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SYMHC Classics: Auguste Escoffier

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Life and Times of a Scuffier

Auguste a scuffier invented the dessert peach melba in honor of prior podcast subject Dame Nelly Melba. He was inspired by two nuns from a group called Little Sisters of the poor asking for things like coffee grounds or tea that could potentially be brewed a second time. Ascuffier instructed his staff to save any cuts of meat that they could during preparations for banquets and set it aside just for the Little Sisters.

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