"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-19 23:31:33 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname
here.uk.com said:


"Sylvain VAN DER WALDE" wrote in message
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I heard quite a long time ago that the quality and taste of imported
food products was higher in France (no doubt in other countries too)
than in the UK...

It is different, as it is made to suit local tastes. If you are a local,
you will probably consider it better. A Briton may not.

Colin Bignell

I do.

The presentation is usually impecable as well.

I recently visited a Carrefour in a not particularly up market part of
Paris and went to the meat and fish departments. There were proper
butchers who would consult and cut what the customer required. The fish
department had running seawater and fresh water from tanks with live
produce, ice properly used so as not to mar the skin of the fish and so
on.

However, none of that falls into the realm of imported brand name products.

Colin Bignell