Continuation of our series on the living memories of the medieval and popular district.
Free Midi publishes every week testimonies on the medieval and popular district of Pioch in Clermont-l’Hérault And who better than its inhabitants of yesterday or today to speak about it! And there is no lack of memories and anecdotes either. For centuries, the flour needed to make bread was sold in what is now Radical Square. Everyone could bake their bread in a communal oven. Subsequently, the manufacture and sale of bread was handled by bakers.
“The women made the stew and the baker made the dough”
But the tradition was still there remember the inhabitants who, for some, have it from their ancestors: “The practice of cooking one’s stew put in a batter (the crumble) in the baker’s oven was very widespread.” In 1942, the croustade was mentioned for the first time at the beginning of Gaston Combarnous’ novel entitled “Mamette”. Thus, the croustade, whose recipe varies according to the cook, was designated as the Clermont-Ferrand tradition. When we talk to him about bread, and crumbles Jean-Luc Llop becomes inexhaustible,: “I remember, the women made the stew and the baker, the dough, and they came to cook them. I worked all my life at the Fantasia bakery, I had the balls to be at work while people were going to party at the Radical all night and that I was working! “ But the friends were never far away: “You remember Christmas when we went to the baker’s son’s oven and drank champagne. People stopped to chat, and to eat treats was good.” And gradually the conversation deviates, too much to tell each other: “You remember when we borrowed the records from the Négociants cafe to boom in the cellar of a building on Arboras Street. Then we returned the records to the cafe through the director of the boys’ school nicknamed “White rabbit”. We were not proud! “
“A funny nickname for the teacher, but nobody forgot it, he was severe, he hit us on the fingers with his ruler, but he was fair.”
The only 2 CV in the neighborhood
The opportunity for Alex to remember the day he was forgotten in the school cupboard! And we still remember the Pioch ball: “It was crowded with people, when we had a drink we went through the little rue du upholsterer, we went up through the oven, there were so many people!” And to continue: “Do you remember Jo’s orange 2 CV? It was the only one in the neighborhood, what was it beautiful, he took us for walks in the neighborhood what were we proud of? ! “
It is late, we have so much more to tell each other, appointments made during the week to relive these special moments which marked a slice of life that everyone agrees to want to share.
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