Temporarily in prison, this public health official and agronomist was forced to eat something known in his native land as animal feed and even the cause of a loathsome disease. Subsequently, he cleverly promoted this item, to the extent that a couple of dishes incorporating it are named for him, along with a stop on a famed urban transport system. Who was he, what food did he help popularize, and can you describe the dishes?

Baloo55th

Antoine Parmentier was a PoW fed on spuds, and decided he liked them and that everyone else was going to like them too. http://www.soupsong.com/zjul02.html There is Omelette parmentier - which is fairly simple and obvious, and Hachis parmentier - a meat and potato pie, and the Potage parmentier - a soup with spud and leek (yuk!), and other things too, just put spud in it and call it parmentier. Apr 07 06, 5:33 AM

lanfranco

Splendid, Baloo. A yay! Potatoes with leeks are lovely! And Hachis Parmentier makes a very good comfort food. Apr 07 06, 9:29 AM

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