Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France

by Jim Chevallier and Pierre Jean-Baptiste Legrand d'Aussy

OverviewGreen eggs were popular once, and long before Dr. Seuss, in France. Poached eggs were served with orange juice and spices. Easter eggs inspired not egg hunts, but loud, raucous processions. Cheese might be eaten with sugar and even cinnamon. Brie and Parmesan cheese were popular long before modern times. Butter could be preserved with salt, but also by being melted and put in earthenware jars.On fast days, when meat was forbidden, sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499394276
• ISBN13: 9781499394276
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"