Larian Studios Forums General Chat Our little inn...

That's ok, Dragh, I'll jump in for you! Take your time and don't rush things...

*Ok, the boss is gone, who wants a drink? It's on the house!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" /> *

Yep very good explanation.
You know what ? Your french is far better than my english.
Sometimes i feel tired of searching the right words (that i don't know) for answering to the posts.

I miss Master Guroth so much. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> He was the only one with whom i could talk in french in this forum. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />
The french section is so empty.
Looking at the first page of the french general section, you could see that i have opened 10 topics out of 20.
The french people read the topics but nobody posts answers. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

Barta

A bartender who can't serve herself? Well that's just splendid...

Anyway, I'm kinda hungry, but I know I'll have to be able to drink anything you serve, so could you bring me some kind of soup un cup? And no booze!

Übereil

[color:"orange"] I miss Master Guroth so much. He was the only one with whom i could talk in french in this forum. [/color]
Notwithstanding the fact that I would also appreciate seeing Master Guroth here again, you are not without support for helping in English/French - there's LaFille, Galadriel, me, and...

So - no reason to despair! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

@ Gal sorry for the late reply but the olives and the feta cheese are just myths. There are plenty traditional Greek foods that I am sure that you would like. Like stuffed tomatoes and "pastitsada" this is pasta with some meat, and many other foods. Most people from other countries know olives and feta but in fact those two are something like orderves (Barta please correct that word I am sure I have spelled it wrong sorry)!

Luc in a hurry to get back to work.

[color:"orange"] @ Gal sorry for the late reply but the olives and the feta cheese are just myths. [/color]

No, the are not myth, i can buy them here in Germany. i have eat them, i`m sure that i`m not eating myths. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Actually, I love Olives ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

@Barta
Thanks for the explaination. The expression pendre la cémaillère makes much more sense like that.
I think that reading or listening to a foreign language is easier than speaking or writing it. My dictionnary is most always needed too when I answer posts. I don't get tired of searching for words I don't know (yet), but what sometimes tires me a bit is when I have a precise, contextual french word or expression to express but that nothing such exists for it in english (like "avoir hâte"). And hey, smile; like GlanceALot said: on est là nous aussi... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

@Ube
We're in an inn; there might be at least peanuts somewhere...

@Luc
Hors-d'oeuvres <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
It's another french expression that doesn't seem to make much sense to me: "out-of-the-work" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

Gal, give me a cold beer please.
Oh, take one gulp of it before giving it to me, ok? And I would like to supervise the whole serving process if you don't mind... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />
*The girl is very thisty for a beer but got suspicious after what she heard of the "beer" that might be served* <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
And Ube, when you'll find the peanuts, hang some over here please. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Olives and Feta are both uuh things I like a lot, mmmmm.

I'll have olives in oil with chillipeppers and pepper balls served with your drinks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> enjoy!

I believe the word "eager" is what you want, LaFille.

J'ai hâte de voir ta réponse.
I am eager to see your answer.

@LaFille
Thanks for the help. I meant the dishes we eat before the main plate in dinner/lunch. Does this make any sense to you at all? Btw we eat snails too. I have heard that they eat them in France too. Snails is the traditional plate of the island I come from. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Hey I did not know that so many people know feta! Try to eat it with a bit of oil of oil and some oregan on it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

everyone in belgium knows what feta is by now, many stores sell it in botlles with oil, oregon, pepper. we put them in salads or eat it as "aperetif".

@Rythok
Eager can do; it is a pretty strong word though (eager = avide).

@Luc
I knew what you were meaning; it's the words that make the expression that were seeming not to make sense with the meaning of it. But finally it makes sense, if what is connsidered as "the work" (l'oeuvre) is the meal... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

We eat snails and feta here too. But eating feta alone is not common, I think; I always saw it in salads or similar recipes. I might try that, with oil and oregano. *The girl is a cheese addict* <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Talking about entrées that might seem strange, do you eat frog legs in your countries?

I like Feta with olive oil, tomatos, onions, garlic, green pepper, olives, and depreziner sausages.
Do the olive Oil in an overproof form, give the Feta in it, and do the rest over the Feta.
Then put it in the oven and bake it by 220°C 30 min.

Eat it with a white bread (Baguette, Ciabatta)

[color:"orange"] Hors-d'oeuvres
It's another french expression that doesn't seem to make much sense to me: "out-of-the-work" [/color]

C'est en dehors de l'oeuvre du maître de cuisine?
(outside the chef's work?)

Just an assumption, as they are usually prepared by junior or sous-chefs.

@ Barta,
thank you for the kind words. What can I do when my father is French <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
My French used to be better but I have an excellent tutor now.

@ Üb
For the record, I'm not a waiter anymore <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> , Dragh took my apron and my notebook away and put in me in front of the dishes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> Only because I nipped from the glasses <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> Can anyone please help me? Or at least fix the damn dishwasher <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

@ Luc
No problem for the late reply, some people do have a life outside this forum <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> And still, olives and feta or not eatable for me. You can put any herb on it, it will still taste very bad to me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
And yes, hors d'oeuvres are also what the French call "amuse-bouche" (I hope I spelled it correctly?) I think it's served mostly at coctailparties and receptions at weddings. I'm going to a very fancy wedding in august, and I hope they don't serve that one with the backed ham and the goatcheese in it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
The snails are called "escargots" and allthought I never tried that before, I think it's not bad at all. It used to be a delicaty here in Belgiuim, but now these days you can buy them everywhere.

@ Glancelot
I'm surprised for a German how well you can speak French, I don't know much Germans that can speak another language, besides English then.

@ Lafille
Where do you get the idea that I would do something to your drink?? I'm a sweet girl and you are just jealous of my hot looking boss <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

Gal? dishwasher is magical it doesn't break down, and do I have an evil twin brother? You're trolling aren't you ?

Magical? Ok, never thought of that before <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> But why do I have to work then , since it's all magic? Can't magic take care of the glasses then? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Ok, you must have an evil twin or you just drank too much the other night...

only the dishwasher is a manavice <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> I will have yet to see the first magical waitress <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Galadriel - there is an easy explanation for my speaking French, I spent three years of my life in Paris (age 14 - 16, and it weren't the worst years of my life <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />)