And here comes Stanislas again.
And yes since we owe him a lot of things, including in gluttony, a field in which he excelled I must say, his Statue of Nancy proves it, and she herself is a little “photoshopped” if I dare say. You know that Stanislas died at the age of 89 in 1766 and needless to say that at the time there was no dentist, and that in the evening of a gourmet life, and in particular a fan of sweet products, the Stanislas’ mouth was a vast dessert. Sorry Desert. Understand by that that our good king had no more teeth to chew. In particular the brioche, this good kouglof which he had made and which he could therefore no longer chew. Others speak of a Polish brioche with candied fruit. It wouldn’t be surprising. In short…
A practical invention for him, and greedy for everyone
Rather than taking small pieces, Stanislas got creative. He had the idea of pouring over his brioche this delicious Tokay wine that François de Lorraine, his predecessor in the Duchy of Lorraine sent him every year. A delicious sweet wine, made in Hungary and whose vineyard is also classified as World Heritage like Place Stanislas.
And so, having moistened his brioche with plenty of wine, Stanislas was able to eat it and drink his favorite wine at the same time. He would have called the result “baba” because he had just read the adventures of Ali Baba. As greedy as her father, Marie Lezsczinska asked Versailles for the same thing, which Stöhrer her pastry chef did for her, before doing it for the general public in her shop on rue Montorgueil and replacing Stanislas’ Tokay wine. by rum, cheaper…