UNESCO acknowledges the baguette!

[niemeyjt]

UNESCO lists the French baguette as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The baguette has been inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage List.

“Baguettes require specific knowledge and techniques: they are baked throughout the day in small batches and the outcomes vary according to the temperature and humidity. They also generate modes of consumption and social practices that differentiate them from other types of bread, such as daily visits to bakeries to purchase the loaves and specific display racks to match their long shape.”

source: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/1 ... f-humanity

So - what other "icons" should be listed - either in France or elsewhere?

[exile]

Well I noticed this evening that I live in a UNESCO world heritage area. I have never noticed the signs before so I think they may be new - suggesting that our park regional has just received the accolade.

As for other icons, I will have to give that some thought. I have discounted snails, since Schneckensuppe (snail soup) is a delicacy in the Pfalz.

[Spectrum]

Will it last longer than a baguette before it goes stale on your way home.

[Blaze]

The only baguette we will eat is "tradition" (though we eat more wholemeal bread or what we make at home).
C’est un pain :
* qui n’a pas été surgelé au cours de son élaboration,
* auquel on ne peut ajouter que cinq adjuvants (farine de blé, farine de malt de blé, farine de soja, gluten et levure désactivée).
* qui ne contient aucune substance destinée à modifier ses propriétés (goût, couleur, texture ou conservation),
* qui est composé exclusivement d’un mélange de farines panifiables de blé, d’eau potable et de sel,
* qui est fermenté à l’aide de levure de panification ou de levain (sa fabrication demande un temps de fermentation plus long que pour la baguette ordinaire : 15 à 20 heures, contre 3 à 4 heures),
* qui est cuit sur place

Our local baker sells far more baguettes "tradition" than the "ordinary" baguette even if they costs a little more.

[Doug]

For us same as Blaze, we make our own breads.
Way back when in the B.B. business I remember an old chap picking up a freshly baked half baguette looking through the holes and saying " don 't you just love them, all those holes to get more butter or jam in or just spy on your table neighbours through it"

[Hotrodder]

I have often wondered what people do with baguettes. I assumed the only way to eat them is to dip them in coffee or soup or something to give your teeth a little sympathy.

[L Austin France]

Whilst still living in the UK we had regular full car trips to the French skiing areas & well remember our baguette competitions.
Points were given to the first person to spot a person with a baguette with bonus points dependant on which arm they were under, how many were being carried etc, etc.
Childish I know but them was the days when a holiday on the pisste was eagerly anticipated.

[Spectrum]

I have often wondered what people do with baguettes. I assumed the only way to eat them is to dip them in coffee or soup or something to give your teeth a little sympathy.

When caravanning in France it was fun to see all the waste bins full of rock hard baguettes in the mornings, some people at Super U come out with huge bags of them upwards of twenty thinking back, a friend of ours was a pig farmer, he used to collect old bread from a few of the bakeries in Bradford, "Warburtons" being one, fed them to the porkies.

[Hotrodder]

My nearest neighbour years ago used to get big bags of rock hard baguettes from somewhere and chucked them in his large fish pond. I can imagine the fish patiently waiting for the water to soften and make them edible.

How about a new thread: Suggestions for what to do with stale baguettes.

[exile]

Just had another chunk of the flute bought Tuesday morning and still quite edible.

The trick?
I have an old style bread tin - pressed tinned mild steel with a poorly fitting lid due to distortion during the pressing process - cheapie from Aldi. The flute stays moist although the crust becomes a little chewy and is certainly not suitable for bludgeoning people.