What was this french food?!
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was it galettes de blé noir ? ie savory buckwheat flour crepes from the brittany region ?
otherwise, you need to be more precice (where were you? what id it taste like ?)
it could have been panisses or socca from the medeteranean region they are made with chickpea flour
all this is delicious ! and doesnt taste at all as strange as it sounds
You're not giving us much information to go by. It's flat and has pepper in it?
It very well could have been a crepe, but it's hard to say. A crepe is very different from North American pancakes. It's very thin, wide, and pliable -- and most importantly it also comes in many savoury varieties, so it's not just a dessert or breakfast item.
Most french crepes look like rectangles, and many of them are savory instead of sweet. I'm thinking that it may have been a crepe, such as a Black Pepper Crepe with goat cheese and tomatos, but, unless you know what the filling is, it's really difficult to figure out.
pate? head cheese? tartare?