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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Chapter 21 Cassoulet, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 21: Cassoulet


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Answer Key

1. The origin of the cassoulet is Languedoc, Southern France.
2. The language of Southern France is the Occitan Language.
3. Cacolet is the cassoulet's name in its original language.
4. Castelnaudary is the Cassoulet Capital of the World.
5. Elizabeth David wrote "French Provincial Looking."
6. The Festival of the Cassoulet was held for the first time in 1999.
7. The cassoulet was first made in Castelnaudary in 1355.
8. The Hundred Years War was a series of conflicts between the kings of England and France over possessions of large areas of French territory.
9. Edward of Woodstock was the son of English King Edward III.
10. The campaigns in Aquitaine and Languedoc were called "The Great Raid."
11. The Black Prince was Edward of Woodstock.
12. The haricot beans in the cassoulet come from the New World.
13. The Hundred Years War is remembered in Britain by the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
14. The Hundred Years War is remembered in France by Joan of Arc and the battle victories in 1429 and 1453

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