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Reading about the French retreat from Russia in November 1812, I was struck by a discussion about the starvation endemic in the French army. The author of the study I'm ready talks of how the most common (and often only) source of food for the retreating remnants of the Grand Armee was the meat from dead horses scattered along the side of the line of retreat. What struck me is how he then writes about how horse was an acquired taste for the Frenchmen and how they wrote home to tell their families of how horsemeat was acceptable when thinly sliced and fried in a little tallow with salt and pepper.
Are we not told that horse is a popular meat in France? In my travels in France, I have seen horse butchers - in fact, I believe that I inadvertently ate horse just outside of Dijon a few years ago.
It raises the interesting question - was the French taste for horse (if there is one) developed as a consequence from the retreat from Moscow????
Are we not told that horse is a popular meat in France? In my travels in France, I have seen horse butchers - in fact, I believe that I inadvertently ate horse just outside of Dijon a few years ago.
It raises the interesting question - was the French taste for horse (if there is one) developed as a consequence from the retreat from Moscow????