Poor King Louis! I once happened to read a list of medical procedures that doctors, full of concern for the august health, performed with this king. The fact that they have deprived the poor fellow of all the teeth (and, at the same time. and a piece of the sky) for preventive purposes, so that "worms" do not start in them - these are just flowers. There were such berries that it was strange to mention them here (shock content, however).
Do you know what is most surprising?
Despite all the efforts of doctors, King Louis lived a long life, and during this life he loved to eat.
Many dishes have appeared thanks to him. The same puree soups. eg.
Well, he popularized many products.
For example, soy sauce, which was called "black gold".
If you think about it, King Louis's addiction to soy sauce is understandable. After all, this is a pure, concentrated umami flavor that can brighten any product. And, given the absence of teeth and even part of the palate, the king probably felt bad tastes, so everything that could make them more expressive was always used. This is not a historical fact, this is my guess, because during the time of this king, French aristocratic cuisine was actively evolving (very actively). New dishes, new seasonings, new products were introduced into it - everything that could interest. And from all over the world.
Most interestingly, in the 19th century, soy sauce began to lose popularity - all due to the fact that Europeans never learned how to ferment soybeans correctly. And in our country, despite the fact that it was known before the revolution, soy sauce was again "discovered" for itself after the collapse of the USSR - when a lot of imported products poured into the market, not always high quality.
Because of this, myths appeared around him.
Let's go through the main ones?
Soy sauce is addictive (almost like a drug)
In fact, no dependence on soy sauce appears in the body. From the taste - maybe. But not from the taste of soy sauce, but simply because deliciously tasty food is generally a dangerous thing, it's easy to get used to it!
Soy sauce is dangerous for the body - it contains soy, and all of it is GMO
In fact, if GMOs were so dangerous or somehow influenced the human body, we would all have long been walking around with stalks on the tops, leaves and multiplying by spores.
Often supporters of the danger of soy appeal to the fact that isoflavones are present in large quantities in it. These are components, the composition of which is very similar to the female hormones estrogen. But they have no effect on the body of eaters. There is no evidence otherwise.
The only danger in soy sauce is its high salt content. But now sauces are produced with a low content of it.
So there is no point in giving up tasty things.