Waste not, Want not

It's time to go get groceries again, and if you want a large selection of foods and brands, the grocery stores in la Ferté-Macé, the next little town over,  are the place to go. Our little grocery here in Bagnoles is OK for the basics, but the selection is limited and the meat counter is often out of many popular cuts.
I have decided, from looking at the different packaged meat products, that the French don't waste any part of the animal. They eat everything!

Beef tongue is the plate of the day every Thursday in the restaurant in Flers. But you have to hurry, it sells out in the first hour.

Cervelle de veau, brains of veal, is available for only 3.57 euros. What a deal! Heart, kidney, liver, of both pig and beef is always fresh and easy to find in the meat department.

Pig feet and pig heads are great for that weekend cook out with the neighbors. Of course I find it still a little difficult to deal with my food looking back at me, let alone smiling at me.
But don't expect to find frozen corn, it only comes in a can. Nope, haven't seen any on the cob either. Peanut butter? Nada. Cake mixes or premade pie shells? Heaven forbid! Not in France.

Bon appetite!