French baguette 

France - homeland of cheese, vine, croissants, crepes, baguette and much more ofcourse... Last weekend I have been to France. It was short, one day trip to Nimes and Montpellier. Bad weather, no sun, wind, cold, almost no sleep.... nothing could ruin my impression of France. I loved it... but it is not about travelling, but FOOD. Just before leaving and almost being late for my bus, I ran into bakery and bought Traditional French Baguette for next morning breakfast, well also some sweets, to be specific tartalete with chocolate and some Blue Cheese.

So what to do with baguette? For me, as fas as it is fresh, it could be eaten just alone without any additional stuff. (What I have done just after comming back home, but I left some for the morning also (: )

Short history:
The word "baguette" was not used to refer to a type of bread until 1920, but what is now known as a baguette may have existed well before that date. The word, derived from the Italian bacchetta, simply means "wand" or "baton", as in baguette magique (magic wand), baguettes chinoises (chopsticks), or baguette de direction (conductor's baton).

Though the baguette today is often considered one of the symbols of French culture viewed from abroad, the association of France with long loaves predates any mention of it. Long, if wide, loaves had been made since the time of King Louis XIV, long thin ones since the mid-eighteenth century and by the nineteenth century some were far longer than the baguette: "... loaves of bread six feet long that look like crowbars!" (1862); "Housemaids were hurrying homewards with their purchases for various Gallic breakfasts, and the long sticks of bread, a yard or two in length, carried under their arms, made an odd impression upon me." (1898)

Now it is is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, though not the shape, is defined by French law). It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust.

A baguette has a diameter of about 5 or 6 centimetres (2 or 2⅓ in) and a usual length of about 65 centimetres (26 in), although a baguette can be up to a metre (39 in) long.

What to put inside?

My advise, use imagination...! No recipe is needend to make crative, basically, I am sorry French people, sandwich. To make Your "baguette eating time" more french, put some specific music, movie and imagine Eiffel Tower view threw Your window. The power of imagination is BIG, believe me....

"Yesterdays baguette" problem

Fresh baguette is delicious, but what to do if You don't manage to eat it just after bringing from bakery? I have found great way, or better to say great and fast recipe. As I said before, I am big cheese lover, so my short recipe main ingredient is cheese.

Ingredients:

• Yesterdays baguette
• Emmentaler cheese
• Blue cheese

Instructions:

1. Take yesterdays baguette, slice it into pieces You like and put on top some emmentaler cheese or other, which You preffer, but not with very strong flavour. 
2. Put it for 1-2 min to microwave. It is fast, but You can olso use oven.
3. After that, while it is still very hot, I put on top a some Blue Cheese. It melts a little and makes the taste of this extra cheese sandwich very specific! Cheese lover, I guess, will understand!

"Yesterdays baguette problem" solved

In such way, yesterdays baguette is soft again. And, well, cheese, here I think I have nothing to add.

Bon appetite (: