Banquet for Louis XIV recreated at the Palace of Versailles

The Telegraph ^ | 1/21/2010 | Lee C Wallick

[bruinbirdman]

[P.O.E.]

Does that include the use of the golden toilet bowl?

[Oceander]

I understand Michelle "gimme, gimme, gimme" Obama is angling to have this do at the Whitehouse to "celebrate" their first year in their new 'House!

[celtic gal]

oh for Pete's sake..this is all the Dear Leader needs to see for his and the First Frump's next big dinner on Wed night..jeepers...

[James C. Bennett]

THIRD SERVICE

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Hard-boiled egg

LOL!

[Ciexyz]

Quel horreur, to flaunt such luxury in the midst of a recession. The peasants might revolt a second time!

[Brugmansian]

Iced cheese? What’s dat?

[Tomato lover]

Let them eat cake!

[BunnySlippers]

Love it!

[RummyChick]

how in the world did they eat a meal like that..do you just get a small portion..or just select one or two items from the service

[workerbee]

So, Louis used to eat like this every night? At 10 or 11 o'clock?

Gives me heartburn just thinking about it!

[wagglebee]

how in the world did they eat a meal like that..do you just get a small portion..or just select one or two items from the service

I've had several French dinners like this, they last about six hours.

[RummyChick]

what’s with the hard boiled egg..seems a little odd with such other fancy items. Do they fancy it up or is it just an egg in a dish or an egg stand?

[wagglebee]

I don’t recall ever having one with egg. But you will notice that the salad come after the meal and before the dessert, this is to aid the digestion.

[Beowulf9]

“I’ve had several French dinners like this, they last about six hours.”

Are you in the state department or something? Wow!

[RummyChick]

do you sit at the table for the whole six hours..or do you get up and go to a drawing room and then come back???

I can’t imagine sitting at a table for 6 hours eating all of that.

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep. It's not fast food.

Longest meal I've served was a 5 course meal that lasted about 4 hours.

You have to turn to Escoffier for inspiration for one like that.

/johnny

[Tainan]

...got beer?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Louis XIV had no aluminum foil, however :-)

[JRandomFreeper]

No, but gold and silver foil were readily available. Gold and silver can be pounded into foils thinner than paper and are edible. They are often used to decorate dishes such as the Beef madrilène with gold leaf spangles.

They didn't line pans with it. ;)

/johnny