My roommate from college, Macrui, recently got married and moved from DC to Paris for a job with a law firm.
One of the many things she and I have in common is a case of wanderlust. So I was not at all surprised to learn that she and her husband had decided to pack up and move to the other side of the pond for a few years. And selfishly it is exciting for me because I will have someone to visit in Paris next Spring!
Another thing Macrui and I have in common is a love of pork products. Macrui has been a loyal Bacon Unwrapped reader since the beginning. And since she knows me and my love of pork well, she is one of the people who occasionally emails me with pork-related tidbits.
Now that Macrui is a full-fledged Parisian, she will no doubt regularly encounter pork in many glorious forms such as choucroute garni, cassoulet, and various forms of saucisson and andouillette. Earlier this week, I received an email from her describing a Brioche au Saucisson she and her husband had purchased at a local supermarket:
“French food includes lots of pork; additionally, Diego and I have discovered that there’s lots of really good prepared foods (including those with pork products). On Saturday, we discovered brioche au saucisson. Brioche is a type of bread made with lots of eggs and butter. Brioche au saucisson (saucisson means sausage) is basically a loaf of brioche stuffed with pork sausage. OMG, Heather, this was really yummy!!
I guess, fundamentally, it is a super fancy version of a hot dog, but with better bread and better sausage. The texture of brioche is a bit like a popover, which goes nicely with the smoothness of the saucisson.”
While not specifically bacon-related, saucisson is a wonderful form of pork and the product in this photo looked so delicious that I couldn’t not share it with the Bacon Nation.
I’ve taken my share of jabs at the French over the years. But even I will admit that the French do know how to cook. And they are particularly well versed in the world of pork. So I look forward to sharing more of Macrui’s Parisian pork adventures over the next couple years. And I really can’t wait to have a few of my own adventures with her at some point in the near future!