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Do you (really) know our French recipes?

2021-02-20T06:13:43.779Z


QUIZ - "Breadcrumbs", "bif roast", "grenadines" ... Do you know the meaning of these words? Check it out with this tantalizing test.


You just have to hear them say to make your mouth water:

"Mother carp à la Chambord"

,

"pig's trotters à la Sainte Menoux"

,

"veal chops in surprise"

... Gourmet, elegant or enigmatic (think to

"the peasant slice"

, or to

"the fatty pork hure in a balloon"

), the words of French gastronomy deserve to be honored.

This is what the editorial staff offers you today, thanks to the

Dictionary of the desire for good food

,

with the musical recipes of Le Festin joyeux (1738) by J. Lebras

(Honoré Champion Éditeur, 2011), written by Alan Jones.

»READ ALSO - Only a chocolate lover will have a 10/10 in this test

In this tasty work, we learn that

"the hure",

designates the "head of the boar, the pig", and by extension,

"wild animals and fish with elongated heads"

.

It is also a

"preparation based on pieces of head (of wild boar, pork), tongue, ham bound by jelly"

.

The author also tells us the origin of our greatest culinary classics.

Mussels”

, “

mayonnaise”

, “

lentils

” ... Do you know the story behind these dishes?

Check it after this

Figaro

test

.

Source: lefigaro

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