chocolate time! - le goûter

Before we even came to France I was already aware of the idea of 'le goûter' - the afternoon snack for kids (or adults ;)) But I definitely did not understand that there are rules to le goûter. It cannot just be anything! I still remember the strange looks that other kids were giving to Emilia and Camille as they snacked on chunks of red pepper on our way to the park after school. "C'est quoi ça???" Then I witnessed on the park bench a grandparent insisting that the kids have a 'bon goûter' before having the meringue that he brought for them. I stretched my neck to see what healthy things he was insisting they ate before the sugary dessert: they were chocolate covered cookies!

By now I get the rules; le goûter is just any combination of carbs and chocolate: chocolate covered cookies, chocolate croissants, crepes with nutella, or (my favourite) as simple as a chunk of baguette stuffed with squares of chocolate. Hey, who am I to argue, when in Paris, do as the Parisians ;)

Le goûter for the girls