[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Aeternitas

Though, can't we all just get along?

I\'ve tried, but then I get a stab the back..

I should have known better.

Originally Posted by M.Duchemin

Gallicians, Asturians... Ok if you want Professor.

Whatever..

So what?... North African eat tomatoes as european meds.

Fresh? Fried? in salad? in a sauce? Tomatoes are a cuisine dish?

I don't think so. Occitans and you eat the same things, good, you get at least one thing in comon. :p

I was in the [perhaps wrong] belief that a cuisine is, among many others, one of the things that identify cultures. And as you know, there are too many other things which Occitans and Spaniards have in common, ethno-culturally speaking... and not with northern French.

Since wild boar was the symbol of our mighty Gallic ancestors (French cock came latter), I consider it french. [...] sanglier (wild boar) des Ardennes".
Sounds pretty french. Maybe it is cooked in Spain or somewhere else, I don't know.

Yes, the word sanglier sounds pretty French (and that makes the wild boar French.. whatever.. ).

Of course that if it was written senglar it would sound pretty Catalan. But no..

By the way, isn't blue written as bleu in French? Makes one wonder if then the colour blue is an English colour, or the French are English (internal joke).

Hey, cuisine and culture. Good! But I knew it. I'm french, not american. I was in Valencia a few months ago (Paella has its origin there, right?)

Right.

but my mother's paella is better. For the name : It happens that Paella is just the name by which we call... "Paella".

Not just you, but nearly anywhere outside Valencia. Sorry to break this moment of a sense of uniqueness.

Not my fault. Life is life.

I didn't have the feeling of being blaming you for anything. I thought that you might like to know if you didn't know. I always like to know these small details. But hey.. sorry..

What a drama!

Not really a drama, just one more chapter. A drama would be the fine archetectonic, historical buildings which were sacked and badly damaged by the napoleonic army rabble, and the art pieces shamelessly robbed by the officers and their wifes.

Didn't you spanish mistake us with Brits by chance?

Ah.. the above mentioned were British? How should I know? They spoke French and dressed like French soldiers and officers.Tricky Brits.

You're a very funny guy Mynydd, even cuisine has a political purpose for you. "I want my recipe back".

Good grief.. I can't even point to some facts related to culture (not politics) without being accused of using them as political weapons..

About spanish cuisine, you should have a quick look to french comic "Asterix in Hispania" (Astérix en Hispanie).

Or to Disneyland for architecture?