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CSCA - Alsace, Lorraine

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A L'ALSACIENNE   Designates the presence of choucroute (sauerkraut) or foie gras.  
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CHOUCROUTE   Sauerkraut made in Alsace from a local variety of cabbage known as the Chou Quintal.  
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CHOUCROUTE GARNI   A local dish using the sauerkraut cooked with various charcuterie products and flavored with juniper berries and served with horseradish (raifort).  
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ASPARAGUS   Both white and green are used throughout the region.  
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OIE   Goose. The Strasbourg goose is a variety of the Toulouse goose (a large race) customarily fattened with noodles.  
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PATE DE FOIE GRAS   Pate made with goose liver. Usually has a truffle in the middle.  
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PORCELET FARCI A LA PEAU DE GORET   Roast stuffed pig no more than 2 months old.  
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CHARCUTERIE   A general term which refers to pork products only. The range of charcuterie in Alsace is enormous.  
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CERVELAS   All pork lightly smoked, smooth sausage, red skin (originally containing pig’s brain – hence the name).  
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KNACKWURST   50% pork, 30% beef, 20% fresh pork fat, seasoned with salt and cumin then smoked.  
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BRATWURST   A sausage make of pork, beef and sometimes veal.  
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STRASBOURG   Bigger and thicker version of the frankfurter.  
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METTWURST   Mainly beef sausage with lean pork and fresh lard added to it.  
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LIVERWURST   Sausage made with cooked, pureed liver.  
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BOUDIN A LA LANGUE   Blood sausage with tongue.  
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PRESSKOPF   Hog headcheese, usually sliced, served cold with vinaigrette.  
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JAMBON EN CRUTE   Whole braised ham that is sliced and reassembled then wrapped in bread dough.  
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SCHIFELA   Shoulder of pork served with bitter turnips.  
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BOUCHEE A LA REINE OR VOL-AU-VENT   Puff pastry cases filled with chicken or ham with a creamy sauce.  
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BAECKEOFFE   Large chunks of lamb, beef, and pork marinated in Riesling and cooked with onions and potatoes (in the baker’s oven).  
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SPAETZLE   Similar to noodles; small curls of dough boiled and served with melted butter or fried golden in butter.  
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ZEWELWAI   Onion custard tart with cream, eggs and bacon.  
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TARTE FLAMBÉE   Kind of pizza made with cottage cheese, cream, onion, and bacon. Its German name is Flammekueche.  
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PRETZELS (BRETZELS)   Can be sweet or savory.  
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BIREWECKE   Rich bread made with dried pears, quetsche, prunes, figs, raisins, walnuts, lemon zest, cloves, and cinnamon  
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KUGELHOPF   Light yeast cake with raisins and covered with flaked almonds.  
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TARTE ALSACIENNE   Sweet custard tart with fruit.  
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KAFFEE KRANTZ   Coffee cake (brioche type of cake).  
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SCHWOWEBREDLES   Chopped almond biscuit flavored with rose water eaten at Christmas and shaped in Christmas trees, stars or wreaths.  
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PLUMS   – Mirabelle: tiny, yellow, round and sweet. – Quetsche: large, purple blue color.  
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CHEESE FROM THE ALSACE/LORRAINE REGION   Munster  
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MUNSTER   Soft, ripened washed rind cow's milk cheese with pungent smell.  
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WINES FROM THE ALSACE/LORRAINE REGION   Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Sylvaner  
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RIESLING   Wine of brilliant sweet/acid balance.  
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GEWÜRZTRAMINER   Distinctively spicy to smell and taste with flavors of rose petals and grapefruit.  
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SYLVANER   Ages very well and is crisp, light and fruity.  
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CREMANT D’ALSACE   Sparkling wine from the Pinot blanc grape.  
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OTTROTT AND MARLENHEIM   Red wines of the region.  
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EAU DE VIE   Water of life  
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KIRSCH   Eau de vie made from cherries  
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MIRABELLE   Eau de vie made from tiny, yellow plum  
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QUETSCHE   Eau de vie made from large, violet plum  
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GRATTE-CUL   Eau de vie made from rose hip  
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FRAMBOISE   Eau de vie made from raspberries  
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POIRE   Eau de vie made from pears  
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BIERE   Good beer is made in Alsace and Lorraine, mostly light beers, but a few dark; 90% of the production is exported.  
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QUICHE   Custard savory tart with bacon.  
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TOURTE A LA LORRAINE   Marinated veal and pork, bathed in a custard, and baked inside a crust.  
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OMELETTE LORRAINE   Eggs, cream, Swiss cheese, bacon and herbs.  
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BABA AU RHUM   Sweet cake that is an outgrowth of the Kugelhopf, doused in rum and set on fire.  
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MADELEINE OF COMMERCY   Small shell pastries made of sponge cake.  
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MACARONS   Small round meringue cookies.  
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BERGAMOTE   Pulled candy flavored with bergomote oil from the peel of a small acidic orange.  
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DRAGEES   Almonds coated with hard sugar.  
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GEROME   Same type of Munster cheese but made only in Lorraine.  
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FROMGEY   Cottage cheese eaten spread on bread and sprinkled with chopped onions and shallots.  
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VITTEL & CONTREXEVILLE   Natural non-bubbly spring waters.  
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WATERS FROM THE ALSACE/LORRAINE REGION   Vittel and Contrexeville  
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