Le RETOUR DES HUÎTRES. - J'en mangerais douze douzaines..... et dire qu'il y a des gens assez.... mollusques pour ne pas aimer les huîtres..... - C'est qu'ils n'ont pas d'amour propre!...
Le RETOUR DES HUÎTRES. - J'en mangerais douze douzaines..... et dire qu'il y a des gens assez.... mollusques pour ne pas aimer les huîtres..... - C'est qu'ils n'ont pas d'amour propre!...
Title (alt.):
THE RETURN OF THE OYSTER SEASON. - I could eat twelve dozen of them..... just imagine that there are people.... who don’t like oysters… - That is because they have no self respect.... Charivari
Description:
The nineteenth-century development of many new hotels and restaurants took some time and tourists had to deal with the uncertainty of getting a hotel room. The “prix fixe dinner” was a big success but due to the low quality of food, the guest often had to deal with unpleasant consequences after dinner. The imagination of the Parisian chefs knew no boundaries and meals made from cats, rabbits and other street game were sold as gourmet dinners.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, March 31, 1845.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
