I was in France for four days and didn’t eat anything French

07 Jan 2009, Posted by Jacob Wolff in Backpages, Jacob Wolff, 2 Comments

My family isn’t one too try new types of food. Strike that. My Mom and Dad aren’t so hip to trying “strange” cuisine. Although I wouldn’t classify French food as inherently “strange,” unless it’s a grilled chicken salad (my Mom), or is sausage-based (my Dad), my parents won’t touch it. I’m actually writing this as I’m in the car while traveling with them in France, and they aren’t too pleased after I just now read that sentence aloud. But for the most part, it’s pretty true. So before we began our trip to France, I knew we wouldn’t be eating too much authentic French food… little did I know just how bad we’d be. As the title suggests, I was in France for four whole days, and didn’t even have a bite of anything remotely French. As I though about it, I realized how sad that truly is. So now I will attempt to dissect and justify this lack of authentic food in order to make myself feel better:

Meal 1: McDonald’s. I can kind of defend this one. We had been driving for a long time as we went from Madrid up into France and it was late, so we just needed to get something quickly. My brother did try the “Le M,” a special French McDonalds hamburger, but it still doesn’t count. I wasn’t too discouraged after this one… (more…)