Monday, April 11, 2011

KITSCHY SWEET


Even though I don't usually buy individually wrapped sugar, I cracked for these Eiffel Tower sugar sticks. Considering we have only one friend who takes sugar in his coffee, they may be around for a long while.


Very merchandisable. The box opens into a sugar stick distributor and the back has interesting Eiffel Tower fun facts. Can holidays be far away?


Next to the sugar sticks in the supermarket were these Béghin Say sugar cubes wrapped in minature postcard views of  Paris, Versailles, Strasbourg, Nancy, Lille, Honfleur, Le Mont Saint Michel, La Rochelle, Carcassonne, Avignon, Marseille, Nice and Ajaccio. Bed and breakfast hosts will undoubtedly set out these "visit France" enticements on their morning tables.

Vocabulary
le sucre:  the sugar
une dosette:  a little dose
une bûchette de sucre en poudre:  a sugar stick
sucre enveloppé:  wrapped sugar
un morceau de sucre:  a piece of sugar; sugar cube


Text & photos ©2011 P.B.Lecron

3 comments:

  1. great site, keep it up the good work.

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  2. Hi!
    I'm a spanish colecionist of sugar sticks and i'm very interested in those you've photographed. How did you got them? Where? Answer me please :)

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  3. ViRoCu: What fun! In an French grocery store chain...l'Intermarché.

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