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Published: July 18th 2017
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OK. I know there have been no quizzes for the blog and I don't know if I'm going soft or listening to all of you that have pleaded for an end to quiz time but today it's me that will attempt to answer all the big questions.
Here goes.
Can you have too much gelati? Even after a little too much fondue, perhaps a beer too many and even only a little walk the answer remains no. The flavours here are excellent, very crisp and very refreshing so really very little debate, no.
Are hotel bar fridges specifically designed not to fit bottles purchased at the market? I moved a dozen cans and only just, just managed to fit 3 bottles in their place and even that meant placing them careful and diagonally and being very careful to make certain the fridge remains closed. As such this one may still be continuous so I'm going with yes.
Why is peasant food so expensive? The local speciality dishes here revolve around simple, peasant dishes of potato and cheese specifically but none are cheap! Chateauberand (think there is a spelling question over that but) yes I can see the
expense, pate de foigrois yes I can see the expense but peasant dishes I thought should be hearty and cheap. The Savoyarde speciality here is pork, potato and cheese good but not cheap. Here we have found a burger invasion. Yes the Golden Arches have taken over a lovely centrally located building although it does not appear too busy at all. Additionally though local burgers have made their way to the tourist palate. Some look to be presented quite rare (the French having the last word!). So as to an answer? Tourist town and commensurate tourist prices. So I better leave that. There are numerous local sausages here too. Predominantly dried and often flavoured with various mushrooms they appear all over the place. I'm surprised really as nearly everyone here is a tourist and I wonder how they cook them.
What do people do here? Chamonix is a winter town that has managed to attract tourists all year round. For sure many come here as walkers and you see them in the streets decked out in walking boots, socks nothing like mine and frequently some expensive walking gear. With them are the climbers swathed in rope, carribeeners and climbing
gear but still that accounts for only a small percentage of the people. When we checked the tourist office bowling, the cinema or paint balling were on the list so they don't go out of their way much. Everyone just walks around the town eating gelati and looking for somewhere to eat. Restaurants, cafes, cake shops and the like line the pedestrian zone (and that's not small) enticing the Euros from 'underfed' tourists. So people here eat or look for somewhere to eat. Menu gazing is quite the thing. I'm pretty sure the menu must be displayed and often they make pretty good reading. In addition to the peasant food of the region a speciality is thin strips of meat (chicken, goat, duck and turkey in particular) cooked on hot stones by the diner at the table. I've been looking for rabbit but have been unable to find it anywhere.
No more big questions for a while, we are off to walk around the town for a while and Julie is going shopping (I let her off every now and then).
Caio for now.
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