Mah studied andouillette, or a sausage made with parts of a cow or pig, including the intestines. She found it hard to stand the idea of the food at first, but was helped somewhat by learning the history of it. Mah discovered that in 1560, the French national army went to attack the town of Troyes and were routed by an unexpected, supposedly delicious, smell. "Royal soldiers breached the city walls and spread through the narrow cobblestone streets of the Saint-Denis neighborhood, where they suddenly halted en masse, drawn to the allegedly tantalizing aroma rising from the quartier's tripe shops. They lingered, stuffing themselves with andouillette, which gave the town's troops time to assemble and swoop to victory in a surprise attack."
