2147: A Parisian Menu with Actual Zoo-Animals Oct 31, 2020

It didn't have to be Halloween to enjoy "Cat à la Rat", or "Wolf's Leg, with venison sauce". The French are known worldwide for their fancy gourmet foods—snails and frogs notwithstanding—but there is a Parisian menu from 1870 that shows zoo animals on it. This, as a historical record, shows the way in which people reacted to the Franco-Prussian war, the siege on Paris, and the starvation it caused. Some more items include Elephant Soup, Kangaroo Stew, Stuffed Donkey Head, Antelope Terrine, and English-Style Camel...