Seasonal produce
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Octopus
Due to intensive fishing, octopus production has fallen
Octopus is a cephalopod mollusc (like squid or cuttlefish) dating from the Cambrian period (from the Greek word polypus, meaning several feet).
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"Pied de mouton" or hedgehog mushroom
A wild mushroom with abundant, firm flesh and a mild flavour
The hedgehog mushroom or "pied de mouton" in French (hydnum repandum, hydnaceae family, basidiomycete class, from the Greek ûdnon, meaning "tuber", referring to its dented look)
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German sausages come in many flavours
Diverse and varied, they play a key role in German cuisine
Sausages have been known since Antiquity ; Homer already referred to them in the Odyssey (8th century BC).
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Brie de Meaux - a "cheese patisserie"
This cheese created more than a thousand years ago is served at the best tables
Already a feature of Charlemagne's table, this famous cheese from the "Pays de Brie" was acclaimed the "king of cheeses"
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Bavarian beef is top quality
This cattle breed is much appreciated for its tasty, marbled meat.
The Simmental breed (linked to the Red mountain cow) is native to the Simme valley (from Simme, name of the Swiss river and tal meaning "valley")...
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Ficus carica or the "Paradise" tree
A symbol of the Mediterranean, it is known for its foliage and delicious fruit.
While the Egyptians saw a "tree of Paradise" in the fig tree, with fruit (called sycones) supposed to nourish the dead in the afterlife...
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