Quiche Lorraine in Lorraine

Why was it maligned so? I'm really not sure. A good quiche is a hearty, manly meal that one could pack as one set off to work on something manly.

Here I am in Metz, in the Lorraine region of France eating a Quiche Lorraine. So powerful is the 'Lorraine that essentially it is the default quiche. If you've eaten a quiche there is an extremely high chance it was a Quiche Lorraine.

Why? Simple to make. Tasty. Classic. Contains bacon.

We were around the region (Ha! As if I wouldn't have detoured for this one anyway!) as we were visiting France and wanted to stick near the border of Germany to avail ourselves of the Christmas markets in Strasbourg. As is unsurprising with a border area the Lorraine region was once annexed and was German for a while. Actually probably a few times. You can still see the legacy of one such occurrence, from infrastructure works like the water tower near the station at Metz, the use of the Lorraine Franconian dialect in the region, the style of the cooking in the quiche – and indeed from the evolution of the very name of the dish from the German word "kuchen".