How The French Revolution Changed French Cuisine | Let's Cook History | Absolute History

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  • čas přidán 27. 06. 2019
  • 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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Komentáře • 86

  • @madscientistshusta
    @madscientistshusta Před 5 lety +139

    Wow this is like what the history channel use to play before it became a reality ghost hunter/ancient aliens channel.

  • @shawnadyment
    @shawnadyment Před 5 lety +30

    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.

  • @LG-jb9zs
    @LG-jb9zs Před 4 lety +22

    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

  • @bcast9978
    @bcast9978 Před 5 lety +87

    Don't eat the French fish....

  • @alienbotanist
    @alienbotanist Před 4 lety +1

    Fantastically insightful. Thank you.

  • @zuryrox
    @zuryrox Před 3 lety +5

    It was "The king of cooks and the cook of kings" ( le roi des chefs et le chef des rois )

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig263 Před 2 lety +2

    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!

  • @wendistewart2774
    @wendistewart2774 Před 5 lety +10

    I doubt that the women sat with their elbows on the table that way.

  • @sharroon7574
    @sharroon7574 Před 5 lety +1

    Those last dishes had my mouth watering.

  • @msbrowngault
    @msbrowngault Před 5 lety +19

    🤗My grandmother had a 🍅tomato garden. I miss her 🌹

  • @patrickhicks9880
    @patrickhicks9880 Před rokem +1

    I read somewhere Napoleon had very basic taste in food

  • @anastasia10017
    @anastasia10017 Před 5 lety +15

    all these actors have terrible table manners.

  • @Kai-nd8kf
    @Kai-nd8kf Před 5 lety +1

    Great video👍

  • @alexl4516
    @alexl4516 Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @NDRogueElf
    @NDRogueElf Před 4 lety +35

    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.

  • @rogerlynch5279
    @rogerlynch5279 Před 4 lety +5

    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.

  • @mikebussy3334
    @mikebussy3334 Před 5 lety +18

    Alcohol before the battle, sounds like a good time, where the weed at?

  • @mickeykindley9885
    @mickeykindley9885 Před 3 lety +1

    Yep no elbows on the table!! That would get a not so subtle correction

  • @JoseSanchez-yb8wg

    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