Brandenburg cuisine Sauce Hollandaise" (asparagus with potatoes and hollandaise sauce). In the forested areas of Brandenburg such as the Schorfheide, and in the regions of Niederlausitz Fläming many dishes are featuring game and mushrooms. In well-yielding years an abundance of chanterelles, chestnuts and boletus can be found in Brandenburgs forests and therefore also on the menus of inns, guesthouses and restaurants. A very typical speciality of the region Niederlausitz are Plinsen which is a kind of pancake. Also in this region the famous linseed oil is extracted and used as an ingredient very frequently. For example one of the most famous dishes
French cuisine these sea mammals were eaten. Artificial freshwater ponds (often called "stews") held carp, pike, tench, bream, eel, and other fish. Poultry was kept in special yards, with pigeon and squab being reserved for the elite. Game was highly prized, but very rare, and included venison, wild boar, hare, rabbit, and birds. Kitchen gardens provided herbs, including some, such as tansy, rue, pennyroyal, and hyssop, which are rarely used today. Spices were treasured and very expensive at that time – they included pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and mace. Some spices used then, but no longer today in French cuisine are cubebs,