Vie des paludiers – Today’s French

The life of salt pond workers
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Le sel se retrouve dans tous nos plats, mais comment y arrive-t-il ? Comment le récolte-t-on ?
Nous nous servons de sel comme exhausteur de goût. On a plusieurs tailles et goût : du gros sel, du sel fin, de la fleur de sel et le sel aromatisé.
Le sel français vient de 2 régions principales : Guérande et la Camargue.
Écoutons ce passage qui nous explique la difficile récolte du sel et apprenons du français en nous amusant.
Salt finds its way in all our dishes, but how does it get there? How is it harvested?
We use salt as a flavor enhancer. Salt comes in different sizes and flavors: coarse salt, fine salt, fleur de sel and flavored salt.
French salt comes from 2 main regions: Guérande and Camargue.
Let’s listen to this passage that goes over the difficult salt harvest and let’s have fun as we’re learning French.
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