Sunday, April 17, 2011

A TASTE FOR LUXURY

One way to make sure you don't miss dinner...
Give French cats the choice between a bowl of tap water and a bowl of Evian, and they'll inevitably choose Evian. Cachemire, silk, camel hair? These cats recognize quality right away and will curl up on the best fabrics in a second. But I never dreamed they knew anything about stainless steel cookware until I discovered Pompon, a.k.a. Guy l'Eclair and sometimes called Yo-Yo, nesting in my best French Cristel marmite.


Vocabulary
soie:  silk
cashmere:  cachemire
poil de chameau:  camel hair  
inox:  stainless steel
marmite:  stock pot


Expression
Une truite dans la marmite vaut plus que deux saumons dans la rivière.  A trout in the pot is worth more than two salmon in the river.  






Text & photos ©2011 P.B. Lecron

5 comments:

  1. Classic, and if there's a choice, your kitty will ALWAYS curl up on the pile of laundry where her or his fur will clash most.

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  2. Nice post! Keep it up the good work.

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  3. This is incredible judging for things you have po0sted in here I realize these cats are really smart because that can choose and identify when something is fine or not, by the way that cat is so beautiful.

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