I love the Salon de l’Agriculture. Where else can you admire the spectacle of a nursing sow, meet a prize-winning pigeon, and wash down your Meat Cone with a glass of Champagne?
I mostly love the Salon because of the butts. Or the tails, to be precise. I never dreamed, while combing my My Little Pony so many years ago, that such styling was even possible. Below you’ll find a selection of my favorites from the 2010 salon.
Best Butts at the Salon de l’Agriculture
The Black & Tan
The Donatella
The Mullet
The Poor Bastard
So there you have them - my favorite butts of 2010. Now here’s a bit more about the Salon de l’Agriculture…
In Paris, and down at the farm
Two years ago, I accompanied a sheep farmer and his family to the Paris Salon de l’Agriculture. I was not excited to go. I reasoned that if I wanted to experience livestock and their attendant aromas, I could have stayed in Kansas.
In truth, this annual salon is nothing like I’d experienced back in the American Midwest. For starters, there is no accompanying rodeo. In its place, the Paris version allows you to taste some of the best food and wine in France. I almost fainted, upon entering the food hall on that first visit and seeing the bounty of France spread out before me.
Food and beverage producers—more than 1,000 of them—are brought in to sell and share their wares, and almost all offer samples. I staggered through stalls in a daze, accepting a slice of Basque brebis (sheep’s milk cheese from the Pyrenees), tasting a sliver of sausage from the Auvergne region, and washing that down with a shot of artisanal pear cider from Normandy. In addition to these nibbles, there’s a food court of sorts, with 38 restaurants selling more substantial portions of food from all corners of France. You’ll find everything from crêpes to coq au vin, plus artisanal beers from the North of France that will restore your faith in French breweries. Those who prefer wine can drink themselves silly at the hand of hundreds of vignerons (winemakers). In short, this is an amazing food and wine festival smack dab on top of a livestock fair.
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I’ll hop over to the Budget Travel site in a moment, but had to comment here that I love the photos and captions, hahaha!
I have been to the National Western Stock Show too many times in Denver to really want to go again (although since it has been a few years and I am a bit nostalgic these days I might check it out just once more) so I know what you mean about not really wanting to do the whole Agricultural Show thing, but wow! The French twist on it all sounds wonderful, what with the fine food and beverages! Very cool! Artisanal pear cider would go down a *lot* better than Coors Light, for sure, lol. Hmmm, it is until the 7 of March eh? A couple more days to go… I am not sure if I could drag my significant other to something like this with only a couple of days to go (something like this would require more strategizing to get him to go), but now that I know about it, maybe next year.
Hilarious!
i have always wanted to go to the salon de l’agriculture. i am so going next year. love the photos and captions- tres drole.