Stewed elephant and wayward balloons: The bloody story of Europe's last major siege
The story of Europe's last great siege, when Parisians swapped haute cuisine for stewed elephant The siege of Paris, the brutal denouement to the Franco-Prussian war, ended 150 years ago 28 January 2021 • 9:56am Anything edible was considered for consumption, including cats, dogs, and the zoo animals from the Jardin des Plantes Credit: Getty It was 150 years ago this week that Parisians could, at last, look forward to eating something other than cats, rats, dogs and camel rôti à l’anglaise. A ceasefire on January 28, 1871 ended the four-month siege – the last traditional, land-based ...
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