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09-21-2013, 05:37 AM
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September 21, 2013 - Siege of Paris menus
 The "Siege of Paris" lasted from September 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871. No supplies of any kind were allowed to enter the city, and eventually there was no more meat or fresh vegetables in the city. Due to this shortage of food, Parisians were forced to slaughter whatever animals were at hand. Rats, dogs, cats, and horses were regular fare on restaurant menus. An example of a Latin Quarter menu from the time of the siege reads in part: * Consommé de cheval au millet. (horse) * Brochettes de foie de chien à la maître d'hôtel. (dog) * Emincé de rable de chat. Sauce mayonnaise. (cat) * Epaules et filets de chien braisés. Sauce aux tomates. (dog) * Civet de chat aux champignons. (cat) * Côtelettes de chien aux petits pois. (dog) * Salamis de rats. Sauce Robert. (rats) * Gigots de chien flanqués de ratons. Sauce poivrade. (dog, rats) * Begonias au jus. (flowers) * Plum-pudding au rhum et à la Moelle de Cheval. (horse) And then Alexandre Étienne Choron, the celebrated chef de cuisine of the restaurant Voisin on the rue Saint Honoré, created his legendary midnight Christmas dinner (1870), principally composed of the best parts of zoo animals: stuffed head of donkey elephant consommé roasted camel kangaroo stew bear shanks roasted in pepper sauce wolf in deer sauce cat with rat antelope in truffle sauce The menu's wines were Mouton-Rothschild 1846, Romanée-Conti 1858 and Château Palmer 1864. There was no longer any food to give to the animals, so they were going to have to be killed anyway (if that makes you feel any better about this!) The siege was lifted two weeks later.
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09-21-2013, 08:43 AM
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Still... maybe dont have a menu. ... maybe close the restaurant. Or go vegetarian. Blergh, that's grim. [/Sundae]
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09-21-2013, 08:58 AM
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Camel roasted in the English style?
Then again, the upper class Edwardians would eat anything if it stood still long enough. And probably shot it if it didn't. Including the servants.
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09-21-2013, 09:18 AM
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tri-continental dag hag
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(Oh and hey, I did attach a pic of the menu, but... still dunno how to make it show)
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09-21-2013, 10:18 AM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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It's showing for me, sandy.
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09-21-2013, 10:23 AM
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Showing in thread, but not on iotd page
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09-21-2013, 10:25 AM
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This is fixed... attachments don't show on the IotD page until I move them around.
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09-24-2013, 02:27 PM
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Where the fuck did France get enough kangaroos in 1870 to serve in restaurants?
Same place they got the elephants, antelopes, and bears, I guess.
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10-01-2013, 04:58 PM
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right, the zoo.
very limited menu.
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10-02-2013, 02:02 PM
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I wonder . . .
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Where's the monkey?
And the snakes?
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10-02-2013, 02:44 PM
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They wouldn't have lasted long enough to make it to the menu.
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10-02-2013, 09:58 PM
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Reminds me of today's Pearls Before Swine comic.
Goat to Pig: I'm off to see the Paris sights. Pig: That sounds horrid. Goat: Why?! Pig: Who wants to see parasites? |
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10-03-2013, 07:22 AM
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Professor
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Well, there sure wasn't a shortage of good wine on the menu!
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10-03-2013, 02:07 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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I guess the grapes survived the siege?
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