Canada thumbs nose at Europe by eating seal meat

Eating seal is illegal in Europe. But a New York Times piece today says that’s far from the case in Montreal: Across town, at Les Îles en Ville, Andrée Garcia, an owner and chef, has elevated seal from an occasional specialty to a regular feature. The most frequent preparation there, Ms. Garcia said, is a ...

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Eating seal is illegal in Europe. But a New York Times piece today says that's far from the case in Montreal:

Eating seal is illegal in Europe. But a New York Times piece today says that’s far from the case in Montreal:

Across town, at Les Îles en Ville, Andrée Garcia, an owner and chef, has elevated seal from an occasional specialty to a regular feature. The most frequent preparation there, Ms. Garcia said, is a filet-mignon-style cut of seal that is pan-seared, then roasted briefly in the oven and finished with a cranberry sauce.

Looks like the blubbery animal is becoming quite the anti-Europe symbol these days. A lot of French nationals are coming from far and wide to feast on charismatic megafauna, too. And nobody has yet managed to top the eating of a raw seal heart as a political statement.

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Brian Fung is an editorial researcher at FP.
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