Hilarious reactions of American children trying French food for the first time
American children were given a selection of traditional French dishes to taste, including mussels, steak tartare, duck liver pate and frogs' legs, with a video camera on hand to capture their reactions
The French are known worldwide for their sophisticated cuisine… but that doesn’t mean everyone’s impressed.
A series of traditional dishes including frogs’ legs, steak tartare and duck liver pate were served up recently to a team of American children and they turned out to be the fiercest of critics.
The results of the tasting session were captured on camera and the reactions ranged from delight to pure disgust, with one child claiming, ‘I feel bad for those kids.’
The video, which was made by US content agency , showed what they claimed to be a typically French breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The children, who ranged in age from around five to ten years old, were first of all given a breakfast of croissant, cereal and hot chocolate, then told to pour the drink into the cereal bowl instead of milk.
Surprisingly, a bowl of chocolatey milk didn’t seem to go down well with most of the children, apart from one who grinned for the camera and exclaimed, ‘They are living it up!’
One young boy sighed, ‘Oh man, I don’t like this much sugar,’ then adding ‘I hope I never live in French or move.’
For the next meal, the children are each given a plate of steak tartare with the typical raw egg yolk on top, some mussels in a blue cheese sauce and a plate of French fries.
While one little girl seems to enjoy the mussels and even asks to eat her brother’s, most of the children struggle to swallow the shellfish.
But the raw beef is the main attraction with this dish, with one little boy pleading, ‘Please don’t tell me that’s cow meat – my whole day is ruined.’
For dinner, the children are presented with a plate of mashed potato, topped with a frog’s leg.
One little girl appears to enjoy the dish before she discovers what it is she’s eating.
When asked by the producers what she thinks it might be, she replies: ‘It tastes like fish but looks like chicken – chicken-fish?’
The funniest moment comes at the end though, when the child are given a cheese plate for pudding, alongside a glass of red wine.
A little boy looks visibly shocked and says, ‘I hope that’s not wine,’ before being assured that it’s ok to drink because French children sometimes have a small amount of wine with their meal.
After a tentative first sip, he exclaims: ‘Ah, wine is actually good. Promise me you will never tell mummy!’
