Les Leftovers
sort of a food history blog
Friday, December 6, 2013
Killing Pegasus: a history of horse meat in France
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During the siege of Paris by the Prussians (1870-1871),Victor Hugo invited a friend to a dinner. When she canceled, he sent her the followin...
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Getting drunk in Medieval France
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This is one of several posts on drink in the Middle Ages. The others are: Stumbling through history towards beer Beyond wine, water and ...
Friday, November 22, 2013
Lamprey, fish ponds, and carp
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The lamprey is a particularly repellent fish which lives by sucking (literally) the life blood out of other fish. It was also long a delicac...
Saturday, November 16, 2013
The great Medieval water myth
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This is one of several posts on drink in the Middle Ages. The others are: Early Medieval French wine Stumbling through history towards b...
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Friday, November 8, 2013
A matter of courses
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In a nineteenth century novel, a character says "For your sake I have endured the Nibelungen Cycle from soup to nuts—or I should say, ...
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