Join my online French cooking classes : https://learn.thefrenchcookingacademy.com/p/get-started-with-french-cooking Discover the 5 Tips on how to make a perfect croque monsieur and get that Parisian ham and cheese toasted sandwich perfect every time.in this video I talk about the origin of the parisian croque monsieur and shed some light as what is the authentic recipe and how the old version from teh 1900 differs from today.if you ever wondered what the meaning of croque monsieur. it literally means "Bite mister!" however the verb "croquer" also suggest a crunch so it could be translated as mister crunch in english due the very crunchy nature of that toasted sandwich.support my work on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/frenchcookingacademyDiscuss this on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/frenchcookingacademy/The one and only cast iron dutch oven I use:http://amzn.to/2k7w5K7My favorite frying pan:http://amzn.to/2k4wIUx****************************Online food converter:http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking/****************************Website for text, print friendly recipehttps://thefrenchcookingacademy.com****************************To support the channel:Get the Cookware I am using and more:https://goo.gl/krYqny****************************