 Poster: A snowHead
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The family and I are spending the first week of March in Morzine in a self catered apartment.
Is there anywhere in Morzine where I can buy free range chicken/eggs?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Bertie Wooster, yes in the supermarket! Look for the packaging to say ´élève en plein air'
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@sarah, Thanks for that I wasn't aware that French supermarkets had embraced free range.
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@Bertie Wooster, yes fairly easily available now 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Go to the farm in StJA. Bloody good milk, yoghurt and his own cheese.
Carrefour is a temple of decay.
I'm a Grand Frais groupie but it is in Thonon.
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
Carrefour is a temple of decay.
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Ha ha!! You're lucky!! We have Intermarche 
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Always a good range of organic ("bio") products in French supermarkets too, @Bertie Wooster. Not that I often buy any.
The French have long been willing to pay high prices for a good "poulet fermier".
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@Nadenoodlee, could you give me some more info on the farm. We'll have the car so a 15 minute drive isn't a problem. I assume that I could also get eggs there?
If you need a point of reference to guide me then I know Bar National and the small supermarket on the way out towards Morzine (Carrefour I think).
I'd prefer to give my business to the locals rather than a supermarket.
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Grand Frais groupie?
Us too.
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I love it @under a new name, and it forces me to cook and eat better as no frozen or ready crap. Unless you count the pre chopped mango and raspberries
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Drive out of St Jean @Bertie Wooster, towards Thonon,about a minute is so after Bar Nash you will see a large colorful sign on the left hand side of the road (I think it has a cow on it) at the top of a track- drive all the way down into the farm yard and the little shop is in a portacabin. You might have to wait for someone to wash their hands and come and serve you. Their cheese and yoghurt are very very good.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Nadenoodlee, the pre chopped mango is a godsend for curries
Pre-chopped raspberries? I always thought they'd been designed in a handy size already?
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You know it makes sense.
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@Nadenoodlee, the smoked haddock, for a dyed, flavoured product is the best we've found this side of the firth of Arbroath.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I've never thought to look for it @under a new name, hurrah! Now I can make fish pie properly.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Nadenoodlee, they don't always have it. But can always be frozen. Not always the best de-boning, check.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We had better have a trip down to Thonon.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Then you can stop at Petit Mitron in SjDA @Pamski, home of the best Croix de Savoie in the area
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@Nadenoodlee, I think that would be just up David's street.
He has two fruit cakes to get through as well, as none of our offspring really it eat them and I had made one which I was then regularly feeding, and then thought I would make another without feeding it for our eldest who has given up the booze.
Do they sell Kale at Grand Frais?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Pamski, I think they are that faddish. yes.
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@under a new name, oh well we will be off there then.
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@Pamski, I don't know about the Thonon one but teh one outside Sallanches takes supermarket shopping to a whole new level. It's really good (although apparently expensive vs. Carrefour in suburban Strasbourg). No pricier to our eyes than anything else round here.
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@under a new name, I had better look that one up then before we make the trip. Will it be like Waitrose?? At the moment we are having all sorts of strange things, Ready Steady Cook, from the fridges and store cupboards after all the visitors have left!
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Might have to try Grand Frais myself then! Is it on the Espace Leman?
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@Pamski, it's more like Wholefoods in the US if that helps. But for fresh produce it's great. Meat counter less exciting. But all good.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Is GF in Sallanches in the main drag? On the left travelling towards Chamonix? I've never been in there but sounds worth a visit.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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No it's in Thonon @sarah, go towards Evian and turn left at the first roundabout - way before Cora and Decathlon.
@Pamski, I've never found Kale - but plenty of other lovely things. I think they're still feeding kale to cattle here.... It just does fruit, veg, meat, fish, dairy and a few bits of dried stuff. All the house stuff you need to get elsewhere.
I don't think it's that expensive - for what you get and it is super fresh!
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@Nadenoodlee, thanks!! Will find it! Is it any good for exotic ingredients?
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You know it makes sense.
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Oh god yes @sarah, we managed to get all the Thai ingredients we needed without going to Bonneville. Although Mr NN now insists on buying 10€ a week of passion fruit because it's there
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Also if anyone is down there this week the red globe grapes are delicious
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Nadenoodlee, fabulous news! My OH is a big curry chef! We usually find some of our stuff at the Coop in Monthey which is actually closer than Thonon.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@under a new name, I know Wholefoods in the States, and I think I went to one in High Street Kensington, a few years ago so that sounds good.
@Nadenoodlee, we used to have trouble buying parsnips here until a few years ago, similarly being fed to the cattle. I stick a big bag in the freezer at home and just use a frozen handful for OH's healthy smoothie in the morning at home.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Pamski wrote: |
| We had better have a trip down to Thonon. |
There is a grand frais in cluses too, bit closer to Les gets
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@Libertine, thank you, but I think a trip to Thonon might be more pleasant than Cluses which we avoid studiously.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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So do I @Pamski, this grim over there. When I was being quite brilliant I used to run in Thonon early on Sunday morning- Grand Frais for all the good stuff - and a petit Mitron Croix de Savoie on the way home might explain why my weight loss wasn't all that rapid 
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It's a little tricky to find.@pam w, leave Sallanches in CHX direction, on the left, turn left immediately you pass it.
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This thread is perhaps going to become the most tedious in snowheads history. So important. It beggars belief. Apologies in advance for offence.
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I must admit, i did think wtf, when i spotted the thread, but as my OH pointed out everyone has different needs. I will add my OH is a menopausal nutter (love her dearly). But she has a point i guess.
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People have to eat, @gazzaredcruiser.  we don't all want to live on tartiflette and spag bol...
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