The Marie Antoinette Diet

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According to family legend, I have an ancestor who, in her 90s, decided she was too old to eat food she didn’t like anymore, so she ate nothing but toast and chocolate until her death.

Louis getting captured because he wanted to stop for some wine and cheese is possibly the most French thing I’ve ever heard 😆

Fun Fact: The Costume Designer for ‘Marie Antoinette’ (2006) said that she was inspired by the desserts in the French Court.

The freaky part about Marie Antoinette was not only was she thrust into spotlight at a very young age but that there would be courtiers watching the Royal Couple like it’s a Reality TV Show minus the TV.

"Use as much chocolate as you want." Sweeter words were never spoken.

I like to eat sweets when stressed so I completely understand Marie. What do you expect a 15 year old to do alone in a foreign country? She wasn’t even allowed to mention her home country or family.

"She brought her own chocolate maker from Vienna" She was living the dream

“She drank sugar water, like a hummingbird.” Max you’re killing me this episode 😂

A lot of the dislike she elicited at the french court actually comes from the fact that one, she was unfamiliar with the culture and two, she was still a teenager and no amount of training could have prepared her for the role of Dauphine of France. So it seems only logical she would have had troubles navigating the intricacies of french etiquette and offended some people. Besides, she would have been accustomed to having a lot of privacy at the court of Vienna, which was absent at the french court, where the royal family was constantly exposed. Her relationship with Louis XVl didn't start well, but they grew fond of one another and Louis gifted her a private mansion called Le petit Trianon where she could be alone, because he knew how much she valued her solitude. Sadly it only increased the French court's distrust in her and further tarnished her reputation because it was said she entertained lovers there.

Hearing how medication was mixed with chocolate reminds me of when my mom was going through chemo, she suffered some really bad side effects from the treatments and needed some very strong pain killers, but they tasted awful so it made it difficult to take. So I would mix her painkillers into chocolate pudding for her and it made it far easier for her to take. My mom probably didn't care much for how the pudding tasted with the medication, but she loved chocolate so I think she tolerated it because she knew I would give her unadulterated pudding after she ate the medicted one. I kinda wish I knew about the medicated chocolate Marie Antoinette ate, I think my mom would have found it amusing to be served the same chocolate a queen ate.

When he mentioned people watching the royalty eat, I turned to my husband and said, "so it was a medieval mukbang"

A magical kitchen with space for 1,51 million people. So that we can watch Max live. Sound like a life goal to me.

Just what I need this holiday season: more chocolate

I mean, imagine all of us subscribers gathering around Max and watching him eat, heaving sighs at every micro expression. So happy we can do all that from the comfort of our homes.

We are not "watching you eat"... we are dining with you. We drink in the history, savor the recipes and desert on your humor.

"Let them watch Tasting History" - Marie Antoinette

A hummingbird Marie Antoinette is not something I thought I needed. But I am glad it is now in my life.

I love that you (whether deliberately or accidentally) made the biscuits look like a British biscuit called 'Vienese Whirls'

As an Austrian living in Vienna I have to say that your pronunciation of "Kipferl" is very cute, but also surprisingly spot-on 😄