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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Bedidassi on August 05, 2011, 09:34:00 am
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Hi. My name is Silvia, I'm from Italy and, even if you don't know me, I already know your recipes so I thank you for all the good food you have posted. I hope to be able to help you with good italian recipes so feel free to ask. When I will have time I will post some recipes from the basic thermomix book.
Thank and have a good day
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Hi and welcome Silvia, oh I love Italian. Would absolutely love to see some recipes. Hope to see you on here more often.
How long have you had your TM for?
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Hi Silvia, I agree with Dede - love Italian and am looking forward to your recipes. Welcome to the forum.
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Welcome to the forum Silvia. Where in Italy do you live?
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Welcome Silvia. Lucky you living in Italy and being able to enjoy all that wonderful food. I very much look forward to seeing some Italian recipes whenever you have the time to post them for us.
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Welcome to the forum Silvia.We love Italian food so look forward to any recipes you post. :)
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Ohhhh Italian recipes. Yes please Silvia. Welcome to the forum. ;D
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Welcome to the forum silvia :). Yay another european member...dh and i lové italian too and dh spent every summer in italy pré me so bring on the recipes !! Btw im over in France and Farfallina is also in italy?? Are you north or south??
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Welcome Bedidassi to the forum. Why not pop over and enter in the poll (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=395.0) so we can keep track of where our members are from. What have you been cooking lately?
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Hi and welcome to the forum Silvia - I too will put my hand up for one of my favourites - Italian cuisine. Looking forward to hearing more from you :) :)
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Me too Silvia,my DH loves Italian foodlook forward to seeing you on here
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Thanks so much to all of you for your warm welcome. I'm from Pisa, the city of the leaning tower, Tuscany. Nice wine and nice food over here. I have bought my first thermomix in 1994, after having met in Lombok, Indonesia, a nice Indonesian lady in my losmen who used a thermomix 3300 and showed it to me. After that I bought the tm21 and now the tm31 and, if it's true what everybody it's talking about, I will be on line to buy the new one, as long as if it has a bigger bowl.
Please let me know what you prefer I should start to translate, if pasta, cakes, bread, starters, so I will get going.
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Bedidassi I just saw your post after I had replied to your pappa col pomodoro post... :)
We spent 3 days visiting your lovely city last year. Tuscany has such beautiful products: loved all the markets, probably the thing I'm missing the most now that I live in a country town in Australia :'(
Anyway welcome to the forum :)
If you have a good panforte recipe I'm a taker!!
Ciao!
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Please let me know what you prefer I should start to translate, if pasta, cakes, bread, starters, so I will get going.
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We are literally hungry for anything Bedidassi :D
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Bedidassi I just saw your post after I had replied to your pappa col pomodoro post... :)
We spent 3 days visiting your lovely city last year. Tuscany has such beautiful products: loved all the markets, probably the thing I'm missing the most now that I live in a country town in Australia :'(
Anyway welcome to the forum :)
If you have a good panforte recipe I'm a taker!!
Ciao!
You see, one is never completely happy with what he has got. If it was possible, I would run away from Italy to go to live in Australia or New Zeland. Life in Italy is not anymore what it used to be :'(
Anyway, of course I have a good panforte recipe but I'm not sure if I have one using our beloved tmx. Anyway I will have a look and I will let you know.
By the way, thanks a lot for the welcome :-*
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Welcome, Bedidassi, it looks like everyone is eagerly awaiting your recipes. I live in Australia but we go to Cremona in Lombardy every year or so on business, so not too far away from you I think. I see that you have already posted quite a few recipes. Many thanks - I am sure we will all enjoy our Italian feasts!
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Welcome, Bedidassi, it looks like everyone is eagerly awaiting your recipes. I live in Australia but we go to Cremona in Lombardy every year or so on business, so not too far away from you I think. I see that you have already posted quite a few recipes. Many thanks - I am sure we will all enjoy our Italian feasts!
Cremona is about 200 km from Pisa, I suppose, but for you Australians 200 km are nothing, right? I remember driving for hours in your beautiful country... :-*
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haha yes very aussie...distance is never alot but to the French anyway 20kms is far away yet alone 200!!
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We recently had a friend visiting from Luxembourg and he said that even the other side of the city was a long way to go for the local people!! You do get used to long distances here in Australia
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haha yes very aussie...distance is never alot but to the French anyway 20kms is far away yet alone 200!!
You know, there is something you should consider about Europe and especially Italy: forget, and who has been there knows I'm telling the truth, your big city streets, your infinite outdoor. In Italy everywhere is jammed, houses everywhere, sometime 10 mt. large streets and even to move from a city to the other the freeway if often jammed and always slow... To go from Pisa to Florence which are not even a 100 km. apart, the only way is to use is a highway which is only about 20 years old but that at the opening it was already full of holes and when it's raining you risk your life because it's just a swimming pool. This because, as almost everything in Italy, corruption and bribery are running deep and who had to build the highway presented a project and then used a different one who made possible to gain more money using cheaper materials and that's the result. Endless works that slow the cars and to drive for a hundred km. it can take from 1 and half hour to 3 hours, it depends on the weather and on how many working sites are open. That's why we don't love so much driving >:(
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That is horrible Bedidassi...didnt realise the corruption problems went down to the state of the roads also...thats a huge pain! Luckily in France the roads are in great condition but we certainly pay through the nose for them..mega tolls :-)) Still the locals dont travel far and find yes that even the other side of the city is a fair distance to go and tend to not travel that far... I think in oz because all the main cities are so far apart not to mention the actual size of oz most aussies are used to travelling long distances to go anywhere so dont flinch at how long it will take to get somewhere :)
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That is horrible Bedidassi...didnt realise the corruption problems went down to the state of the roads also...thats a huge pain! Luckily in France the roads are in great condition but we certainly pay through the nose for them..mega tolls :-)) Still the locals dont travel far and find yes that even the other side of the city is a fair distance to go and tend to not travel that far... I think in oz because all the main cities are so far apart not to mention the actual size of oz most aussies are used to travelling long distances to go anywhere so dont flinch at how long it will take to get somewhere :)
I know french roads and I know very well the mega mega tolls but the French system works so that's ok to me. So let me understand: you are living in France for good? I'm leaving for France on Friday, I think. We are going to the south but we intend to move around although in august you have some problem too because I remember very well a trip from Montecarlo to St. Tropez which took almost 8 hours... :-\
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yes I am aussie born but live in France permanently Bedidassi..my DH and DD and DS are french (well the kids are dual nationality but know only France except oz on holidays) yes the south east of france in summer ie mainly august is a killer due to the population of france heading down their for their holidays and we avoid that area in the school break...never been there at those times but hear all the time on the news of the hours of blocked traffic ie takes hours to get 10kms at some places from provence right along the SE coast which im sure you are well aware. I imagine it will be calmer this year though as alot of people we know arent going away and I know that there are alot of cheap deals on accom down south due to them not filling hotels/apartments etc (that due to the crappy weather i imagine). We live in Tourraine (Tours)... you will have to let me kow where you are planning on travelling to...do you travel to France often? :)
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yes I am aussie born but live in France permanently Bedidassi..my DH and DD and DS are french (well the kids are dual nationality but know only France except oz on holidays) yes the south east of france in summer ie mainly august is a killer due to the population of france heading down their for their holidays and we avoid that area in the school break...never been there at those times but hear all the time on the news of the hours of blocked traffic ie takes hours to get 10kms at some places from provence right along the SE coast which im sure you are well aware. I imagine it will be calmer this year though as alot of people we know arent going away and I know that there are alot of cheap deals on accom down south due to them not filling hotels/apartments etc (that due to the crappy weather i imagine). We live in Tourraine (Tours)... you will have to let me kow where you are planning on travelling to...do you travel to France often? :)
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Unfortunately my husband, like most of Italians, can take his holidays only in August which is the worst time to go anywhere.. :-\
I will let you know exactly when we will arrive in France but we have decided that this summer we will only travel by train because of the horrible esperience of last year and so we won't be able to go very far from where we stay because my husband wants to relax and to sleep every night at home. We still have to check the possible destinations by train but we have already decided that we will go for a two day trip to Marseille.. Ehi, wait a minute, what did you say about crappy weather? :o :o :o
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Bedidassi we were just down in the south west and the weather was lovely but the week prior was horrible cool and very wet...just check out the weather where your heading for that week :)
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Bedidassi we were just down in the south west and the weather was lovely but the week prior was horrible cool and very wet...just check out the weather where your heading for that week :)
Ok. Thanks a lot Frozzie. I will get back to you when we will have decided the departure date, anyway it's not a long journey, thats why we can leave when we prefer. Viareggio>Montecarlo takes less than 3 hours.. :-* :-* :-*
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Anyway, of course I have a good panforte recipe but I'm not sure if I have one using our beloved tmx. Anyway I will have a look and I will let you know.
