Wasn't that a fictitious country featured in 'Duck Soup' or a Three Stooges short?

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But at least one Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup skates through some economic territory their Marxist namesake would recognize.

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The old Pasteurella pestis, as we used to call it in those glorious primitive days when drugs worked, was duck soup for a half dozen anti-biotics.

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And this week, that territory feels pretty familiar: I hadn't remembered until I saw it again that Duck Soup, made in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression, begins with talk of an economic bailout.

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Best bets: heirloom squash and chestnut soup, coriander-seared duck breast with roasted parsnip and sweet potato sauce, pan-seared trout with sweet pea and corn pancakes.

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Think along the lines of Duck rillette, deviled Brussels Sprouts, pumpkin soup, citrus cured fluke and black Atlantic sea bass.

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The pea soup is fresh and light and makes a perfect segue to the duck breast.

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For my second try I braised the remaining racks of wild boar ribs, then cut them up and cooked them in a Chinese-style noodle soup, which would often contain chopped meats on the bone including pork ribs or duck or chicken.

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