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else. If you've ordered all the treats you want, you can reply, “C'est tout, merci” (say too,
mehr-see), meaning, “That'll be all, thanks.”
At the pâtisserie (pastry shop, which is often the same place you bought the bread),
choose a dessert that's easy to eat with your hands. My favorites are éclairs ( chocolat or
café flavored), individual fruit tartes ( framboise is raspberry, fraise is strawberry, citron is
lemon), and macarons (made of flavored cream sandwiched between two meringues, not
coconut cookies like in the US).
Atthe crémerie or fromagerie (cheeseshop),chooseasamplingofcheeses.Iusually
getonehardcheese(suchasComté,Cantal,orBeaufort),onesoftcow'smilk(suchasBrie
or Camembert), one goat's milk cheese (anything that says chèvre ), and one blue cheese
(RoquefortorBleud'Auvergne).Goatcheeseusuallycomesinindividualportions.Forall
other large cheeses, point to the cheese you want and ask for une petite tranche (a small
slice). The shopkeeper will place a knife on the cheese indicating the size of the slice they
are about to cut, then look at you for approval. If you'd like more, say, “ Plus. ” If you'd
like less, say, “ Moins .” If it's just right, say, “C'est bon!”

Picnic Vocabulary

English French Pronounced

please s'il vous plaît see voo play

a plastic fork une fourchette en plastique oon foor-sheht ahn plah-steek

a small box une barquette oon bar-keht

a knife un couteau uhn koo-toh

corkscrew tire-bouchon teer-boo-shohn

sliced tranché trahn-shay

a slice une tranche oon trahnsh

a small slice une petite tranche oon puh-teet trahnsh

more plus ploo

less moins mwan (rhymes with fan)

It's just right. C'est bon. say bohn

That'll be all. C'est tout. say too

Thank you. Merci. mehr-see