Pain de campagne, tomate, St Marcellin, tomate, des poires et – hors d’image – un pacquet de tranches de dinde plastique.
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I can guarantee that this was one of the top three meals of your trip – am I right or am I right?
I know this because I’ve eaten it before and still think fondly of french bread, hand cut tomato and cheese.
YUMBO.
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It would have been, franzy, if it hadn’t been pretty much identical to at least &0 others! St Marcellin is very nice cheese, but lacks the wonderful pungency that St Félicien acquires after a couple of hours in the backpack.
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