Many thanks. I make panforte for Christmas every year adding a dose of local ingredients (macadamia nuts and ginger amongst these :)) but I'd love to hear what you would put in a panforte...
Unfortunately my husband, like most of Italians, can take his holidays only in August which is the worst time to go anywhere.. :-\
Yes most europeans end up on holidays and on the road in July or August: I don't miss the traffic jam on the way to the south of France! Bedidassi and Frozzie enjoy the long summer days - 10 degrees here today and dark at 17.30 :-\
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Carine Tenina posted a recipe on her blog here (http://tenina.com/2008/11/my-forte-panforte-cake-from-siena/)...would be interesting though to see what Bedidassi's recipe is!! Bedidassi maybe you could use Teninas converted recipe as a guide! Also saw one with exotic flavours..would be interesting :) Yes bastardising again :-\
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Carine Tenina posted a recipe on her blog here (http://tenina.com/2008/11/my-forte-panforte-cake-from-siena/)...would be interesting though to see what Bedidassi's recipe is!! Bedidassi maybe you could use Teninas converted recipe as a guide! Also saw one with exotic flavours..would be interesting :) Yes bastardising again :-\
Not bastardising: reinventing and experimenting with new flavours :D
Will have to check Tenina's version: thanks!
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:) the recipe used preserved lemon in place of the orange and also papaya, ginger and apricot mmmm will have to make it and try it out :)
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Anyway, of course I have a good panforte recipe but I'm not sure if I have one using our beloved tmx. Anyway I will have a look and I will let you know.
Many thanks. I make panforte for Christmas every year adding a dose of local ingredients (macadamia nuts and ginger amongst these :)) but I'd love to hear what you would put in a panforte...
Unfortunately my husband, like most of Italians, can take his holidays only in August which is the worst time to go anywhere.. :-\
Yes most europeans end up on holidays and on the road in July or August: I don't miss the traffic jam on the way to the south of France! Bedidassi and Frozzie enjoy the long summer days - 10 degrees here today and dark at 17.30 :-\
Then you cannot imagine how lucky you are. I do hate hot weather but I like cold, rainy winter days. I guess it is my English influence.. ;)
About the panforte, no macadamia in there, no way. Only the following ingredients:
Sugar, water, orange and citron candies (but I'm not sure candies is the right name), almonds, nutmeg, cinnamon, honey and vanillin. I can have a look if I can find the recipe for tmx but to be honest, at Christmas time I do 6 or 7 panforti but without any help...
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oh i love hte heat but im just not getting it..very very few days this summer and even all the vegie gardens and fruit trees just dont seem to be growing anything much around at the moment (the fault of this eradic weather)
bedidassi maybe you need to move further north...brrrrr Ive been north and Im not going back...brrrr way too cold for me
and the macadamias are an aussie addition!!...the citrus candies people will understand.. just the other way around so back to front for you..candied lemon, candied orange peel etc Is the traditional recipe with almonds only and how far in advance to you make it..ive heard it keeps for up to three months??
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oh i love hte heat but im just not getting it..very very few days this summer and even all the vegie gardens and fruit trees just dont seem to be growing anything much around at the moment (the fault of this eradic weather)
bedidassi maybe you need to move further north...brrrrr Ive been north and Im not going back...brrrr way too cold for me
and the macadamias are an aussie addition!!...the citrus candies people will understand.. just the other way around so back to front for you..candied lemon, candied orange peel etc Is the traditional recipe with almonds only and how far in advance to you make it..ive heard it keeps for up to three months??
