France/Bégaar: the traditional twinning meal cooked in the bread ovens

Published on 23/02/2026 | La rédaction

France

The "Lous Amics de Surbourg" association is organizing a meal featuring products baked in the village's old ovens, on Sunday March 8.

The Lous Amics de Surbourg association has been coordinating Bégaar's twinning with the Alsatian village of...

Links between the two towns have intensified thanks to the regular work of the association's volunteers. During each term of office, two trips are organized, one to Alsace, the other to the Landes.

Every spring, the association organizes a large meal in the old bread ovens, which have been restored by local residents. Four bread ovens are now operational and used to bake chicken and potatoes with onions. We had to rediscover the technique of heating the ovens, and then the cooking process, to cook 70 chickens and 130 kilos of potatoes, which will be served at noon on Sunday March 8 in the village hall, during the big twinning meal.

Source: www.sudouest.fr/


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