Posted on 06/18/2015 9:37:54 PM PDT by beaversmom
“served up naked on a silver dish”
Thus her name, ‘The Sprout of Brussels”.
Glad to be around for the 200th anniversary. The Napoleonic Wars is one of my favorite historical subjects. :)
Awesome pice of history to own.
This is really embarrassing, but I didn’t know about Wellington. And it’s explains a Woody Allen Movie joke I never got for more than 25 years until now :)
The movie had Napoleon in it and A general was complaining to a chef that his Beef Wellington had to taste better than the Napoleon dessert. I always wondered why they picked beef Wellington lol
lol! You and I are both newbies ‘cause I’m just finding out about him, too! I had heard the name, but I didn’t know any history. It just shows one is never too old to learn and have epiphanies even if just over a scene in a movie and/or a 200 year old battle and its participants. :)
Was it really? lol.
That’s gotta go for more than a mil.
Earlier tonight my FReeper friend informed me that the guards in England with the tall, fuzzy black hats are called the Grenadier Guards. I never knew that! My mom is English! How pathetic is that?
We will be there in a few weeks.
Very neat. Can you capture and share why it fascinates you? Interested to hear.
Because they are wearing the bearskins hats taken from the French at Waterloo.
Reminds me, I forgot to post an IMGUR thread here about the Grenadier Guards!
I dont remember if I ever knew the name :) And I consider myself a history buff lol. But mostly WWII. And not even the battles or weaponry really. Gee, what the heck DO i know!!
Time to buy some books. Even buying books is outdated lol.
And I had NO idea that those guards even had a name!
Oui. Lady Lamb was a real tomato as a young woman, Napoleon called her “Mon petite cabbage.” She didn’t carrot all for the nicknames, they left her steamed, and the irony is that she was run over on the left bank and remained a vegetable until her death in 1870, just as the Prussians entered Paris looking for shaven women and a good meal, something other than bloody sausages and kraut.
lol...well, don’t feel bad. You are not the only one. :) And we both learned some new things today. How cool is that?
lol..you are pulling my leg. And article says she died in 1828! Naughty!
An uncle just sent me a dozen puns and they’re stuck. Sorry!
I don’t hold a grudge. I forgive you. :)
“mud-streaked”? Couldn’t Sotheby’s at least had it cleaned before putting it on sale?
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