In old Moscow houses, you can sometimes see tin cans from cookies with portraits of the participants of the Patriotic War of 1812 (Kutuzov, Barclay de Tolly, Denis Davydov, Napoleon), with pictures depicting battles, soldiers and officers of various regiments, and also with the image of the fire of Moscow and the entry of the Russian army into Paris. These boxes were made in 1912, when the centenary of the war was celebrated. The jubilee was celebrated widely - with folk festivals, concerts, theatrical premiers. At the same time, a number of dishes and drinks appeared, in the names of which this topic was used. In Moscow, a new cake - puff and cream, cut in the form of triangles, was proposed, in which it was proposed to see the famous Napoleonic cocked hat, which became after the poems of Lermontov an obligatory part of the image of the French emperor: "It has a triangular hat and a gray camp-coat."
The cake was called "Napoleon", and this name remained after him until now, although it has long been no longer triangular, but, like all others, it is cut into rectangles.
Jubilee sensation is forgotten quickly. So the "Napoleon" cake quite soon ceased to be associated with the jubilee. There were other versions of its origin. The most common is the simplest: because, they say, it was Bonaparte's favorite sweet dish.
Another version is a whole novel about the ingenuity of the French emperor. One day my wife found Napoleon in his office, sitting next to a pretty maid of honor. The Empress quipped that the emperor whispered to the girl, and Napoleon answered that he was telling her about the cake he had invented, and immediately dictated the recipe for Napoleon.
There are also two original salads bearing the names of the Russian commanders of 1812 - Kutuzov and Bagration. Tradition ascribes their invention to those whose names they wear, although, most likely, they also have a jubilee origin. (Vladimir Muravyov "Moscow words, catchwords and expressions", Moscow, Algorithm, 2007)
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The cake was called "Napoleon", and this name remained after him until now, although it has long been no longer triangular, but, like all others, it is cut into rectangles.
Jubilee sensation is forgotten quickly. So the "Napoleon" cake quite soon ceased to be associated with the jubilee. There were other versions of its origin. The most common is the simplest: because, they say, it was Bonaparte's favorite sweet dish.
Another version is a whole novel about the ingenuity of the French emperor. One day my wife found Napoleon in his office, sitting next to a pretty maid of honor. The Empress quipped that the emperor whispered to the girl, and Napoleon answered that he was telling her about the cake he had invented, and immediately dictated the recipe for Napoleon.
There are also two original salads bearing the names of the Russian commanders of 1812 - Kutuzov and Bagration. Tradition ascribes their invention to those whose names they wear, although, most likely, they also have a jubilee origin. (Vladimir Muravyov "Moscow words, catchwords and expressions", Moscow, Algorithm, 2007)
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https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xyqrvetjmrgvnqsn
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