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The Normande is a breed of dairy cattle from the Normandy region of north-west France. It is raised principally for its milk, which is high in fat and suitable for making butter and cheese, but also for its meat, which is marbled and good-flavoured. It is a world breed: it has been exported to many countries and is present on all continents.
This is a list of the cattle breeds considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French. The list includes breeds from the overseas territories of France.
Cattle breeds from the North Sea Coast, imported to improve the dairy potential of French breeds from the 18th to the twentieth century: Prim'Holstein, Bleue du Nord. Nordic branch: the Normande would have benefited from Viking livestock brought over in the 19th century, and the Vosgienne from cattle introduced by Swedish soldiers in the 18th ...
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Tripes à la mode de Caen. Tripes à la mode de Caen is a traditional dish of the cuisine of Normandy, France.. In its original form this dish consisted of all four chambers of a beef cattle's stomach, part of the large intestine (this was outlawed in France in 1996), [1] plus the hooves and bones, cut up and placed on a bed of carrots, onions, leeks, garlic, cloves, peppercorns, a bouquet ...
Jersey and Guernsey cattle are famous cattle breeds worldwide, especially to North America. Cider from Normandy. Turbot and oysters from the Cotentin Peninsula are major delicacies throughout France. Normandy is the chief oyster-cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France.
The Maraîchine (French pronunciation:) is a French breed of beef cattle. It originates in, and is named for, the Marais Poitevin, the marshlands on the Atlantic coast of the département of the Vendée in western France. [4]: 267 [5]: 247 [6]: 157 [7] The coat ranges from light to grayish wheat, with black mucosa.
The Villard-de-Lans, or villarde, is a French cattle breed native to the outskirts of the homonymous town in the Vercors mountain pass within the French Prealps.This wheat-colored cow was for many years used for agricultural labor, milking and meat production, before World War II and the industrialization of cattle breeds led to its decline.