodstuff to try at home.
So, I thought I would pass along some of my favorites. No doubt you can find them in Hannover as well.
- Gluh-fix: little packets of gluhwein seasonings for you Germans on the go! Packaged like tea bags, simply drop a satchet in your hot red wine and you are ready to go! No need to wait until December anymore to enjoy your gluhwein! hahaha. (aside: i mailed some of these to my mother because she became sort of obsessed with gluhwein after visiting in december last year!)
- Le Motte: butter (shaped in a mound) and packaged in a cool plastic dome. Made by the French brand "President" who also makes the popular brie cheese. Amazing. French butter with crystals of fleur de sel strewn throughout. There is no better way to enjoy toast.
- Kurbiskernöl: pumpkin seed oil. just cool. i love playing with all the various oils and vinegars so easily available in this country. but this one is particularly good drizzled on homemade kurbissuppe with toasted pumpkin seeds as well! yum. and perfect for fall.
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Divine :-)
And yes, "Breton" is for "coming from Bretagne" (west of France), not for Brittany.
Guerande's salt is the best !