tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6635481368110355504..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: runner, tartine? out of the wayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-31751339136007236012008-08-24T20:50:00.000+01:002008-08-24T20:50:00.000+01:00I remember it from a Jacques Prevert poem about a ...I remember it from a Jacques Prevert poem about a hungry man who kills for one...<BR/><BR/>But remember not to say that you take your coffee allongee, or it willimply you take it lying down!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-32850085191471831872008-08-24T16:06:00.000+01:002008-08-24T16:06:00.000+01:00I'm with Lucy on this one. I don't know and I've n...I'm with Lucy on this one. I don't know and I've never asked. I do ask questions all the time, since there's nothing a Frenchman (and it is always a man) loves more than delivering an over-long explanation with philosophical overtones. But this particular conundrum has all the hallmarks of deceptive simplicity, with endless regional variations. I was prepared to do this to unearth the exact phrase that covered my coffee needs (<EM>café allongé</EM>, but be prepared for further discussion). Bread-and-butter, despite its function as a metaphor, is not so nearly important.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-70502002288845762532008-08-23T21:43:00.000+01:002008-08-23T21:43:00.000+01:00This photograph is well worth enlarging. I clicked...This photograph is well worth enlarging. I clicked on it and it was delightful to see how the shallow depth of field produced pin sharp blooms in the foreground; and towards the top of the picture the out-of-focus flower seems to entangle itself with a cloud.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55593233217290842552008-08-23T12:27:00.000+01:002008-08-23T12:27:00.000+01:00I honestly don't know! I'm not usually around any ...I honestly don't know! I'm not usually around any French people at the moment when they make themselves bread and butter snacks! The verb is 'tartiner' of course... I'll try to remember to ask someone.<BR/><BR/>Runner beans I've only seen grown here for ornaments, trained up little pagodas in town centres, for those very scarlet flowers. The only comestible green bean permitted to exist is the haricot vert; I don't even know if your purple ones would be allowed!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com