shopping

Here are just some pictures that I have taken recently of things that I’ve found interesting when we’re out shopping.

“petit’ you say. Really? 800g of cheese is petit? Then what, might I ask would you consider grand?

All right then….duly noted.
A wheel of cheese that is probably a bit more than 1m across – 30cm deep -and I can’t even imagine how much it weighs.

Up next – in the frozen food aisle we have – side by side – Cuisses de Grenouilles et Escargot.

Frog legs and snails – prepared and frozen.

Sometimes the stereotypes are just too easy.

This was in an Italian food store. Some sort of special cake – most of them were the size of a cantaloupe – this one was as tall as Alma – and over double her weight. And also €149! Yikes.

This is a ceramic bust of Jonny Hallyday. An individual who cannot be avoided in France – and an individual whom I believe no one except the French can understand. From my vantage point he appears to be a combination of French-Elvis, with a bit of Neil Diamond cheesiness and the kitch of Celine Dion, all rolled up in a highly produced over-the-hill rocker. Nice.

Seriously – he is something else. There is every imaginable type of cliché merchandise for him – and I even saw one time – and I wish I was making this up – a type of Wii RockBand – Jonny Hallyday

A toaster – with the we-have-need-of-this accessory – the croissant holder.

One time I was in the wine aisle – and looked to my right and say this €99 bottle of Saint-Julien – and on the other side were these little plastic barrel-looking jugs of €6 for 3 liters of pure swill.
(or as my father-in-law accurately calls it: Château de Plonk )

A guy in front of me buying ‘lunch’: A bottle of Pastis, and a bag of Haribo candy