On the boat one night I had strips of julienned salsify mixed in with another vegetable.
The ginette, a small nocturnal fox , is the fauna emblem of the Ardeche region.
Cevelle de canut is a Lyonnaise term for a particular type of softish cheese. Literally brains of canut, a derogatory term for the silk weavers.
Souris d'agneau, literally mouse of lamb is a lamb shank
In the parts of France we have been to, in lifts and buildings the ground floor is labelled r c. The French term for the ground floor is rez de chausee, pronounced in one quick go as rechausay ( or something like that). It took me several days of thinking 'rue something' till it clicked.
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