Pural Flûtes

For over 100 years, Paris has been ranked among the top 5 most visited cities in the world. It was also one of the first cities with a metro. Paris's Métro is not the oldest metro in the world but the most beautiful. At least when you ask French people. Over 11 million people travel on a daily basis with the Métro below France's capital. In its more than 100-year old history, it has grown to 303 stations with a total of 385 stops. Each one is a small architectural testimony of its era. The Métro Paris is world famous for its station entrances in the ”Art Nouveau“. In 1899 a competition for the design of the entrance areas was advertised. These should contain a conspicuous and illuminated sign with the words ”Chemin de fer métropolitain“. However, none of the submitted proposals were able to convince the operating company. Thus the famous Art Nouveau architect, Hector Guimard, was asked for help. According to his plans, a total of 141 metro stations were built between 1900 and 1912. The entrances to the stations ”Abbesses“ and ”Étienne Marcel“ are probably the best known. The playfulness of Guimard's designs still leaves many of the younger stations looking boring and dull.

Route 1 of the Paris Métro was opened on the 14th of July 1900 at the World Exposition. Visitors were thrilled by the speed of the new underground. Back then as well as today only a few people can imagine how difficult it was to build the underground tunnels. Fulgence Marie Auguste Bienvenüe, the engineer and planner of the Métro, had numerous challenges to master. For example, he was supposed to dig as close to the surface as possible. However, this was made more difficult by the fact that the core city of Paris is just as densely built up below the surface as it is above ground level. Underneath the French capital lies a gigantic labyrinth of basement vaults and tunnels, catacombs and old quarries. During the planning phase of his tunnels, Fulgence Bienvenüe had to pay close attention not to get too close to these vaults. In addition to the risk of breaking into unknown cavities, he also had to deal with the rough interaction of his builders. Especially during the breaks, there was always a quarrel among them. Not infrequently, the belligerent workers hit each other with fists and tools. To avoid worse, Bienvenüe commissioned the bakers to bake a new kind of bread. It should be longer and thinner, so that it could be easily broken with the hands and eaten. This meant that no cutlery was needed and that the construction manager could forbid his tunnel workers from bringing knives to work. As popular as this story is among Frenchmen, the origin of the baguette was probably somewhat more unspectacular.

Even though the French do not like it, but the baguette was most likely invented by an Austrian baker who had moved to Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. Nevertheless, today it is a symbol of the French cuisine and way of life. Until 1986 its price was even regulated by law. In France it is still omnipresent today. A normal baguette weighs 240 g to 310 g and is about 55-70 cm long. However, there are several variants. One of the most striking is Flûte (flute), with the same weight it has twice the length but only half the thickness of a normal baguette. Baguette is served as a starter or side dish between Calaise and Marseille in each restaurant. Only as a snack for the couch it was always somewhat unmanageably.

Flûtes from Pural provides for organic nibbling fun in mini baguette size. ”Flûte“ means ”flute“ in French. Due to their particularly thin, braided bar shape, the Flûtes of Pural actually have a certain resemblance to flutes, but are much more delicious. The baked organic crispy sticks, which are based on wheat flour, pure butter and yeast, are available in three refined varieties. The Organic Flûtes Salt are classic and sophisticated: The pastry sticks are sprinkled with a pinch of salt and are therefore ideal for hearty nibbling fun during a TV evening. Those who like cheese, will love the Organic Flûtes Cheese. They are particularly good as an aperitif to elegant wine and antipasti. The Organic Flûtes Olive Rosemary have a Mediterranean touch: the addition of black olives and aromatic rosemary makes the crispy sticks dipped in yogurt or aioli a real treat. Enjoy the hearty nibbling experience with the Flûtes of Pural in a particularly filigree way.