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Default Cassoulet Cooking for over 14,000 Days

On 7/31/2014 9:36 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:49:02 -0500, Tara wrote:
>
>> http://lecentralbistro.com/About.php
>>
>> "Le Central serves traditional French comfort foods such as Steak Frites,
>> Onion Soup Gratinée, Rack of Lamb Persillé and our cassoulet which has
>> been cooking for over 14,000 days. A hearty bean stew with tender chunks
>> of pork, sausage, and duck confit, Le Central's cassoulet gains its rich
>> flavor from simmering the savory remains of the previous day's stew with
>> fresh ingredients."
>>
>> I'd try it.

>
> Unlike Chinese master stocks, the probability of anything in the stew
> being more than 6 months old other than a maybe a milliliter or so of
> sauce is near zero.
>
> But I'm no cassoulet probability expert, I just play one on Usenet :-)
>
> -sw
>

Yeah but WHY?