When studying abroad in France, we have to face French meals every day. It sounds good, but eating it every day will see if you can stand the French Western food. Let’s take a look at what the queen on the French table looks like? Oysters: on the Christmas table

?Queen? Oysters, also called raw oysters, enjoy the reputation of "milk of the sea". They are rich in protein and trace elements necessary for the human body, and have extremely high nutritional value when eaten raw.

If paired with dry white wine, the taste will be even more delicious.

It is said that the French have loved oysters since the Middle Ages.

?Oysters are the ?queen? on the Christmas table.

Without it, Christmas dinner would be incomplete, said Caroline, a housewife shopping in a supermarket in Marseille, told Xinhua News Agency.

Caroline said the oysters produced around Christmas are delicious.

In France, not all families can eat oysters on a regular basis, but they are an indispensable dish on the Christmas table.

Pierre is the owner of a seafood supermarket in Marseille.

According to him, in the two weeks before and after Christmas, oysters sold in supermarkets account for 40% of the annual sales.

According to French media reports, in recent years, the mortality rate of oyster larvae has been very high.

Due to lack of supply, the price of oysters around Christmas this year increased by 30% compared with previous years.

To prevent theft and smuggling, French law enforcement agencies even use police forces to ensure the security of oyster breeding bases and ensure supply to the festival market.

Truffles: Diamonds on the Christmas table Truffles are a natural fungus that is one of the three treasures along with champagne and caviar.

It grows underground and is not easy to detect. In addition, there are not many places of origin, so it is relatively rare.

When cooking, truffles are commonly used as a topping, sprinkled on pasta with butter, cheese or cream, or sautéed with eggs and rice, or placed under broiled chicken.

In Rogne near Marseille, Frances, a middle-aged French woman who came to buy truffles at the truffle festival, told reporters that truffles are "diamonds" on the French table.

She buys two of them every Christmas so that they can be eaten fresh and make the whole family happy.

Francis purchased two black truffles, each weighing 80 grams, costing 96 euros.

She said that the price of truffles has also increased slightly this year, last year it was 1,000 euros per kilogram.

Truffles are extremely demanding on the growing environment and cannot grow if there is slight change in sunlight, water or soil.

Most truffles grow at the roots of broad-leaved trees, and the massive bodies are hidden 5 to 40 centimeters underground. At first, people used pigs to sniff out truffles, and now dogs are also trained to replace pigs.

Francis makes a special trip from Lyon, a city in central France, to Rogne to buy truffles every Christmas.

Provence is one of the most important black truffle producing areas in the world. In comparison, the price of black truffles in Rogne is cheaper.

Foie gras: a must-have for the Christmas table. Foie gras is a traditional French delicacy that can be eaten in many ways. It can be eaten as an appetizer, with toasted warm bread, and accompanied by champagne or slightly sweet wine.

White wine; it can also be made into a main course with other ingredients and paired with red wine.

An employee of a supermarket in Marseille told reporters that 250 grams of foie gras is generally priced at 80 euros. Because of the high price, sales are not large and supermarkets have few purchases.

But every year before Christmas, supermarkets must prepare sufficient supplies, and housewives who come to shop usually buy foie gras.

Around Christmas, French supermarkets set up special areas to display various foie gras pate and bread slices with foie gras pate.

A French housewife told reporters that she buys foie gras for Christmas every year, and eating foie gras is not considered a Christmas dinner.

?If I don't buy it, the kids won't let me go,? she joked.

Although some nutritionists believe that foie gras is not in line with modern healthy diets, foie gras is still deeply loved by the French.

According to statistics, French foie gras production accounts for 75% of the world's total production.