David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) > wrote:

> Gregoire Kretz > wrote:
> >
> > Alsace, the French region just at the border with Germany, isn't half
> > bad for that: why of course you'll want egg-noodles to go with the kilo
> > of choucroute, that's only a side dish to the kilo of diverse meet on
> > your plate.
>
> I promise I'm not being contrary, but my only experience of alsatian
> food I can think of was at Sandrine's in Cambridge, Mass. this January!

*faints*


> It was lunchtime, admittedly, but the portions were not at all
> outrageous. Now, is that a double or a triple irony?

I think I need a drink, now.


> They do choucroute, but I didn't order it. I started with yummy snails
> (served out of the shell in a snail pan)

Always a nice start, if only to horrify neighbours with the smell/sight.



> then a lobster omelette, which
> is perhaps the best omelette I've ever had-

Ah yes, lobster, perhaps the most traditional of local ingredients.
The sight of Alsatian fishing boats coming back to the harbour in the
early morning after a night of fishing in the deep seas is always
impressive. They're still going strong at it, even though some of the
locals diversified into oyster rearing to the point Strasbourg is
beginning to be a very important place for pearl trade.
Mind you they deserve it, they were hit so hard with the fishing quotas,
I mean, there's a reason bouillabaisse there is sooo expensive these
days...



Greg
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