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[[File:Mont-Saint-Michel-2004.jpg|thumb|Sheep grazing the salt meadows around Mont Saint-Michel]] |
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'''''Agneau de pré-salé''''' ([[French language|French]]: "Salt meadow lamb") is a type of [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]] which was raised in [[salt marsh]] meadows of [[France]],<ref>{{cite book|author=J. P. Doody|title=Saltmarsh conservation, management and restoration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufDtvrHUi44C|accessdate=19 November 2011|year=2008|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4020-4603-2|page=60}}</ref> especially [[Mont Saint-Michel]] in [[Normandy]] and the Bay of the [[Somme (river)|Somme]] in [[Picardy]]. The sheep graze in pastures that are covered in [[halophyte]] grasses with a high [[salinity]] and iodine content,<ref>{{cite book|author=Hugh Johnson|title=A Life Uncorked|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4udotMkzxgC|accessdate=19 November 2011|date=1 March 2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-24850-2}}</ref> causing their meat to have a distinct taste that is considered a delicacy.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deKuNEwGvscC|title=Cattle may safely graze|work=[[New Scientist]]|date=March 17, 1988|issn=0262-4079|page=57}}</ref> |
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In 2006, salt marsh lamb raised in the area around the Bay of the [[Somme (river)|Somme]] received its own [[Appellation d'origine contrôlée|AOC]] certification.<ref name="FranceToday">{{cite web | url=http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2011/06/19/la_baie_de_somme.html | title=La baie de Somme | publisher=FrancePress | work=France Today | date=June 19, 2011 | accessdate=March 25, 2012 | author=Lascève, Agnès}}</ref> It can also be found, to a lesser extent, in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.<ref>{{citation|last=Keating |first=Sheila |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article4198041.ece |title=Food Detective: Salt Marsh Lamb|work=[[The Times]] Online|date=28 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agro.nl/nrlo/english/pdf/200010E.pdf |title=Bio-production and ecosystem development in saline conditions |publisher=The National Council for Agricultural Research |date=June 2000 |accessdate=November 19, 2011 |isbn=90 - 5059 - 113 - 2 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232831/http://www.agro.nl/nrlo/english/pdf/200010E.pdf |archivedate=April 25, 2012 }}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[French cuisine]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Meat]] |
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[[Category:Sheep]] |
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[[Category:French cuisine]] |
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[[Category:Picardy cuisine]] |
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