[kergonath]

They have nothing to do with what you would call “tacos” in the US.

Also, there is nothing wrong with peanut butter. It’s just not very common, in the same way as Roquefort might not be very common in the US. Nobody ever spends time not eating something just to feel superior, and French people are perfectly happy to copy foreign street food.

[carpedimebagjoe]

I must've heard an out-of-character, anecdotal individual French person scoffing at PB who doesn't speak for everyone, or they were being sarcastically-ironic. I also recall a French acquaintance in Mountain View laughing at PB. I like food from every country, there's always something good. Maybe like there are always different kinds of people anywhere, there are those with narrow minds and cool ones who will try almost everything.

Roquefort is awesome. Interestingly, my late grandmother used to add it to salads all of the time. A little goes a looong ways, similar in a sense to blue cheese. Boursin-brand soft cheese is good with crackers and wine. Brie, of course, baked with butter and elephant garlic (partially oven-roasted by cutting the top of the head off a whole bulb and a tiny bit of butter/oil on top). If you're obsessed with garlic, the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California is everything bulb and it's been held for many years. In south San Jose, you can always tell when garlic harvesting is because of the smell in the air.

Another difficult one to find in the US is real Parmigiano Reggiano Stravecchio (not the imitations), which Trader Joe's has. Aldi Nord FTW.

If it weren't for cheese, I would be vegan. So like I'm half French, maybe I'm half vegan. Which half is a guess. ;-)

Speaking of street food: Alex of French Guy Cooking figuring out how to chop an onion as fast and as efficiently as possible; it's street-food-style, of course! https://youtu.be/LOqwl2KTzd4

[kergonath]

> I must've heard an out-of-character, anecdotal individual French person scoffing at PB who doesn't speak for everyone, or they were being sarcastically-ironic. I also recall a French acquaintance in Mountain View laughing at PB. I like food from every country, there's always something good. Maybe like there are always different kinds of people anywhere, there are those with narrow minds and cool ones who will try almost everything.

FWIW, I love peanut butter and banana sandwiches, but it is not an habit I took in France. Also, as I mentioned elsewhere, I love some African dishes that use peanut butter. It’s just not traditional in French cuisine and a bit of an unusual taste.

> If it weren't for cheese, I would be vegan. So like I'm half French, maybe I'm half vegan. Which half is a guess. ;-)

You might just be vegetarian then. Someone said that “every man has two countries - his own and France”, so you are probably half-French ;) (Although often misattributed to Jefferson, it was actually from a more obscure playwright, Henri de Bornier).

In all seriousness, humans tend to like cheese in general.