Sunday 14 February 2010

法棍 vs 油條

我常說我媽才是法國人,因家中的法棍通常只有她一個人吃得最多。
並且她是那種用麵包把盤子上的醬汁全部都再刮一遍,並吃得津津有味的人。

法棍之於法國人猶勝油條之於中國人。
油條,好吃在於兩端。

今日,發現,原來法棍也是。
if you look around, you will most likely spot two cut havles of a frest baguette peeping out of a bag. they will hae been cut by the baker so that they take up less room in the bag. if you look again a few minutes later, one of the cut ends will have disappeared leaving a jagged tear. the time taken to tear the end off a baguette and eat it is a function of the hunger, but especially the willpower, of the person carrying it. very, very few baguette carriers reach their stop with their bread untouched1.

pp 13. "faire la navette", "une journee francaise - a typical day".
中法大戰,再平手。


1. timoney, c. (2009), "a certain... je ne sais quoi", london: penguin books.

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