Classic French Soups, Episode 410

Join Us in France Travel Podcast

Annie Sargent

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Annie and Elyse chat about their favorite classic French soups. Some are famous (Bouillabaisse, French Onion Soup, Vichyssoise). We are sure you've never heard of many of them (Garbure, Bourriquette, La Rotie). Get ready to go on an exploration of lots of soups you might want to make at home!

Long ago, French people ate a lot of bread and they made all sorts of soups to get them through the winter. You'll see by listening to the episode that they used the vegetables that keep easily through the winter in every region of France. And that makes a lot of sense.

One thing that doesn't make too much sense is that soups are not on the menu often in French restaurants. If you go to a starred restaurant, they might serve you a small serving of a delicious soup as part of the experience, but it's never the main meal.

The exception to that is French Onion Soup that's served as a main meal in a lot of restaurants. You'll find Bouillabaisse on the menu in Marseille and in Provence. But it's unusual in France to find soups on the main menu. Our recommendation? Make these classic French soups at home! You'll find several of Annie's recipes in her cookbook Join Us at the Table. Another way to get Annie's recipes is to become one of her patrons.

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0:00.0	This is, podcast where we talk about
0:14.6	in France episode 410
0:18.2	410 4 3 6. Bonsieur I'm Annie sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France.
0:25.7	Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history,
0:30.9	gastronomy and news related to travel to France.
0:35.0	Today I bring you a conversation with Elise Riven of Toulouse Guided Walks about classic French soups. It's getting to be soup weather in France and I made two
0:47.8	soups for dinner this week. Buyabessa from Marseille and French onion soup which is more of a Paris specialty.
0:57.0	I'm pretty sure this was my first time making Buyabes I don't remember ever making it before, and you know for a first attempt, it was quite tasty. I went straight for an easy recipe because I really don't believe in complicating my life when making delicious food, but you know, even if you make the easy recipes, if you have the right ingredients, it's really good.
1:21.0	As for French onion soup, I mastered that a couple of years ago when I was writing
1:26.2	my cookbook, join us at the table. And you know what? Making onion soup is like riding a bicycle.
1:33.4	Once you mastered the craft, you can do it again and again with no trouble.
1:37.6	At any rate, our attempt today with Elise is to make you hungry for some delicious French soups and I will share
1:46.4	all the recipes I try with my patrons wonderful people that they are because
1:51.1	they do keep this show going and they keep me being able to buy
1:57.1	ingredients for French soups.
1:59.6	The other thing that keeps this podcast going is the folks who buy my tours and services
2:05.3	including my itinerary consult service and my GPS self-guided tours of Paris on the Voice Map app and you can browse all of that at my
2:16.2	boutique join us in France.com for a slash boutique I am working on the mother of all newsletters to be sent out as soon as it's ready and not a minute sooner.
2:28.5	It's going to be about the main things you can enjoy in France month by month. In the future when you're coming to France,
2:36.5	you'll be able to look and see what cities have great events taking place at the time when you can visit. It turns out there are fantastic events,
2:46.6	festivals and things of all sorts, activities of all sorts, every month of the year in France. It's not easy listing them all. I'm sure we won't
2:57.2	manage to list them all. But I'm giving it a try and I'm getting some help with that because it's just a lot of work.
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