Fried Oysters, Ice-Cream and Cold Water. French people who go to the States don't go there to eat ; American cooking is known as awful but as they have to eat, they speak of it. From 1870 to 1974 the French are strongly hostile to American cooking, but they know it only in the restaurants. Americans are eating too quickly, they are eating standing up and the « American plan » is especially surprising : everything is served together, sweet and sour, cold and warm. More than that, waiters are often blacks, picturesque but not attractive, and waitresses are always cantankerous. Breakfasts are too hearty, lunches too spicy and too light. During dinners all the flavors are mixed, some products, such as corn or fried oysters, are rather staggerin...