Foire au gras/Fat Fair

I think I’ve lived too long in France because when I saw this ad booklet from a supermarket chain, everything looked fine, nothing out of the ordinary. No French person would find anything unusual about it except my sweetie.
foire au gras fatty fair
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He screams, “foire au gras! foire au gras!” Me looking at the ad, “et alors?” (So?) He continues, “for your blog!” Me: “It’s just an ad.” Him: “Yeeessss, but it’s GLORIFYING fat. Does that not seem blogworthy?” Me: “Fat is good, though.” Him: “They’d never celebrate and dedicate the virtues of FAT for FIVE pages in an American food ad, EVARRRR. Let alone sell tubs of fat, which they’re doing here.” Me: “Oh yeah.”

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I wouldn’t say they’re “glorifying” fat. It’s not as though one eats a tub of foie gras at a time. And yeah, the American market adds do advertise the same kind of fatty stuff.

Comment by starman1695 11.18.09 @ 3:27 pm

They call it “Fat Fair!” How is that not glorifying fat, starman1695? ;-)

I love it. Awesome! Wish I could eat it right now, with some lovely little toasts, fig jam, and Veuve Cliquot…

Comment by La Rêveuse 11.18.09 @ 8:28 pm

The local Foire au Gras is next Sunday in the town gymnasium. Can’t wait!

Comment by Loulou 11.19.09 @ 12:25 am

Merry laughter! I just think a dead duck makes any flier, fat or not.

Comment by Vache Espanol 11.20.09 @ 3:13 pm



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