Thanks again. Then candied and then the fruit name... Yes, the traditional recipe is only with almonds and it is better to cook it a week before for the aroma which will get better.. It keeps maybe even more than 3 months, but the panforte homemade it's not like the one you buy and after a while tends to dry a little, but do not worry. Unless you made 6 or 7 panforti all for you (I give them as presents) then you wont even the problem of how long you keep it, trust me!
And to think of Christmas, what about Ricciarelli? Never heard of them? They are musts for Christmas!
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nope never heard of ricciarelli but im sure DH has..mmm just googled them and they look yummy..are they dry like biscotti or a softer biscuit...you will have to post your traditional recipe for those!! :)
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nope never heard of ricciarelli but im sure DH has..mmm just googled them and they look yummy..are they dry like biscotti or a softer biscuit...you will have to post your traditional recipe for those!! :)
They are sort of dry on the outside and inside they are softer, made only with almonds, egg whites and sugar...they are delicious! :P
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so basically they are a version of macarons?
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so basically they are a version of macarons?
Nothing to do with macarons even if the ingredients are the same. When I will be back I will post the recipe.. :-* :-* :-*
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Carine Tenina posted a recipe on her blog here (http://tenina.com/2008/11/my-forte-panforte-cake-from-siena/)...would be interesting though to see what Bedidassi's recipe is!! Bedidassi maybe you could use Teninas converted recipe as a guide! Also saw one with exotic flavours..would be interesting :) Yes bastardising again :-\
I had a look at the recipe and it sounds nice but not the panforte, at least not the Italian one. We could call it fusion panforte maybe ;)
For some recipes (the first written recipe of panforte was made on the year 1000), I'm terribly conservative... ;D ;D ;D
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Bedidassi I'm terribly conservative with a few French recipes too, especially my family recipes ;) It probably comes from growing up with a certain food culture and expecting food belonging to that culture to retain its original taste. It's important to keep a few traditions going but I don't mind experimenting.
To get back to the panforte, are chocolate and pistachios a more modern addition?
My boys love pistachios and I always add them to my panforti at Christmas time. This morning my sons left for school with some pistachio biscotti. Biscotti disappear pretty quickly in our house!
Ricciarelli: have heard of it but never tasted one- sounds delicious! So many tasty morsels to try!!!
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Bedidassi I'm terribly conservative with a few French recipes too, especially my family recipes ;) It probably comes from growing up with a certain food culture and expecting food belonging to that culture to retain its original taste. It's important to keep a few traditions going but I don't mind experimenting.
To get back to the panforte, are chocolate and pistachios a more modern addition?
My boys love pistachios and I always add them to my panforti at Christmas time. This morning my sons left for school with some pistachio biscotti. Biscotti disappear pretty quickly in our house!
Ricciarelli: have heard of it but never tasted one- sounds delicious! So many tasty morsels to try!!!
You have spoken with my words Carine. I like to experiment too and I absolutely love ethnic food but I'm pretty conservative about some very traditional recipes, especially when they come from my family tradition and when they are more than 1 thousand years old .Panforte with chocolate or pistachio will be surely a delicious cake but it will not definitely be a Panforte. Done with that, I think everybody who is willing to try can make as many version as possible but I prefer to experiment on something else ;)
When iwill come back from France I will post the Ricciarelli recipe as well. I know Christmas is still far away, but it's better to get ready, right? ;D ;D ;D
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Ok. We are approaching the French border so after that I won't be able to use my phone connection anymore because the roaming price is crazy. If I fill find a wifi spot, I'll get back to you, otherwise have a nice summer, take care and "see" you soon
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Frozzie, i'm cooooooooooooooooooming"............ :D :D :D
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lol heres hoping you get to a wifi spot more than 1m2 :D :D :D and happy travels..!
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:D Have a great holiday on la Cote d'Azur Bedidassi!
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First wifi spot spotted ;D. I have been eating since I got here. :-)) gratin dauphnois, panisse, tart a la tropezienne, lots of cheeses, salmon tartare, croissants, baguettes, some Italian and Vietnamese here and there.... 10 kg. in 10 days, I'm afraid. When I will get home I'll fast for a month and then I'll start looking for French recipes ;D Carine first and Frozzie now, how have you managed to live here and not become absolute whales?
But never mind. I will have time for worries later. Now I have to eat!
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sounds like a gastronomic holiday B. Reminds me of another saying "It took me a lot of willpower, but I've finally given up dieting"
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First wifi spot spotted ;D. I have been eating since I got here. :-)) gratin dauphnois, panisse, tart a la tropezienne, lots of cheeses, salmon tartare, croissants, baguettes, some Italian and Vietnamese here and there.... 10 kg. in 10 days, I'm afraid. When I will get home I'll fast for a month and then I'll start looking for French recipes ;D Carine first and Frozzie now, how have you managed to live here and not become absolute whales?
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:D :D :D Small quantities, well reasonable quantities ;D of good things Bedidassi! Fresh produces, home-cooked!
I love my butter and creamy cheese. And I believe that if you deprive yourself of something you'll only end up craving for it more..., non?
Your 10 kg will melt away once you're back in your on element/ routine... if you're not too greedy ;)
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Enjoy your holiday. Thanks for the august tip, we plan a big trip to eorope one day, wont be in august.
I am also looking forward to some italian recipes.
Hally from Australia
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hi bedidassi
well sounds like your enjoying your hoilday lol...10kgs huh yes well i cant comment as I have put on a fair bit of weight since living here..mostly with my pregnancies but still alot of french patisseries to blame also!! Saying that my french girlfriends are all so very thin and still eat and enjoy and their secret is this...they enjoy what they like in small portions but then make up for it by eating very lean the following meals after...i find the mentality is diet most of the time but when you want to have something have it but make sure your reasonable after!! Problem is though thats fine for them who have grown up around such great food and cooking know how but to a foreigner where so much tastes so good (and at times you have trouble stopping yourself lol) the kilos come quick and fast!!! Also the french walk alot in general, run etc...big on basic exercise....thats my experience anyway...i say forget the kilos, enjoy the food and your holiday and worry abut it when you get back home.... they often have documentaries here that rate the french as mainly the woman who spend their life dieting more so than any other culture...to give you an idea size 14 in france is considered xtra large and the majority of shops stop at size 12 or 14..
im surprised you dont have more wifi spots...maybe your too busy eating :P
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OMG I can relate so much to what you have said frozzie. looking back on some photo's I seem to have piled on the weight though since having a TM. I do agree that portion control is a huge factor. when I grew up we only had a small plate for a meal, had dessert, 1-2 biscuits for arvo tea, milo, cordial and other stuff (but perhaps 1-2 things that never had as growing up due to finances/availabiity and these could be the things that are my undoing eg. wine, wine, wine - so much sugar that doesn't get burnt off during nil exercise).
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Hello, dedidassi ! I know what you mean about French women, frozzie. I love gping home to Wales to buy clothes, as I feel very skinny in Wales. I'm a size 12, but some clothes don't even come in my size !!! ( Kanabeach, for example.)
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they often have documentaries here that rate the french as mainly the woman who spend their life dieting more so than any other culture...to give you an idea size 14 in France is considered xtra large and the majority of shops stop at size 12 or 14..
:D Frozzie, you make it sound like most French women only eat when they're going out :D :D :D
Most of my French relatives and friends DO NOT diet (including me ;D). Dieting would make me crave for too many things!
I eat well- reasonable quantities- and have a very varied diet.
I'm 39, 63kg and 1.68cm tall and i can probably thank my grandmas and mum for healthy eating habits: 3 balanced home cooked meals a day, very little snacking in between and a good dose of physical activity during the day (I've never been to a gym, but my jobs on our farm includes plenty of physical tasks...).
Here, in Australia I think that sugar and take-aways are big killers :(
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sorry to say carine but its fact..dont know who your friends are but the majority of people around us, friends, family and colleagues are indeed like that...very conscious of what they eat and yes it helps no snacking etc but honestly I wish I was more like them....but I love food too much and tend to not respect some golden rules... :D :D There are more and more women who are 'letting go' or being more normal today but there is still a huge majority of those who watch everything they eat, then there are those that dont at all like one of my close girlfriends but she has some magic gene that she never puts on weight lol!!! Maybe diet is not the right word in a culture like oz but very healthy eating which is essentially a diet and I know alot who mainly eat vegetables/salad in the evening and even for children it is advised not to have any protein at night but your right the way you do it is most healthy but from what I hear and see around me there is a big problem in France with alot of women who will do ANYTHING to stay thin....you have to admit Carine, generally speaking, diet and staying thin is incredibly present in French culture.
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It seems to me that it has become just the opposite in England. I look at other shoppers baskets and I see piles of packets of fast food, crisps and the like. I see a country that has exploded in it's excesses. Youngsters are out drinking themselves into a stupor. The big 5 super markets are packed with ready made foods and heaven knows what rubbish they contain! However, I do also believe that one day it will be found that not all fat is down to what we put in our mouths. There are always the exception to the rule and diets and fat fighting are always on the television and I don't know anyone who would not prefer to be thin than fat.
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just wanted to say I have my opinions but in no way wish to offend anyone especially in this instance you carine....just have found in the years living here what I have previously said but realise it may come across to those who dont see how life is here on an everyday basis perhaps a little vain (ie focus on weight and diet) but its not at all just a need to be a certain way and part of the culture...its all a very sensitive topic eitherfor the countries whose population put on too much weight and others who focus on not putting it on...anyway apologise if I may have offended :-*
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when i think of french food i think of all the pastries, wine & champagne, sauces, cheese etc they are very fattening. perhaps the french women just smell the perfume? :D
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no they are just incredibly reasonable... ;D
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:D i need to take a leaf out of their book
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just wanted to say I have my opinions but in no way wish to offend anyone especially in this instance you carine....just have found in the years living here what I have previously said but realise it may come across to those who dont see how life is here on an everyday basis perhaps a little vain (ie focus on weight and diet) but its not at all just a need to be a certain way and part of the culture...its all a very sensitive topic eitherfor the countries whose population put on too much weight and others who focus on not putting it on...anyway apologise if I may have offended :-*
:) No offense taken! All good, mate! :) Maybe it's a big city vs country town kind of thing... I don't think that French gals living in the country are as worried about being a bit rounder as their Parisian counterpart. But you're right there's more of a push to remain slim in France.
It seems to me that it has become just the opposite in England. I look at other shoppers baskets and I see piles of packets of fast food, crisps and the like. I see a country that has exploded in it's excesses. Youngsters are out drinking themselves into a stupor. The big 5 super markets are packed with ready made foods and heaven knows what rubbish they contain! However, I do also believe that one day it will be found that not all fat is down to what we put in our mouths. There are always the exception to the rule and diets and fat fighting are always on the television and I don't know anyone who would not prefer to be thin than fat.
Decadent Dot, Australia seems to follow that pattern too :( Going back to simple meals prepared at home with fresh ingredients would be my answer to the pb. Seems like for a lot of people in their early twenties it's easier to purchase a takeaway :-[ Sad...
when i think of french food i think of all the pastries, wine & champagne, sauces, cheese etc they are very fattening. perhaps the french women just smell the perfume? :D
:D :D :D I'll choose the smell of freshly baked croissants over Mac D burgers anyday CreamPuff ;)
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Have to say that the french culture in général is about buying fresh every day and cooking fresh.... Every Town has their own fresh food market at least once a week if not more.... There is always a huge Line at the boulangère (bakers) at meal Times and there is nô where near as much take away and nô food halls except one or two in touisty areas but are still sml which makes it easier to be good when your in a hurry....also the majority of people have a décent lunch break and either go Home or sit down in a restaurant to eat and lastly there is a big push on organic produce and eating seasonally!
Glad i didnt offend Carine :)