How The French Revolution Changed French Cuisine | Let's Cook History | Absolute History
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The French Revolution in 1789 had a major impact on French society, as it meant the end of an era of absolute monarchy. Old ideas of hierarchy and power were replaced by new ones, including the emergence of the bourgeoisie. Of course, these social changed left its trails in the culinary world. As is shown in this episode, Paris was the birthplace of the first restaurants where the Nouveaux Riches wined and dined.
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Wow this is like what the history channel use to play before it became a reality ghost hunter/ancient aliens channel.
This channels popularity is proof that the people still hunger for legitimate,intriguing, and insightful accurate depictions of our past.
Really gives ya hope, like we arnt doomed after all!
No we are still pretty fucked. That is until most of the boomers are gone. My generation seems to be remembering history and do not want it repeated. It's only the loud minority who think socialism is a good thing.
The Hillbilly Channel went downhill with Ice Road Truckers and has sucked ever since.
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I blame Tiger King
🤗My grandmother had a 🍅tomato garden. I miss her 🌹
Way to go minimizing the Great Famine (Irish Potato Famine) and British involvement. The absentee British landlords continued to export food from Ireland so Europe had no problems while the Irish starved.
I agree, though this is not the topic of the video, I think out of fairness to the Irish the reason the potato harvest caused such mass famines was indeed the fact that the land had to supply to the English, food it couldn’t produce. Potato harvest was destroyed, farmers had no money, landlords demanded payment, farmers and families were thrown off the land, hungry, broke and devastated. We know the English aristocrats were the reason for the starving Irish. Thank God, many came to Canada and America. We were blessed by their coming, in every way. I think this truth should be made public. Documentaries should be produced to inform the world about this truth. It is long overdue. It is not an embarrassment to the Irish, but a fact, and the truth must be made known.
There it is again "hungry Irish boy" 😆 let's hear about the potatoes getting sick again
@@elizabethwatt8131 Oh Lizzie, those boys just want you to feel sorry for then, so you will "throw them a bone"
The potato famine happened nearly 200 years ago and was caused by blight and the ignorance of the people about crop rotation. Many other rural dwellers throuhout Europe (England included) suffered from famine, not just the Irish. Recent research has shown that the amount of food exported from Ireland during the famine has been exaggerated for political reasons. I suggest that you get over your victim complex and concern yourself with more with recent events rather than dwelling on the not very recent past
@@candy9986 Every nation has blood on its hands. What about the blood of native Americans on Irish emigrants hands to say nothing of their lands stolen from them? Given the large number of Irish Americans that must account for a lot of blood and acres.
The Fresh Revolution.
But it's only wafer thin
So the diner says “Fuck off I’m full.”
wow they completely skipped the revolution
@Sheila T. yes and The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French took place on Sunday December 2, 1804 at Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. making the enddof the revolutionary period although sum say it was in 1799 when the Napoleon returned to Paris and overthrew the Directory in November 1799 by ether measure the revolution is over by the time this program begins
Don't eat the French fish....
...its Poisson.
Brandon lol good one!
Brandon 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That made me laugh way more than it should have XD
Gr8 m8 I give 8/8.
@Jose Raul Miguens Cruz
Estás en pedo!
the irish famine was manufactured mostly by the english. there was a potato famine but they wouldn't have been hit so hard if not for the english
And they did similar to India about a hundred years later
They will never tell the real truth of the IRISH FAMINE.
That sucks
I love the shade at the end of this doc. "Dining tables would bear the weight of abundance, quality would often be absent however." as they show illustrations of pre-packaged foods such as Dole. So funny.
I read somewhere Napoleon had very basic taste in food
all these actors have terrible table manners.
isn't that how they are trained?
Former commoners turned noblemen having bad table manners? Pretty accurate if u ask me
Despite the English language voiceover, I think this series is French Most of the interviewees are French and there is an emphasis on France (The Roman one talks about Gaul a lot). Nuff said. If you have ever had the misfortune to live in France, you will know what I mean.
