Yes, Fake News has been fake news, literally always. Marie Antoinette never said this, or any version of it. It first appeared in a book by Rousseau, as a quote attributed to "a great princess" thought to be Maria-Therese, who lived 100 years before Marie Antoinette. The book was published when Marie Antoinette was 11, before she even arrived in France.
Imagine thinking that Marie Antoinette was the victim. Her husbands personal feud had troops in the US and her personal indulgences angered a starving nation. Yup she was the victim in all of this.
Except that this argument also didn't hold water back then either. You still needed some flour to make it... And there wasn't enough even for that. That's how bad it was.
This is one my bread knowledge is actually useful on. Basically "brioche" bread comes in many forms, it'd be like saying you had some steak. If you make brioche with butter and milk, it's so tender and damn near a cake. If you make it like a peasant would, you'd be lucky to have enough flour and water to make a dough.
It'd be like if every single day you had to share some tough grizzled steak, and then the queen chuckled mid filet mignon bite asking why you don't like your meat.
Yes, Fake News has been fake news, literally always. Marie Antoinette never said this, or any version of it. It first appeared in a book by Rousseau, as a quote attributed to "a great princess" thought to be Maria-Therese, who lived 100 years before Marie Antoinette. The book was published when Marie Antoinette was 11, before she even arrived in France.
Jeez lady it's just a misquote, don't lose your head over it!
Imagine thinking that Marie Antoinette was the victim. Her husbands personal feud had troops in the US and her personal indulgences angered a starving nation. Yup she was the victim in all of this.
Except that this argument also didn't hold water back then either. You still needed some flour to make it... And there wasn't enough even for that. That's how bad it was.
This is one my bread knowledge is actually useful on. Basically "brioche" bread comes in many forms, it'd be like saying you had some steak. If you make brioche with butter and milk, it's so tender and damn near a cake. If you make it like a peasant would, you'd be lucky to have enough flour and water to make a dough.
It'd be like if every single day you had to share some tough grizzled steak, and then the queen chuckled mid filet mignon bite asking why you don't like your meat.