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Alkiro's carinvore test no.10 - Alsatian

Before anyone gets nervous, no Alsatians were harmed in this There were a handful of two legged 'Alsatians' involved in the preparation, though. I have promised to both share some samples of the Alsatian cuisine (here you go, Alkiro), as well as to find some sauerkraut dish there that I could stomach (this not being my staple, or in fact food I generally like).

So, like common in the series, with an appropriate comment on the meat content of each dish. And before I start in earnest - a disclaimer: not all the food was consumed in one sitting

Starting with some condiments, Alsatian style (I guess)

Continuing with some 'tapas' - the fish cakes and calamari rings may only be remotely Alsatian (not sure) but were both vegetarian and the best bet for our daughter The little hamburgers definitely had meat, but as they also contained ketchup, I consumed none

Some relatively typical Alsatian charcutterie. The ham was delightful - and that is saying something coming from someone who does not like cooked ham at all

Perhaps not typical of Alsatian cuisine but a tartare should not be missing from any balanced meal It even came with two distinctly vegetarian lettuce leaves as decoration

Next some fresh courgettes, with courgette flowers - the kind of dish that can easily turn me vegetarian for a meal or so



Now a distinctly carnivorous dish - some delectable bone marrow - in my defence, this was ordered and fully consumed by my wife

Alsace is also famous for its beer - at least I believe Strasbourg is - so the odd specimen needed to be sampled...

And some further meat - took forever for some reason but it was great. Came with Pua, to demonstrate to the little one, which cuts we were having

Followed by some krak (or sth of the sort). I know this may be called blasphemous but it tasted similar to a Frankfurter

Some more vegetarian food for Alkiro - your carnivore hypothesis is seriously suffering these days

Some foie gras - because you simply have to, in France

Some snails, with paprika ice cream - likewise Snails may be debatably vegetarian, no? Like otter used to be classified as fish in the Middle Ages, so monks could consume it on Fridays

Another helping of the courgettes...

Some more beer...

Some more snails - these of a distinctly touristy, fast food kind (but then sauerkraut had to be found)...

Wine - too. This was of the more humdrum kind but did my best to try the 50 great vintages of Alsace during my time there

And finally some foie gras on sauerkraut, Alsatian style. Certainly not the best use of the liver (and most certainly not the best I had) but a promise is a promise, and sauerkraut definitely tasted better this way



And to finish off, another vegetarian dish, simply for scientific accuracy purposes

All in all I cannot say what fraction was truly typical. It was generally - like mostly in France - very tasty and pleasant. Both the meat and non-meat dishes alike. And now looking back at it I see I did not take any dessert pictures - not sure why that was, as these tasted quite nice, too.

Food wise definitely worth a repeat visit