(hi! I'm back from vacation and limited internet, finally! hoping to be more present now...)
Says SD that after Grumbkow's death, FW hired his cook. "Since then, we're eating better."
Aw, man. This made me laugh, but also is kind of poignant given what I have learned about FW's table :P
(Also, Champagne was really expensive, if you remember how difficult it must have been to transport those bottles on 18th century roads with 18th century transport means unbroken. So Grumbkow having access to enough Champagne to notoriously cook his ham in says a lot about just how wealthy he was, and you bet it wasn't by whatever FW paid him officially.)
Ohhhh! I would not have thought of that and that is interesting!
Re: Rottembourg's bribery attempts
Says SD that after Grumbkow's death, FW hired his cook. "Since then, we're eating better."
Aw, man. This made me laugh, but also is kind of poignant given what I have learned about FW's table :P
(Also, Champagne was really expensive, if you remember how difficult it must have been to transport those bottles on 18th century roads with 18th century transport means unbroken. So Grumbkow having access to enough Champagne to notoriously cook his ham in says a lot about just how wealthy he was, and you bet it wasn't by whatever FW paid him officially.)
Ohhhh! I would not have thought of that and that is interesting!