On Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:49:20 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-10-28 5:26 p.m., wrote:
>> On Monday, October 28, 2019 at 2:46:32 PM UTC-5, Opirgo wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not french but I
>>> have a summer French Riviera property where I like to go every August.
>>> And my very good friend and neighbor taught me how to cook real french
>>> onion soup with lots of cheese and special bread. Love this dish!
>>>
>> Anybody willing to put a little time and effort into the dish can make
>> 'authentic' French onion soup without traveling to the Riviera.
>>
>
>That's true. It is just a richly flavoured beef soup/broth with
>caramalized onion with a piece of bread and cheese on top.

It's not "just" anything. It's an Official French Institution. Make it
the wrong way and you lose French citizenship.