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Food of the gods.
Every time we go to France to visit the better halfs parents, we always come back with sackfuls of the stuff. Of course it does help that both her uncles are butchers (and hunters).
Normally we get the fairly normal pork or wild boar varieties, but this time we happened across a fantastic market in the centre of Dijon where someone was selling 20 different types, including Donkey & Bull. Needless to say we bought a few planning on shocking our more sensible English mates. Interestingly though, the Donkey & Bull do in fact taste fantastic. They're obviously a lot stronger flavoured than the standard pork versions but I assumed they'd be fairly disgusting.
If you get the opportunity, definitely give them a try, they're perfect as a little aperatif snack and sliced very finely make a nice change from doritos and a pack of KP.
Every time we go to France to visit the better halfs parents, we always come back with sackfuls of the stuff. Of course it does help that both her uncles are butchers (and hunters).
Normally we get the fairly normal pork or wild boar varieties, but this time we happened across a fantastic market in the centre of Dijon where someone was selling 20 different types, including Donkey & Bull. Needless to say we bought a few planning on shocking our more sensible English mates. Interestingly though, the Donkey & Bull do in fact taste fantastic. They're obviously a lot stronger flavoured than the standard pork versions but I assumed they'd be fairly disgusting.
If you get the opportunity, definitely give them a try, they're perfect as a little aperatif snack and sliced very finely make a nice change from doritos and a pack of KP.
Here's some great saucisson from a fantastic artisan butcher in deepest France http://www.gresard.fr/achat/index.php?catid=3 . Not sure if they deliver to the UK - I buy from charcuterie direct!
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