Madison Party Fetes all Things French

AP ^ | March 29, 2003

[sarcasm]

A group of Madison residents have had enough of French bashing.

So they got together at a local community center for a meal celebrating all things French: cheeses, wines, bread.

Even French fries were on the menu.

Anti-French feelings have surfaced around the country since French President Jacques Chirac refused to support the war in Iraq.

While more of the people who attended Friday night's party oppose war, the event was not an anti-war protest.

Organizer Norah Cashin says she just wanted to do something to show French people that not all Americans are against them. She feels French bashing has gone too far.

She says she was at a restaurant and saw a mother admonish her child for ordering French toast.

[MEG33]

Isn't that special.

[annyokie]

One more time!

[netmilsmom]

So why doesn't she move to France?

[cubreporter]

I would just get my children used to ordering Freedom Toast. The French have stabbed us in the back and we should NEVER forget it. There's NO WAY I would attend a party celebrating all things French...No Way...No how.

[Cicero]

Wisconsin cows disapprove of brie.

[July 4th]

I am in Madison right now. I was walking home from class the other day, and a girl was walking in front of me talking to her friend. She had a big peace sign plastered on the back of her backpack, and was saying to the other girl - "I really want to move to France now."

I walked past them and said, "Hey, you're American. That's the problem. They don't want you there any more than they want me there." As I walked past, they saw my Bush/Cheney button on my bag.

[dighton]

As they say, "the Berkeley of the Midwest."

[July 4th]

Wisconsin cows disapprove of brie.

Only if it comes from French udders. :) "French" cheese is fine...as long as it's made here.

[DeFault User]

There will always be a few to buck any trend. Fine. It's a free country. But travel season has not bloomed in full force yet. France as the largest tourist attraction in the world is about to have a rude awakening.

As an example, our local community college (not small either at 40,000+ students), cancelled it's Summer program in France. There was not enough interest from the students. 2 or 3 wanted to go, but there were not enough for the college to sponsor the event. If we extrapolate that across the country and add the travelers and tourists who have cancelled trips to France, we're talking major francs/bucks.

I swear I have spent my last dime in France.

[Bob J]

Besides being lilly white, Madison is the epicenter of evil.

[boothead]

celebrating all things French: cheeses, wines, bread. Even French fries were on the menu.

And a whole lot of French Kissing. Even a French Tickler or two.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Madison, Wisconsin is just like a bowl of cereal. Once you get past all of the fruits and nuts, all you have left are flakes!

[hometoroost]

I heard they left no patio stone unturned in their search for yummy French quisine.

Never trust a country where people eat snails on a regular basis.

[Jaxter]

[geedee]

celebrating all things French: cheeses, wines, bread. Even French fries were on the menu.

And a whole lot of French Kissing. Even a French Tickler or two.

"All things French?" ROTFLMAO! Kinda funny when you can scribble a list of "all things" France has donated to mankind on a Barbie-doll cocktail napkin, ain't it?

[southernnorthcarolina]

Never trust a country where people eat snails on a regular basis.

Snails; huge fatty goose livers produced by force-feeding geese; tripe (cow stomach linings); fungi growing underground, and uprooted by pigs; frogs' legs; eels; sheep brains; "sweetbreads" (calf pancreases and thymus glands); and some really gross stuff, too. :-)

French cuisine proves that just about anything can be choked down if you throw enough garlic, butter, and wine on it.

You've invented a new word (whether accidentally or by design, I don't know, but I love it). Quisine -- a combination of "cuisine" and "queasy." Perfect!

[Temple Drake]

ROFLMAO!!!!

[maxwellp]

Where is Madison so I should never go there?