I was looking for this comment 🤣
It was "The king of cooks and the cook of kings" ( le roi des chefs et le chef des rois )
Perfect , parfait
A nicer end to this clip might have been the mentioning of the SACHER CAKE, Metternich had let created by Demel to celebrate the end of the famous Congress of Vienna. The BAVARIAN CREME instead of the BUTTER CREME was made fashionable this way. Yes the SACHER CAKE is indeed an example for your ending remark. After all the Napoleonic Wars had impoverised Europe.
Torte.
Our world today is so used to globalisation that the idea of a certain food being new to a city but common in another city in the same country (the tomatoes coming to Paris) is SO strange!
During the 15th and 16th centuries the French were influenced by the progressing culinary arts in Italy. Much of this happened because of Catherine de' Medici (a Florentine princess) Italian cooks were light years ahead of French culinary specialists.
Italian inovation
With the arrival of Catherine, French cuisine slowly moved away from silk-road spices (cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg) and turned towards garden herbs (rosemary, sage, oregano, basil). Caterina recommended that savory and sweet flavors be separated (during medieval times, sweet and savory had shared the same plate) and rather than smothering food with spices, French cooks attempted to enhance natural flavors instead.
Soon, meat was served in its own juices and fish was served in sauces that were created with fish stock.Other Italian dishes that Caterina introduced to France include Spinach, Crêpes, Soup d’Oignon, Macaroons and Béchamel sauce.
Caterina loved spinach so much that she insisted it be included in every meal and even today, any dish with spinach in it has become known to the French as ‘Florentine style’.
Crêpes or Crespelle?
The famous French delicacy ‘Crêpes’ takes its name from the Crespelle alla Fiorentina - in Renaissance times it was known as pezzuole della nonne (literally, “grandmother’s cloth”) unlike the French habit of eating crêpes sweet - Italians stuffed them with Ricotta and (you guessed it) spinach!
Carabaccia was another of Caterina’s favorite Tuscan dishes. This unique onion soup is found in French cuisine today under the name ‘Soup d’Oignon’.
Duck à l’orange was much appreciated at the Medici court in Florence - Catarina’s chefs brought this dish with them from Italy. In Florence, the orange duck was known as Papero al Melarancio.
Macarons
Colorful, soft, and delicately flavored, macarons are perhaps one of the most famous and treasured French desserts. But these delicious treats are actually Italian!
Macarons were created by Italian monks in the Middle Ages. Caterina’s pastry chefs brought the Macaron to France from Italy, where they had been produced in Venetian monasteries since the 8th century.
Béchamel Sauce
Salsa Colla (“glue sauce”) was the Italian prototype of Béchamel Sauce. In Renaissance times, the common population did not have the luxury of modern refrigeration and therefore they rarely used milk in their recipes since it spoiled quickly. Only the noble-born families could use milk in their sauces, so it is very plausible that Caterina’s chefs did indeed bring Béchamel sauce to the French kitchen. During Caterina’s reign, bread was replaced as a thickener by the lighter roux, flour and butter combined with a meat stock. The roux still remains part of the repertoire of French chefs today.
The Italian princess Caterina di Medici is frequently (if not always accurately) credited with introducing Italian cuisine and dining innovations to France via the Italian cooks who followed her there.
How influential was Caterina?
While many historians argue as to whether Caterina was really that pivotal to furthering the evolution of French cuisine, it is not possible to deny the gastronomic mark she left on her adopted home countries culinary culture.
In addition to leaving her stamp on fashion and society (thanks to her we have high heels and underpants), Catarina’s philosophy of dining became wildly popular among the wealthy upper-classes, and her favorite ingredients (spinach, garlic, caviar and truffles) became central to the French palette.
Caterina started a Renaissance trend of perfection in culinary service in France. Her court introduced refinements in table etiquette, sophisticated utensils, and a complex dining ritual that was further elaborated over the following centuries, turning the French dinner table into a mesmerizing art of beautiful presentation and contemporary flavors.
Pwhahahaha j'adore vos mensonges, les historiens ont déjà tranché la question : non la Cathy n'a jamais influencé la cuisine française.
This is classic. The French always doubt the influence of Italian cuisine and brand it as lies or sacrilegious!!!! However Escoffie in his biography and cook books credit the Italians. It was indeed a Royal wedding and Queen from Italy that A) influenced how food was served in courses rather than gorging on buffets and B) as the gentlemen states influenced cuisine and ingredients introduced. This isn’t myth, it’s fact that some French cannot admit to levels of denial that rivals Trumps BS that he won the last election!!
