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153 - Carri Poulet WTF - Vocabulary
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Duration: 00:01:36
Publish Date: 2017-06-28 21:02:00
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I have to admit that Creole cuisine is not my favourite. It’s not because of the flavour, it’s because of the bones. For those of you who know me, you know that I don’t enjoy eating meat off the bone. Give me a chicken breast over a chicken drumstick any day!

So when I first arrived in Reunion I was eager to try the local food to see what it was all about. When my friend invited me to her mother’s for dinner I jumped at the chance. My first Creole dinner cooked by a Creole lady, it couldn’t get any better than that! On the menu was a traditional carri poulet. ‘Great!’ I thought.

So I arrived and I was greeted by the family and we all sat around a very large table. After trying to decipher some Creole and follow a conversation unsuccessfully, my attention turned to the huge pile of rice, which was making its way to the table. I have now learnt that this was a normal amount of rice for any meal. After that the beans and the famous carri arrived - at this point I was starving! 

So I was served a generous amount and was the butt of the jokes as I politely skipped on the rougail tomate. I couldn’t wait to stuff my face but being British I made sure my elbows were off the table and I ate with my knife and fork, something, which attracted attention as the majority of the family were eating with their hands…but that’s an entirely different story.

As I neared the end of my meal and ate the last bit of chicken I was just about to put down my knife and fork and then it happened. SLURPPPPPP! 

I thought somebody was choking on a bone but to my surprise no! One by one everybody started picking up their bones and sucking and slurping over them. I didn’t know whether to look horrified, smile or even laugh! Awkward doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt. It didn’t take long for someone to question me as to why I wasn’t doing the same. I just didn’t know what to respond to not offend anybody or be rude! But where I am from this is a no no! It is just as bad as licking your plate! I have never sucked on a bone at the dinner table nor would I ever do it, especially when invited to somebody’s house!

This was one experience I will never forget. I can still remember the SLLUUURRRPP even now!

 

Vocabulary

 

flavour = le goût

bones = les os

to enjoy = apprécier

chicken breast = blanc de poulet

chicken drumstick = cuisse de poulet

 

to be eager to = avoir hâte de

to see what it’s about = voir de quoi il s’agit

to jump at the chance = sauter sur l’occasion de faire qqch

to decipher = déchiffrer

huge = énorme

 

to be starving = avoir la dalle

to be the butt of the joke = être la cible d’une blague

to skip = passer

to stuff my face = s’empiffrer

elbow = coude

 

to near the end = approcher la fin

to choke = étouffer

awkward = gênant

rude = mal poli

to lick your plate = lécher son assiette
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