We are 'toodling down the canal' and it is just beautiful. We are in a little village called Damazen. Last night, they had a 'street dinner' which is held every Tuesday night during summer. (In fact, many of the villages have street dinners on different nights.) A street dinner is a village 'party' which they hold in the centre square. Most of the restaurants in the village close for the night and set up a stall in the square where you can buy dinner. Long tables with chairs are set up and there is a stage with live music where people can sing and dance. Hundreds of people turn out.
In Damazen, the choice of meals included 'moules', a traditional clam dish; a huge paella cooking over a fire; kabobs or steaks done on a grill; chicken roasting over a coal fire, duck dishes in whatever way you wished them, i.e. duck sausages, duck breast, foie gras, duck kabobs; a cheese stall with 'farm made' cheese, a crepe stand; a pizza stand; and a 'patisserie' for cakes and tarts... and a 'frits' stall that did nothing but cook French fries all night. And beside each stall, you could buy fresh produce, i.e. potatoes, duck, beef, cakes, cheese, etc. to take home. It was a wonderful night!
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