Are you sure that was France? I heard that they don't have either of those there. ← When a woman sated with rich French food asks for a simple plate of steamed vegatables and they bring them drenched in killer butter and cream, that's where people get the idea that French food is deadly-rich. And in fact, historically, France is famous for its butter-laden pastries, it's cream sauces, and its rich, fatty foods. Have you never heard of Escoffier? Have you never read Waverly Root? Have you never dined in a Michelin 3-starred restaurant? Sure, now in the new milenium, French people are undoubtedly just as worried about obesity and heart disease as their American counterparts. But the only difference in their traditional diets is that the American diet, while eschewing such foods as cream and butter, is in fact higher in the hidden fats that are worse artery-clogging killers as saturated fats and trans-fats, fooling people by the printed claims "Low in Cholesterol", while the traditional French fare, famous for its high in butter and cream delights, may now be something that French people are shying away from for health reasons. But traditionally, everybody has always associated French food with a rich diet laden with Normandy butter and cream, and with the good reason that these ingredients are natrual, and soul-nourishingly delicious.
