Poitou Charente Region - Food Specialties

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Fruits	Cantaloup of Higher Poitou, reinette "apple"
Vegetables	Beetroot "crapaudine": beetroot with a skin that looks like the skin of a toad (crapaud). Red onions of Niort, leek of Poitou, yellow onions of Poitou, "mogette" (haricot bean), marsh beans. Shallots "cuisse de poulet" (chicken leg): all the bulbs are gathered around a main bulb.
Meat products	White goose of Poitou, Parthenais beef, lamb of Poitou, lamb of Poitou, blood sausage of Poitou, pluck "poitevine".
Fish	Eel
Dairies	Butter of echire, caillebotte, chabichou, "tourteau fromager".
Drinks	Liqueur of Angelica
Sweet specialties	"Broyé"