French

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mogette

[French] plural mogettes

The name used in Poitou and the Vendée for cocos, large white beans used in stews, ragoûts and cassoulets or just cooked in butter and cream.

moine

[French] plural moines

A name in Granville on the north coast for the angel fish, fiddle fish, shark ray, angel shark.

House sparrow. Extraordinary to think of these birds as being eaten, but in times of food shortages they might be braised or cooked on a spit. How fortunate we are not to have lived in such hard times.

moineau friquet

[French] plural moineaux friquets

Tree sparrow. Extraordinary to think of these birds as being eaten, but in times of food shortages they might be braised or cooked on a spit. How fortunate we are not to have lived in such hard times.