Boulets à la Liégeoise balls are then cooked in a pan until golden brown before lowering the heat and letting the meat simmer in a sweet and sour sauce made from onions, vinegar, brown sugar, Liège syrup and Corinthian raisins. The sauce is called "sauce lapin" (literally "rabbit sauce"), not because of any rabbit in the sauce but after Madame Géraldine Lapin, née Corthouts, wife of Ernest Lapin (1868-1922), a tax collector in the suburbs of Liège. A true institution in brasseries and friteries throughout Liège, and known nationwide, this dish is traditionally served with French fries (it is then called "boulets-frites"), mayonnaise, and
French butter dish In the 1970s and 1980s, craft potters began producing and marketing the French butter dish throughout the United States at craft fairs and in art boutiques. "French Butter Dish" became the preferred name in the USA around that time and was later adapted by potters in Europe. By the end of the 20th century, French butter dishes became popular enough for manufactured versions to appear. French butter dish A French butter dish is a container used to maintain the freshness and spreadable consistency of butter without refrigeration. This late 19th century French-designed pottery crock has two parts: a base that