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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
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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 siege of a major European capital. No longer would Parisian restaurants be serving stewed elephant trunk at 40 francs a pound. Having pushed Paris to the edge, and shelled quite a lot of it, the Prussians had won. The Franco-Prussian war was over.
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