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Meal families

Desserts

Rabote picarde

France.Apple coated with puff pastry.

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Salads

Pasta salad with neapolitan sauce

Neapolitan sauce : tomato sauce with garlic, herbs (basil, oregano, parsley), olive oil, onion, pepper and salt.

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Rabbit

Rabbit a la provencale

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Cheeses

Clothbound Cheddar

Cheddar coated in butter or lard and wrapped in additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Offal and tripe

Tripous

Aveyron speciality.
Dish made with small strips of veal, usually rolled in sheep pansette (usually lamb) and tied with twine. Cooking in a veal stock with salt, pepper, white wine, carrot and tomato.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Langoustine with white asparagus

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton chops with bacon

English-style : with bacon.

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Cheeses

Fougerus

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened and bloomy rind cow's milk cheese dressed with a fern leaf.

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Others

Jambon-beurre

France.
Ham sandwich with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, spread with butter (with or without salt) and filled with slices of ham, often pickles.

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Main meals

Chicken gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : vegetable stew (celery, onion, pepper) with a thick and very fragrant broth to which seafood (usually crab, shrimp or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken and smoked meat : andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Usually served with rice.

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Sauces

Mayonnaise

Oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper. Sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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