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Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 26

Fèves au lard

Colouring illustration: Fèves au lard
An imagined, simplified bean dish; its final colour and consistency depend on preparation.

Fèves au lard are beans cooked slowly until tender. Family recipes may include molasses or maple syrup.

Look together

Can you find the beans in the dish?

An idea to try

Draw a plate and utensils. Your child explains how they would set a place for an imaginary guest.

For the adult reading along

A little more to discover

Here, fèves au lard names a baked-bean dish. The reference recipe uses dried white beans, salt pork, maple syrup and molasses. The beans are soaked before a long oven cooking time. These are the ingredients and method of one version among the recipes people use.

Find the small rounded shapes and distinguish them from the dish itself. Talk about patience: some foods require several stages before serving. Keep the activity simple by inventing a story about setting a table while an imaginary dish cooks.

Sources and context

These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.

Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.