Encore une laitue est morte. 🥬 🇫🇷 🥬

We have excellent cauliflower and Romanesco here in Normandy at the moment.

Mamie

V3ra

The lettuces look lovely and fresh when we buy them but they still seem not to last long... 🥬

We buy Romaine lettuce, if it starts to wilt I cut the end off the stalk and stand the lettuce in a glass of cold water, like you would with fresh flowers.
After a day or so the leaves are firm again and it lasts a lot longer 🙂

It should be pointed out that this is not a technique recommended for reviving French Prime Ministers.
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You never know !!
Lettuce revival tips noted V3ra.
I'll certainly look at the choux-fleurs, Escaped.
We've got vegetarian visitors at the end of the month. I might be able to persuade OH to cook a cauliflower cheese.
Msr LeCornu has survived two "no confidence votes" already.
They think he might hang on until Xmas.
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Mamie indeed there are better ways to revive them 🍷

V3ra

^The lettuces look lovely and fresh when we buy them but they still seem not to last long...^ 🥬

We buy Romaine lettuce, if it starts to wilt I cut the end off the stalk and stand the lettuce in a glass of cold water, like you would with fresh flowers.
After a day or so the leaves are firm again and it lasts a lot longer 🙂

It should be pointed out that this is not a technique recommended for reviving French Prime Ministers.
😂😂😂😂😂

The lettuces look lovely and fresh when we buy them but they still seem not to last long... 🥬

We buy Romaine lettuce, if it starts to wilt I cut the end off the stalk and stand the lettuce in a glass of cold water, like you would with fresh flowers.
After a day or so the leaves are firm again and it lasts a lot longer 🙂

A revived lettuce!

Not a dead lettice after all. Lecornu has survived the vote of no confidence brought by Le Pen's party of the right, because the left did not support it. This is because the controversial pension reforms have been put off until 2027, after the next Presidential election.

How about les choux-fleurs down your way Labradora? They were looking super in Brittany when I left. I brought two back home. My French fiancé always called me his petit chou-fleur!

Yes, it was in The Times about the croissant smelling stamps. Bring it on!

I wouldn't like to hazard a guess how Macron persuaded Lecornu. 🙈 😆

How did Macron get LeCornu to un-resign?
Perhaps Emmanuel told LeCornu that he'd get Brigitte to whack him one if he wouldn't do it......

Re the lettuces we've a lovely good-quality vegetable shop here in SW France. The lettuces look lovely and fresh when we buy them but they still seem not to last long....🥬

Re croissants, France's postal service appears to be issuing a croissant-scented stamp to commemorate an anniversary of some sort.....🥐🥐🥐
Sounds like an April fool ...

This is as a joke by the way!

I think if Lecornu is more inclusive towards the other parties then he may stand a chance of forming a government. Edouard Philippe, who was our Prime Minister during Covid is pushing Macron to announce an earlier Presidential election, but I still think it is unlikely, with the international situation in such a fragile state. I think the media in the UK do not always make it clear that it is the President who is responsible for foreign policy.

DamaskRose

Allira

Yes and in fact Tesco's on the bakery section (not the shelves) are ok too.

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Agreed Allira.
I think Macron will (have to) resign sooner rather than later.

It will get to a stage soon where there's no one left for him to choose as his Prime Minister!

Thanks escaped my fine French friend😁tulips and anything you can lay your hands on will be appreciated, could I have a little mouse with clogs on? Look on the stairs.

Allira

Yes and in fact Tesco's on the bakery section (not the shelves) are ok too.

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Agreed Allira.
I think Macron will (have to) resign sooner rather than later.

Yes and in fact Tesco's on the bakery section (not the shelves) are ok too.

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escaped

Oreo

Bring us some croissants escaped 😃🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐

You'll have to wait until my next trip
December, Oreo, though I can do you tulips ftom Amsterdam next month. (Cheese not allowed!)

Lidl do very good ones. Sometimes better than croissants I've had in France

Oreo

Bring us some croissants escaped 😃🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐

You'll have to wait until my next trip
December, Oreo, though I can do you tulips ftom Amsterdam next month. (Cheese not allowed!)

Bring us some croissants escaped 😃🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐

Seems that France has a Liz Lettuce too!😂

So, the lettuce wilted and died, yet lo and behold it amazingly came back to life again! 🥬

Late yesterday evening Lecornu was appointed Prime Minister of France again after resigning last Monday saying he wouldnt change his mind and come back! I've lost count how many that is now under Macron.

I'm not in France currently to gauge the mood - probably more gallic shrugging because it's a dire situation for Macron.
Monsieur Lecornu will be very busy over the weekend as he needs to get the budget agreed by everyone for Monday! I wonder what he has been bribed with? I hope he does do another flounce next week.

Yes, the retirement age is non negotiable for several of the French parties isn't it, which makes it very sticky for Macron.

I think financial and political cannot easily be separated.

escaped

Mamie there was a good article in Paris Match this lunchtime about how the press in different countries reported on Lecornu's short time in post. From Italy to the UK, from Holland to Belgium, there seems to be a frisson of both excitement and relief that no other country is riding high in this current mess! No one is immune, its bad all round.

I think the financial position is worse than the political tbh. As you know France is very resistant to change. I was talking to our cleaner today about retirement age in the UK where DD will work until 67. She said no, it is impossible people must have more time to enjoy retirement, we cannot possibly work until 64.

We’re off to France on Thursday - I’ll see what BiL’s neighbours have to say, but knowing them quite well already, I’ll expect it to be very rude!

Mamie there was a good article in Paris Match this lunchtime about how the press in different countries reported on Lecornu's short time in post. From Italy to the UK, from Holland to Belgium, there seems to be a frisson of both excitement and relief that no other country is riding high in this current mess! No one is immune, its bad all round.

The basic problem is that the country needs to modernise, increase the pension age (huge protests about proposal of age 64) , have fewer bank holidays (currently 11) and agree to change. There are no parties with a clear majority, lots of attempts for working agreements that fail and a lot of bloody-mindedness all round.
Macron has faults and his impetuous parliamentary election last year was a huge error, but on the whole he has been a good president.
I wish people would look at the big picture without the "they are all as bad as each other" remarks.