On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:41:00 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-01-26 9:48 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 8:34:21 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>
>> Raw vegetables as an appetizer has certainly not disappeared, very
>> popular in France.
>
>It is? I have been to France four times over the last 20 years and I
>have seen lots of menus and had lots of appetizers. I don't recall ever
>seeing raw vegetables as an appetizer. The closest I have seen to that
>was a carrot salad that was heavy on garlic and pepper.

Did you not see 'crudités' on the menu ?