Note:
(a) "The andouille de Guemene is a pork sausage made from pigs' intestines and stomachs. A local andouillerie, Rivalan Quidu [made up of two French surnames], advertises its presence on the outskirts of Guemene-sur-Scorff in Brittany, France, with a sculpture [in fibreglass, of two giant andouilles] in the corner of its vast car park."
(i) Guemene-sur-Scorff
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9men%C3%A9-sur-Scorff
(situated on the Scorff river)
(ii) car park (n; British) = "parking lot" in US and Canada
(b) French English dictionary
(i) andouille (noun feminine)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/andouille
(A) For its ENGLISH pronunciation, look up in the same Web page.
(B) etymology: andouille www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=andouille
(ii) sur (preposition; from Latin [preposition] super “over, on, above”)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sur
(iii) peut-etre (adv; French verbs peut may + être be): "maybe"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peut-être
(iv) Londres (proper noun; masculine or feminine): "London"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Londres
(v) plaisanterie (noun feminine; [French verb] plaisanter [to joke] + -erie): "joke"en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plaisanterie
(vi) vrai (adjective masculine; feminine vraie; from Latin [adjective masculine] vērus true, real):
"true"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vrai
作者: choi 时间: 12-6-2014 12:40
(c) "A steady stream of customers - from passing tourists to lorry drivers on their regular beat - pull in to buy a chunk."
(d) "I suspect just breathing the air could send my cholesterol levels into double figures."
(i) figure (n): "One of a specified number of digits making up a larger number, used to give a rough idea of the order of magnitude <their market price runs into five figures> <a six-figure salary>" www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/figure
(ii) Many Americans may say "double digits." Many Other Americans may say “double figures.”
(iii) Cholesterol Levels: What Numbers Should you Aim for? Mayo Clinic, undated www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-cond ... levels/art-20048245
("Cholesterol levels are measured in milligrams (mg) of cholesterol per deciliter (dL) of blood in the United States and some other countries [normal: < 200]. Canada and most European countries measure cholesterol in millimoles (mmol) per liter (L) of blood [normal: <5.9]")
(e) "The narrow shop is fitted out to resemble a Breton kitchen, complete with pine fixtures. Andouilles hang from every part of the ceiling like crinkly brown stalactites."
(i) fit (vt): "SUPPLY, EQUIP <fitted the ship with new engines> —often used with out" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fit
(ii) fiture (n) www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixture
Here it means furniture that is attached to the wall (such as cabinet).
(iii) crinkle (n); adj: crinkly): ""WRINKLE, CORRUGATION" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crinkle
(f) "Behind the counter is Benoit, husband of Joseph's grand-daughter Francoise"
Benoît
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt
(g) "Joseph pulled one length of chaudin - or pig intestine - over another, and then another. Around 20 or 25 in all. The salted intestines of three pigs, weighing in at 3kg, go into each andouille, which are then smoked over oak wood and dried, sometimes for months on end"
(i) "chaudin" can not be fond in any online dictionary, let alone a French one.
(ii) chaudin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaudin
(from the French word for stomach)
Though untrue ("French word for stomach"), chaudin the dish is a cooked stuffed stomach. Go to images.google.com.
(iii) Les Vieux Temps. TecheToday.com, Oct 20, 2009 www.techetoday.com/les-vieux-temps-76
("Cajuns consider the cooked stomach a delicacy and call it either chaudin or ponce. Chaudin (pronounced show dan) can also be spelled shodin. The word chaudin possibly originated near the Switzerland/southern France border in the beautiful Rochers de Chaudin mountain area") 作者: choi 时间: 12-6-2014 12:40
(h) "served in paper-thin slices as an aperitif, with a glass of chilled muscadet or local cider. Andouilles de Guemene must never be confused with the ubiquitous, cheap and cheerful, andouillette. These are the plump, loose-stuffed sausages which when cut open spill out a grisly assortment of components like an organic Airfix kit."
(i) muscadet (n; French, from Occitan, muscadet grape, from musc musk; First Known Use: circa 1899) www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscadet
(ii) andouillette
(A) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andouillette
(view photos only)
(B) andouillette (noun feminine; andouille + -ette)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/andouillette
(iii) I do not know what "organic" means here.
(iv) Airfix
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfix
(a UK manufacturer of plastic scale model kits of aircraft)
(i) "'Et peut-etre,' says Benoit, 'Londres?' But then he smiles mischievously to show this is just a joke - a plaisanterie. He suspects English taste buds will never be sophisticated enough to appreciate 'la vraie andouille de Guemene.'"