What do french people eat for starter?

Answer 1

Starter (entrée) is mostly a cold raw vegetable salad with vinaigrette (French dressing.)

For instance, sliced tomatoes, grated carrots, green beans, root celery in mayonnaise (céleri rémoulade), cucumber slices in yogurt or cream and dill, salade niçoise, or taboulé (couscous, tomatoes, cucumber, lemon.)

Some cooked vegetables too, like leaks, red beet or asparagus with vinaigrette, macédoine (mixed vegetable cubes) in a light mayonnaise, or lentil salad.

Potato and pasta salads are rare, but you can find rice-based salade composée (mixed salad) with various ingredients, such as tuna, avocado, tomato.

A plain hard boiled egg in 2 halves with mayonnaise makes a common starter.

Meat products are also very common as starter dishes, mostly pâté or rillettes (pork or duck confit pâté) on bread, or saucisson (ten times better than dry salami) on bread and butter.

Canned fish is present in starters too: Sardines, mackerel or herring in oil or in wine, tomato or mustard sauce.

During winter or on cold days, a soup frequently replaces the starter course.

Green salads can also be present as a starter, but usually part of a mixed salad. Green salad is traditionally served between the main course and the cheese.

Formal meals will show more elaborate starters, and also starters served hot, like a soufflé.

Answer 2

Viccysoise, Coq au Vin, Pear or Cherry Clafoutti.

Answer 3

pain à l'ail

Answer 4

Beer or wine!