FRANCE AND JAMMU PATEESA

                                     

( Pateesa from Prem Sweets ,Jammu )

               ( A Patisserie  shop in Paris )

JAMMU PATEESA  AND  FRANCE....

 In France more than 200,000 tonnes of sweets are consumed every year.Sweets are taken so seriously in France that there’s even a national union dedicated to candy. The Syndicat National de la Confiserie is tasked with ensuring “the diversity and quality” .

The French consume bread ( mostly baguette ) , butter, cheese, wine, pastries, and sweets on a regular, if not, daily basis. Upon finishing a meal, the French tend to end on a high note—that is, with a dessert, digestif, and/or simple coffee. For lighter lunches, a small cookie or piece of chocolate( pronounced as Shokola in French )  with an espresso will do the trick, though for dinner, they  always prefer a heavy dessert.

The sweet, hand-made delicacies enjoyed across France today have a long history. While patisserie and cake-making are often traced back to the 13th century and a man named Regnaut-Barbon, who in 1270 founded a guild of pastry chefs, la confiserie has an even older pedigree, beginning in the Middle Ages. It was around this time that sugar arrived in France, albeit in small quantities. It was consumed only by kings and lords,and in the form of épices de chambre (room spices) — a heady mixture of seeds, pine nuts, almonds, cinnamon, and ginger rolled in sugar and fried in a pan. Candies were traditionally eaten in the royal bedrooms pour mieux s’en régaler (to enjoy them more fully), and were also consumed at the King’s court, usually as a digestif following savory fare.

Recently,  I  had taken Jammu Pateesa to Paris. It was tasted by three French persons who were bowled over by this mouthwatering speciality ( Mithai ) from Kud .A person had this to say in Paris when he tasted Pateesa:- 

" Nothing like it. Where is it sold? I want to buy one year's stock. This speciality will go extremely well with all over here. It is something that we wanted but couldn't create. Can't the trader open an outlet here ?"

( Avtar Mota )

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