On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 12:35:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> 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 ?

Quite right. I'm no longer surprised at how some people consider themselves experts on a countries cuisine after just a few short visits. However, to be fair, this responder did coin the question "It is?"

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On 2016-01-26 1:07 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 12:35:26 PM UTC-5,
> wrote:
>> 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 ?
>
> Quite right. I'm no longer surprised at how some people consider
> themselves experts on a countries cuisine after just a few short
> visits. However, to be fair, this responder did coin the question
> "It is?"


I was not the one who made a claim to being an expert on French dishes.
I was questioning the comment that raw vegetables are a popular
appetizer in France because I figured that if it was very it would have
been offered, either in private homes or in restaurants. If it was
popular I would have expected to see it at least once.