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in 1807, Larrey served horse as soup and as boeuf à la mode. At Aspern-Essling (1809), cut off from the supply lines, the cavalry used the breastplates of fallen cuirassiers as cooking pans and gunpowder as seasoning, thus founding a practice that carried on until at least the Waterloo campaign.Horse meat gained widespread acceptance in French cuisine during

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