Poor frenchies…….
I doubt that the women sat with their elbows on the table that way.
Wendi Stewart Maybe they do in France? Maybe that's only considered rude in North America and Britain.
@@theheartoftexas
I am pretty sure that was considered rude most places in Europe... The Frence Court hasn't been known for good manners by people who where beyond reproach, while revolutionary france prompted people much above the training of their childhood.
Not that actors aren't mistaken.
this is a doc about early 19th century food not revolutionary food whichwas in the 18th century
My thoughts exaclty
at the very least the title is a title misleading
Just me or that man looks like younger trump
26:25
Lol people dying in the streets of Moscow from hunger and the tsar is busy commissioning vane art on the food he will likely never eat!
Lol
@Sheila T. sadly for the Russians they were part if the majority of revolutions where things get worse then they were before.
Like North Korea or Cuba......little kimmie is eating way more than anyone in North Korea could dream of and Raul Castro is gettin' a spare tyre fromthe sumptuous eating habits he's learned since the revolution. Posing in his combat boots repeating over and over, 'el estado, lo soy!'
I was with my therapist took me to my past life and I was this guy I past away in a burning restaurant I tried to save some people and I died sophistry with the smoke I was no more the 50 years old I'm a chef in this incarnation really wired feeling
I’m a bit disappointed Soyer wasn’t mentioned ! But very good nonetheless
Yep no elbows on the table!! That would get a not so subtle correction
Now I'm hungry
Great video👍
Are there perhaps any books about apple marking in France and Arab you could refer me to?
I can’t seem to find much about it on the internet except for the fact that it’s something they do in Japan in this day and age.
Narrator pronouncing it "thighm" instead of "time".
Fantastically insightful. Thank you.
Those last dishes had my mouth watering.
🤔Which is the correct title?
French Revolution "Food", or French Revolution "Feast"?😕
it is rather about the napoleonic era than the french revulotion
@@marcusfridh8489 thx
What a boring show here
I don't care how rich or refined one is, all those dog gone clothes in the heat had to be stinky during those fancy dinners.
Interesting
Tried watching this but the inaccuracy of this just could not stomach. Case in point White Tennis shoes in the 18th Century? Since when? About piling food on your plate! Come on you are supposed to act as a royal and not as a starving peasant girl heapping 1/3rd of the dish on your plate, the attire would have made the actress barf after the 2nd heaping spoon, and then eating before anybody else??? It's called "Off with her Head". I believe the actors should have been briefed, educated, on 18th Century dining etiquette as well as women's footwear.
That girl heaping the veal on her plate didn't show much restraint.
19th century
Alcohol before the battle, sounds like a good time, where the weed at?
At that time? Most likely at the apothecary.
Waayy too many commercials!! I am so disappointed because I'm really interested in this video and probably your others, too. Unfortunately, I have to unsubscribe if they're all like this.
Fast forward & then replay
33:54 come on Mr. Cameraman.
The table manners, settings, and servings are all wrong.
People didn't lift their plates to be served and they didn't serve themselves.
They also didn't hold their knives while biting off of their forks. The proper etiquette is to place the knife at the top of the plate after cutting each bite.
Eating was time consuming for multiple reasons.
They would've been better off with pictures and drawings than reannactments lol
@@LDNALW sorry but no. Etiquette classes as well a history major would say otherwise but cool of you to comment 😄
@@LDNALW okay 👍
A Lowndes-Watson Sorry but I have to agree with bethebong on this. The documentary starts out in the early 1800's. At that time the French were still using "service a la Francaise", the table would have been covered with dishes. Guests serving themselves from one platter set down on the table to their left has never been considered proper. The practice of a waiter serving a guest from a platter is considered "Hotel Service". The practice of a guest serving themself from a platter held by a waiter is reserved for stately homes only. The French used the "North American" manner of cutting food and switching fork to right hand up until after 1853, when a French etiquette book told them to stop doing that. The "European" manner was adopted after that. This is why North American's still retain this style, either the French etiquette book wasn't translated to English, or the North Americans did not wish to be "Europeanized", lol, kind of like the metric system.
@ 14:56 gypsy??
First