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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 05:51 AM
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Carcasonne Cassoulet

Looking for a restaurant when I can have cassoulet that does not inlcude duck or goose, any suggestions?

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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 06:41 AM
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You may want to bring a can of pork & beans with you then.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 06:43 AM
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Kate: You're missing the point somewhat.

There's other stuff to eat.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 07:14 AM
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You're kidding, right?
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 10:40 AM
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That would be like ordering a meatless hamburger.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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Spaghetti without pasta.

Salad without lettuce.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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A troll without a bridge
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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Sorry to have offended your gastronomical senses.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:48 AM
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Not so much offended, as asked for something that doesn't exist - like salad without lettuce. Cassoulet is made from confit of duck and/or goose. Without it, it isn't cassoulet.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Actually, cheap canned cassoulet has only pork in it. It is frankly an item that I like for a lazy meal when you want to just dump something in a pan and heat it up (even though I might often add chopped onions and grated cheese to make it completely unauthentic).

I don't think that such an item could be found in a restaurantt, though, and most certainly not in southwest France, unless some innovative chefs
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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...unless some innovative chefs are experimenting with seafood cassoulet, the same as has already been done with seafood couscous and seafood sauerkraut.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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Seafood sauerkraut? That sounds perfectly dreadful.
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Old Aug 21st, 2010 | 11:56 AM
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Oh, flying_kate, I did want to ask why youu do not want duck or goose? Fowl is generally a consensual item unless you are a vegetarian.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2010 | 08:07 AM
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and seafood sauerkraut.>>>

Jesus tap-dancing christ.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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Blech...
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Old Aug 22nd, 2010 | 08:47 AM
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It's quite popular in the Muslim community of Alsace.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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whether it is good or not, it is not cassoulet, right?
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Old Aug 22nd, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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No, we got a bit off track.

Cassoulet is a bean stew made with pork, duck and/or goose.
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Old Aug 22nd, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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In both Alsace and Germany I have had fish with sauerkraut. One has to rinse the sauerkraut a lot.

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