Musee des Arts Forains, Life is a Carousel

 Living in Paris, its hard not to fall in love❤️ with carousels. Last Sunday I went to the Musee des Arts Forains (museum of fairground arts) in Bercy, open specially during the Christmas holidays through 2 January,2022.

 I promised myself I’d ride the carousel this time. Instead, like this little girl, I watched.

Le Marché des pays l'Aveyron at Bercy

This past weekend was the big annual vendanges/wine fete de Montmartre and lesser known, smaller annual Marché des Pays de l'Aveyron in Bercy, 75012.

The 3-day MARCHÉ takes up few streets, yet is chock-a-block with delicious regional food specialties. FYI l'Aveyron is in the Massiv Central department.

 I've yet to visit.

Masses of hand baked goods made with regional walnuts or prunes. Buns were covered with bees.

Tempting prune pockets were very popular.

Eau de vie from local fruits; pear, quince, plums. A small sample was way to strong for me cough, cough.

So many producteurs of Roquefort.

They all offered a variety so you tasted at least 3 vatieties per cheese maker.

This Roquefort cake mix looked interesting.

Beautiful knitted goods from (Correction!) FERME DE MALEFIGUE - Mohair from chevres/Angora goats.

Loads of duck products. Aubrac beef and charcuterie is also famous from this region.

Their Gateau a la broche is turned on a rotisserie

Its big in Paris Christmas markets because of its pine tree shape. The flavor is pleasent. Its more about the texture, form and regional tradition.

L'Aveyron Aligot is always served with saucisse. Made from mashed potatoes, Tome cheese and garlic.

I managed to grab a mini taste from sellers of the boxed variety. I'm sure the freshly made is far more flavorful.And much more sticky and stretchy.

There were long, long lines for these patties made with onion and blette (a kind of Kale).

I had small tastes of just about everything (who could resist) but I only bought a large pack of shelled walnuts, only to find walnuts in the shell around the corner. I am very well-supplied with nuts shelled and unshelled for the Winter and they go well with Roquefort. The l'Aveyron marché is a wonderfully rustic annual country festival you shouldn't miss if you're in Paris in October.

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