WEEKENDS IN PARIS.......The Real Rue Mouffetard.

Welcome!! to week 3 of Weekends in Paris......This week we are visiting the

Rue Mouffetard....

Alot of people have asked about the name of my blog and this is it!!

The famous La Mouffe is in the fifth arrondissement and can be reached by metro at the

Place Monge stop.....The name was established in the 18th. Century but as you walk from top to bottom down a narrow cobblestone paved street you will find plaques on some buildings dating back to the 1500's......One of the oldest streets in Paris it's a remnant of an old Roman road to Rome via Lyon......Now that's really old!! When daughter was off to class at the Sorbonne I would take the short walk from our tiny apartment on the Rue de la Clef past the metro stop over a few blocks and that would take me to the top of the Rue....This is what you first see as you start to venture down the bumpy street.

The bowling alley!!
Then you start to smell the scent of food.....Oh, what can be better.....the colors and the smells...Just fabulous..........The street market is opened daily...half are outside stands and half are actual stores......everything you can think of.....cheese, bread, pastries, wine shops, flowers, fresh pasta....

I would buy my fruits and vegetables from this gentlemen almost everyday....The first time I bought potatoes I gave him a handful of money....They were still using francs, not euros, and the French have slang words for their money so it was mighty confusing trying to understand how much you owed....So what to do.....just dump a handful of money in the guys hand.......
The first day he chased after me because I overpaid......and they say the French aren't nice...
What was easiest for me was to pay with the largest bill I had and get back lots of change....Kinda like paying here for a pack of gum with a 50 dollar bill...
After a few weeks I had way too much change.....But I was getting the hang of things.



famous for their chicken with roasted potatoes.....they would sit and spin all day long dripping juices from the chicken onto the potatoes below.....
Talk about comfort food.

You could also stop while you shop and pick up lunch or a snack...they love these cute little cafe signs...

Here's a site....Live Shrimp!!
I was dying for fresh shrimp and you don't get fresher then these guys...But I just couldn't get myself to handle squirmy live shrimp.....I see this picture now and think what a wuss I was....
Ina probably bites off the heads...eyes and all.....before she cooks them.....


Did I say fresh?
Okay here's my infamous chicken story.......
One day I bought a whole fresh chicken.....I only had a toaster oven to cook in but that didn't discourage me...Daughter came in from school and there she found me in our miniature kitchen fondling the chicken....I was mesmerized....
This chicken was so fresh it still felt warm.....I'm pleased to say that it was free of all feathers and it's something I just can't describe....You could actually feel it's freshness..It was light pink and there I was in Heaven just touching this poor bird that probably was alive an hour earlier....
It was the best chicken I have ever tasted.....and over our time there we ate many many more...
Daughter still thinks I'm crazy....

beautiful blooms everywhere you look.....

this little lady looks like she knows what she's doing....
more fresh something in shells..................Oysters ??

Here...........Flowers for You!!

I hope you enjoyed this weeks little tour.....if you ever get to Paris....and I know there are a few of you out there that are getting ready to go.....Stop by La Mouffe and take a stroll from top to bottom....don't miss a thing....for a "foodie" like me it's just as much fun as going up the

Eiffel Tower!!

See you next time.......