I was honestly like so put off so I was
two weeks into my au pairing experience
and with my first host family and I
opened the fridge and they would buy me
my groceries I was living in with that I
asked him for hummus one time
I got my crackers out to like eat the hummus
with them and...
it wasn't hummus
it was
hi everyone its Cecily and today
i'm gonna be taking over the APOP
youtube video if you guys don't
recognize me I've been in a previous
video on APOPs channel and I've also
taken over the Instagram for a week or
so so I'm very happy to be back I'm
gonna be in some of the upcoming videos
that will be posted on this channel for
the next few months or so we are here
for the long haul okay I'm gonna be I'm
gonna be here for a bit I'm being
brought onto the channel just so I could
show you guys a little bit of insight on
an au pairs of life and hopefully help you
guys out in some way shape or form
today's video is gonna be as you can
probably already tell from the title
food in France from an American's
perspective I'll be telling you guys a
little bit about my experience with the
different culture here surrounding food
the first thing I want to talk about is
the different food products that you're
not gonna really be able to find in
France on an au pair budget we are all
aware that it is not a big budget so
it's not very accessible to get the
things my favorite things that I can
normally get back home with no problem
for example you will not find peanut
butter here you will but very limited
brands you also will not find Lucky
Charms or any of like those really
sugary cereals like Fruit Loops,
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Frosted Flakes all
of this n'importe quoi junk food you
will not find it in France the third
thing you won't find his Pop-Tarts
I was
never really a huge fan of Pop-Tarts
when I was younger I really enjoyed them
but now I'm just like I can do without
you won't find Cheetos a lot of the
snack foods you will not find in France
because actually this is leading on to
my next culture shock about food but in
France snacking is not really a thing
you won't really see like a lot of
people eating in between meals like
they're very regimen like very strict
with their with the time that they eat
so you have breakfast at breakfast time
you have lunch at lunchtime you've been
right there that behavior that the
French people have or they don't really
snack and I've talked about this with my
host mom and she's pretty much confirmed
this I even saw on an advertisement one
time for uber eats in the metro that
it was like be careful snacking can be
very unhealthy if you do it too much or
something like that like I could never
imagine this kind of like warning label
on any kind of advertisement in America
and it's just I found it so bizarre like
so funny that it was actually written on
that advertisement it was hilarious like
the way that they look at health and
like what we put into our body in France
compared to America is just completely
different and they have such a different
mindset about it here for the better
honestly because a lot of people are
healthier here and more active and they
really care about like how they're
treating their body with the stuff that
they put in it the other day I was just
thinking about a grocery store in
America compared to a grocery store in
France
Walmarts especially Super Walmarts are
the size of like
I can't even like I don't even know what
to compare it to nothing in France is
that size so it's just ridiculously big
and I was talking about it with a friend
the other day who has been living in
France for the past seven years and I
was like who needs that much food he
jokingly responded Americans because
like we're just known for that you know
we're known for over-consuming throwing
away about 50% of the stuff that we
don't eat and it goes to complete waste
only the stuff that they choose to
consume but the way that they consume it
is also so drastically different they
actually have a law now that they're not
allowed to throw out perfectly good food
they have to either give it to a food
bank which gives it then to a homeless
shelter or something like this but it
just cannot go to waste it's illegal
basically
okay going on to the next
topic it is
the importance of dairy and meat in the
French cuisine
so in the French cuisine
they're very traditional and especially
since I'm vegetarian trying to go vegan
I really don't eat a lot of the food
that is on a French menu they're really
big on their
cheese like I said cheese
and yogurt it's like huge especially for
an au pair like children love yogurt or
like anything from the boulangerie a
bakery I made a video on my channel
about me trying to go vegan for a week
in Paris so if you want to check that
out it will be linked it's a little
quick horror story so I was two weeks
into my au pairing experience with my
host my first host family and I opened
the fridge and they would buy me my
groceries that I would write on a list
because I was living in with them and
they would just buy the things that I
wanted and put it in the kitchen and I
asked them for hummus one time and
everything w as going fine I opened the
fridge got my crackers out to like eat
the hummus with them and
it wasn't
hummus
it was
foie gras
foie gras
do you know what foie gras is?
it is the liver of a goose
why would you want to eat something that
takes the toxins out of an animal's body
I was so heated and it was so disgusting
I swear I almost gagged like I was like I
was honestly like so put off but the
French cuisine after that that being
said I think everyone should still be
like experimental when they come to
visit France because you don't get to
try these foods every day but honestly
don't like foie gras just saying just
but not putting that out there I also
want to talk about the importance of
gouter for gouter I typically some
good gouter ideas is like Apple and
orange any kind of fruit bananas and
then on the side they always really like
something with like a grain so like a
small Nutella sandwich or like something
from the bakery honestly like a
croissant or something if you are buying
these kinds of things for your host kid
please make sure that you're getting
reimbursed because I know when you go to
the bakery or if you go to like the
grocery store to buy them like cookies
or something it seems like it's just you
know one euro here two euros here and it
doesn't seem like that much but as an au
pair like I said before the budget is
limited and you have to you know
keep
track of like all of the stuff that
you're spending and then the last thing
I'm going to be talking about today is
the importance of eating in with the
family or eating out typically what I do
is that I eat dinner at their place
pretty much every night with the kid and
if I'm babysitting that means like I'm
for sure eating dinner with them because
I stay until pretty late but I typically
eat out on the weekends I also made a
video on my channel about like different
places that I love to eat out in
Paris that aren't too pricey so if you
want to check that out I'll leave it
also linked but it saves you so much
money if they
allow you to eat dinner in
their house and like as an au pair it
should be part of the deal that you can
eat from their house and from their
fridge yeah that's a very good way to
save money just eat at the host family's house
anyways that is a good wrap to the video
I think I mentioned everything that I
wanted to talk about today
basically I
want to end this video by saying that
although the the cultural experience can
be a bit different here in France and
many different aspects I want to say
that if you're coming as an au pair come
with your mind open be open to change
and just be super adaptable to whatever
the au pair experience brings to you I
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Bye Au Pairs!
I did try ass cargo not bad
if specially if you like garlic and like
butter
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