Chouquettes: French Cream Puff Recipe

Dinner in Paris generally starts at 8 pm, especially in restaurants, and I get ravenously hungry between lunch and dinner. Parisians do dine rather late – often not until 9:30 pm or later, and that’s an awfully long stretch. So French people visit their local pâtisserie for an afternoon snack, known as le goûter, although nowadays Parisians often call it le snack. Le snack is often...

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- David

- March 3, 2006 4:02pm

Monica: Yes, do try them with chocolate. They’re great.

Nicole: If you’re happy, I’m happy. What a happy couple we are!

1: Surfas is a great store, and perhaps they carry the sugar. Another place to try is Sweet Celebrations (http://www.sweetc.com), formerly known as Maid of Scandinavia (a much better title, I think) although most of their products aren’t on their web site, so you actually have to call and, gulp, deal with a real person!

Bea: Show off! Your language is so difficult (although to be fair, I spelled it right half of the time.) I don’t feel bad, since even my French friends here don’t even understand their language much of the time. BTW: I’ll sending you my next manuscript….in English!

David: It’s water, although some people use milk for puffs that will be more tender…so you can use either. If you’re trying to lose weight, my friend, this is the wrong blog!

: )

Everyone: Ok, ok. I get the hint. I’ll start blogging and posting less frequently, and being more careful editing and checking for typos.

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