A french fete wouldn’t be a french fete, unless there was a pig being spit roasted.
It is very impressive to see a whole pig wrapped in branches of bay being slowly roasted, and it smells mouth wateringly fantastic. This with the live ‘pipe’ and accordian music sets the scene for a typical french fete. It is not long before toe tapping music entices two couples to start a complicated breton dance and before long there are fourteen couples dancing.
Bread is being baked in a traditional bread oven, sausages are being made in a tent, goats cheese is being sold from a very old van and a couple are teaching some children how to play some old Breton games.
Finally, it is mid day and the pig is now moved to a table, the chef puts out his cigarette and starts to carve. We enjoy the very succulant pork and a glass of cider.
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