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Marie Antoinette Diet

Question: Marie Antoinette’s height, weight, hair-colour and more?

I have been searching but can’t find these pieces of info about Marie Antoinette. What was her height, weight, eye-colour, hair-colour, diet?

Tell me as much as you know! <3
Thank you~!

Answer: i read she had more strawberry blonde hair. blue-gray eyes. and if i'm not mistaken, she measured 109cm at the bust and 58cm at the waist. so she was obviously thin for such a large bust.

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Du Barry Soup

Question: A good recipe for Creme du Barry soup?

I used to go to a cafe that made fantastic creamy, thick, tasty Creme du Barry soup. I had a go at making it one christmas & everyone liked it… but it just wasnt the same. The cafe one had a thick white almost sauce like consistency.

Anyone know a good recipe?

(Creme du Barry – a cauliflower, & chicken soup)

Answer: Potage Creme Dubarry

This creamy soup gives the humble cauliflower sophisticated status

prep time 10 mins

cooking time 45 mins

1 cauliflower

4 tablespoons of butter

1 ½ tablespoons flour

2 ½ cups chicken stock

1 onion peeled and chopped

2 medium egg yolks

2 / 3 cup double cream

grated cheese

nutmeg

salt and pepper

garnish with snipped chives

Trim the cauliflower and break into florets.

Cook gently in boiling salted water for 5 mins, drain and set to one side.

Melt the butter in a large pan and add the flour cook for 1 to 2 mins.

Stirring all the time then remove from the heat.

Add the chicken stock and onions return to the heat.

Stirring constantly bring to the boil then simmer for 20 mins.

Allow to cool, add the cauliflower and blend.

Return the soup to the pan and reheat.

Lightly beat together the egg yolks, cream and a little of the cheese to taste.

Stir in a little of the soup then add to the soup in the pan.

Gently cook until thickened season with salt and pepper and grated nutmeg.

Garnish with the snipped chives.
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This is a great recipe, usually when i make it I forget one ingredient and it still taste good, that might be why yours did not have the colour and consistency that you got from the Cafe you had previously eaten it at.

Marie Antoinette Bread

Question: did marie antoinette really say let them eat cake?

i was wondering if instead of her saying let them eat bread that she said let them eat cake??

Answer: Marie Antoinette is probably the most mis-quoted woman in history. she actually said "let them eat brioche" and meant to open up the royal breadstores to the peasants. "brioche" was the only type of bread she ever knew, a very fine light type of stuff; which was very badly mistranslated as "cake," so when she said this, she was offering the royals' surplus of bread to the peasants.

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