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Post by goldenmama on May 30, 2007 4:40:57 GMT -5
OK, I've gotten the message from reading the other boards that we shouldn't expect ice in our drinks, or those speedily refilled beverages that we seem to take for granted here, but-- is ice tea served in French restaurants?
Simple question, but I'm just curious!
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Post by Shoesy on May 30, 2007 4:43:07 GMT -5
I thought this thread was going to be about ice-cream.
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Post by goldenmama on May 30, 2007 4:48:21 GMT -5
Oh Shoesy, I'm so sorry! I really love ice cream too! Last night I even passed up chocolate cake to have the same kind of Edy's ice cream that I have been eating every day for 3 months. It is a special American Idol flavor, and I'm afraid they will discontinue it now that American Idol has ended its tortuous season! See! Now its about ice cream! But I still want to know about the ice tea!
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Post by GitteK on May 30, 2007 5:36:11 GMT -5
You do NOT get free "refills" in Paris - unless you pay for them. You order a Coke and if you want another Coke, you order another Coke. It's really quite simple. Tap water is "unlimited", though.
It is NOT a problem to get icecubes in Paris - all you have to do is ask. I the barbarian have even been seen ordering a pichet of white housewine PLUS a bowl of icecubes. No problems at all.
"Je voudrais un peu de glacons, s'il vous plaît"
"Je voudrais encore un peu de glacons, s'il vous plaît"
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Post by iank9 on May 30, 2007 5:38:35 GMT -5
Hi Goldenmama,
Yes you can get ice tea in some restaurants. LiptonIce is a brand that I remember, and Michael, our oldest enjoyed the peach variety best. Lemon was another variety, along with the traditional.
Best wishes
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Post by Truffaut on May 30, 2007 7:02:14 GMT -5
The iced tea you will get is the packaged variety that ian speaks of. Fresh-brewed ice tea doesn't exist. Also, though you may get ice cubes upon request, remember that you're not likely to receive more than two or three fairly small cubes for an entire glass.
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Post by GitteK on May 30, 2007 11:59:30 GMT -5
truffaut - that is not my experience. I frequently ask the waiter to bring me a bowl of icecubes to have on the side of my boisson - and I have never met any problems as yet. Sometimes they bring them in a glass, sometimes in a bowl. Not always with a spoon to pick them up - but I am no sissy, so I am not afraid of using my own fingers.... My own germs won't kill me, I reckon....
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Post by les on May 30, 2007 13:27:19 GMT -5
In a cafe you will get a few ice cubes if you order a coke, orangina, etc. But not for water. But usually the water is cold enough.
If you want some ice cubes for your water, just ask for "des glacons s'il vous plait" (no offense GitteK, but "un peu de glacons" would make them think you want a little bit of an ice cube). If you want more, ask for "encore des glacons".
But as I said, you will get it in a cold drink.
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Post by GitteK on May 30, 2007 21:46:20 GMT -5
les - I do know what "un peu" means - I throw it in merely for politeness.... you know, not to sound too demanding and difficult. As to the grammar I am sure it is correct, as glacons are in the plural. When you have a word denomination a quantity of anything, then you always join the "de+des" into "de", e.g also un litre de lait, une tasse de café, un kilo de cérises - look: (quotes cut from various links that came up on googling for "un peu de glacons"):
>>Le seau à glace provoque une descente en température un peu brutale (et pas toujours homogène dans la bouteille). En revanche, le seau à glace est parfait pour garder les bouteilles à température sur la table. L’été, le seau à glace peut même être utilisé pour les rouges : ne mettre alors que très peu de glaçons.<<
>>L'authentique Punch coco à l'antillaise se prépare avec de la vraie noix de coco fraîchement coupée et râpée, à défaut d'en avoir et surtout par manque de motivation (car on en trouve facilement sur le marché) on peut préparer le Punch coco avec du lait de coco 100%. Attention à ne pas choisir le lait de coco coupé avec de l'eau (bien lire les étiquettes). C'est vraiment bon, doux, onctueux et crémeux! il se laisse déguster facilement en appéritif avec un peu de glaçons.<<
>>Pas blinder , j'ai fait une erreur , mais blender . C'est comme un mixter mais plus puissant , tu peux même y mettre des glaçons pour les piller . Tu peux en trouver dans les 20 à 30 euros en grandes surfaces selon les périodes ( j'ai acheté le mien à Auchan ). Il y a aussi des robots ménagers qui ont la fonction blender . C'est bien aussi pour faire des jus de fruits : tu coupes une ou deux bananes en morceaux , tu y rajoutes un ou deux kiwis , tu y met un peu de glaçons , et au bout de 1 à 3 minutes tu as un jus de fruit bien frais.<<
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Post by les on May 31, 2007 12:18:21 GMT -5
Gittek, I'm not trying to offend you. I think it's great you use French in France. And the point is that they understand. I have just seen you recommend that people use this phrase, and it is not correct. Keep in mind, I'm a bit of a grammar nut as a professor of French.
Quantities such as un peu, trop, assez, beaucoup, etc., are always followed by "de", even when the noun following is in the plural. So you are correct to say "un peu de". However, "un peu de glacons" would mean "a bit of ice cubes" and the visual image one gets is that you want to take a bit of the actual ice cube. "Quelques glacons" or "des glacons" is correct here.
And "encore" is an exception to this rule. Encore takes "des" in the plural. "encore des glacons" would be correct. You can't say "encore un peu de glacons"...it is grammatically incorrect.
Just trying to help out. I don't mean to offend you, really. Please don't take it that way.
Back to grading exams.
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Post by GitteK on Jun 1, 2007 1:25:14 GMT -5
Hi Les I am not the least offended. I knew about "encore des", BTW. I just wanted you to know that the quotations are from French websites - so obviously the French can't even do it right themselves. Have a nice day - with/without "a few icecubes".....
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Post by phread on Jun 6, 2007 1:36:04 GMT -5
Back to the Iced Tea... as Truffaut mentions, it is industrial stuff that comes highly sweetened. Pretty much impossible to recogize it as being in the tea family at all.
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