Food, Fun, and a Little More Food

Let’s talk a little about food, shall we. We’re  sure that, while in France, if one wants to pay 30-50€ or more per person one could dine at some of the finest restaurants. We haven’t done that, nor will we. But we have been eating quite well. Fresh bread every day, amazing cheeses, delicious meats (like the terrine de canard — duck) we found at the butcher in Broglie — and, of course — PASTRIES!!!  There is lots of French food you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg for but is amazing. 

This morning was a day to slept in. Kristi and Jim had breakfast and left the house before any of the kids were up. We went into town to get bread, cheese, some meats, and of course more pastries.  Today we tried the terrine de lapin (rabbit meat). Delicious, but the duck terrine is still Jim’s favorite; Kristi liked the rabbit because it had almonds. 

After lunch we headed to a medieval castle and estate just 20 miles from our house, Château d’Harcourt.  We assume because the weather wasn’t fantastic (a little rainy but not too bad) we were the only visitors. We felt like we had VIP access.

On our way back home we stopped at a local producer of cidre de pomme, which is a specialty in Normandy. It’s a liquor made from apples.  We tasted and then bought some, and some apple juice. 

We decided to have dinner out at a local restaurant in the next village. The prices were right and it was full of French folks eating lunch when we stopped by a couple days ago. Dinner was great!  The kids had filllet mignon, a burger and fish. Kristi had a filet mignon with seared foie gras (we have never had this before ... it was heavenly!); Jim had steak taretare.  We all had desert and coffee. We couldn’t do that it every night but it was very worth it.