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''Agneau de pré-salé'' ( French: "Salt marsh lamb") is a type of
''Agneau de pré-salé'' ( French: "Salt marsh lamb") is a type of lamb
Lamb or The Lamb may refer to:
* A young sheep
* Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep
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* ''The Lamb'' (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in his screen debut
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which was raised in salt marsh
A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is dominated ...
meadows of France
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, (especially Mont Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France.
The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is ...
in Normandy
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and the Bay of the Somme in Picardy
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) and parts of the UK and the Netherlands. The sheep graze in pastures that are covered in halophyte
A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. T ...
grasses with a high salinity
Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensionless and equal ...
and iodine content, causing their meat to have a distinct taste that is considered a delicacy.
In 2006, salt marsh lamb raised in the area around the Bay of the Somme was registered as an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC), followed by registration as an EU Protected Designation of Origin
The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union and the United Kingdom aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main ...
(PDO, French: Appellation d'origine protégée, AOP) in 2013 under the name ''Prés-salés de la baie de Somme''. In the same year also salt march lamb raised near Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France.
The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and i ...
was registered as PDO under the name: ''Prés-salés du Mont-Saint-Michel''.
Salt marsh lambs can also be found, to a lesser extent, in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The Gower Salt Marsh Lamb was protected under UK law as a PDO in 2021.
See also
*French cuisine
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