Tomato discussion (in French)

GreenThumbGal_07 · April 5, 2006

I recently discovered

http://www.aujardin.org

and they have a tomato discussion forum (Au Jardin Gourmand/Aux Tomates). It's interesting to see which are the "hot" varieties in France.

It's powered by the same BBS software as this site.
Whether Aujardin.org was created by French-speaking refugees from the other place is open to speculation.

GTG

kimpossible · April 5, 2006

That looks like a HUGE forum - 13,761 members!

I'm Canadian, but know very little french... it's too bad I quit taking it after a less-than-great teacher

turned me off after grade 10. Who would have known that that decision would have prevented me from reading all those tomato posts all these years later

.

It's too bad there isn't an english version

Kim

Goddessemer6 · April 5, 2006

You could use the babelfish website, you can translate a whole web page at a time, it's pretty cool. It's enough to give you a good understanding of what they're saying!

http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

Tomstrees · April 5, 2006

I like that babelfish site alot ~
Helped with a few sites ...
~ Tom

SelfSufficient1 · April 5, 2006

Well, I took 4 years of French and still can't read it all, lol. I'll have to have it translated too.

kimpossible · April 5, 2006

Thanks for the link, Goddessemer6.

Kim

geoguy_TN · April 5, 2006

Who knew that 13000 French people had the time to write about tomatoes? Here I thought that they spent all of their time rioting.

geoguy_TN · April 5, 2006

You caught me...don't want the French mad at us...

chilhuacle · April 5, 2006

Peut-être 12.000 sont la même personne. Homme de poulet.

montanamato · April 5, 2006

At least my french is still good enough to understand the above post.
I was amazed at the size of the site too. I can still comprehend most of it, just doubt I could respond very quickly...

Jeanne

hedwarr · April 5, 2006

I'm having french fries tonight! Does that count?

Emaewest · April 5, 2006

That's neat! I could understand some of it; just enough to realize that they were having pretty much the same conversations that we do here.

I had to "Babelfish" to get a clearer idea of what was said.

I wish I understood it better, but I only have high school French (and whatever I pick up from product labels.) My mother is Acadian (distant relatives of the Cajuns) and spoke only French until she started school, but I didn't inherit any of it from her. :wink:

pbud · April 5, 2006

So what are the hot french varieties??

GreenThumbGal_07 · April 5, 2006

Cornue des Andes is a very popular variety in France.

GTG

April 5, 2006	#1
GreenThumbGal_07 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 300	Tomato discussion (in French) I recently discovered http://www.aujardin.org and they have a tomato discussion forum (Au Jardin Gourmand/Aux Tomates). It's interesting to see which are the "hot" varieties in France. It's powered by the same BBS software as this site. Whether Aujardin.org was created by French-speaking refugees from the other place is open to speculation. GTG

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kimpossible Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Z5b SW Ont Canada Posts: 767	That looks like a HUGE forum - 13,761 members! I'm Canadian, but know very little french... it's too bad I quit taking it after a less-than-great teacher turned me off after grade 10. Who would have known that that decision would have prevented me from reading all those tomato posts all these years later . It's too bad there isn't an english version Kim __________________ *So Many Tomatoes ... So Little Time*

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Goddessemer6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NV zone9a Posts: 134	You could use the babelfish website, you can translate a whole web page at a time, it's pretty cool. It's enough to give you a good understanding of what they're saying! http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn __________________ ~Rose The beauty of being human is the ability to choose compassion over cruelty!

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Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	I like that babelfish site alot ~ Helped with a few sites ... ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

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SelfSufficient1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 188	Well, I took 4 years of French and still can't read it all, lol. I'll have to have it translated too. __________________ I could spend all day here!

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kimpossible Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Z5b SW Ont Canada Posts: 767	Thanks for the link, Goddessemer6. Kim __________________ *So Many Tomatoes ... So Little Time*

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geoguy_TN Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 63	Who knew that 13000 French people had the time to write about tomatoes? Here I thought that they spent all of their time rioting. __________________ Place clever signature here

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chilhuacle Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Concord CA z9b, just west of Tomatoville Posts: 415	Peut-être 12.000 sont la même personne. Homme de poulet.

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montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	At least my french is still good enough to understand the above post. I was amazed at the size of the site too. I can still comprehend most of it, just doubt I could respond very quickly... Jeanne

April 5, 2006	#11
hedwarr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wurtsboro, NY Posts: 165	I'm having french fries tonight! Does that count?

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Emaewest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Timberlea, Nova Scotia Posts: 84	That's neat! I could understand some of it; just enough to realize that they were having pretty much the same conversations that we do here. I had to "Babelfish" to get a clearer idea of what was said. I wish I understood it better, but I only have high school French (and whatever I pick up from product labels.) My mother is Acadian (distant relatives of the Cajuns) and spoke only French until she started school, but I didn't inherit any of it from her. :wink: __________________ Rhonda "Some people have a way with words, and other people... not have way." ---Steve Martin

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pbud Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bay Area Posts: 173	So what are the hot french varieties??