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However, the very first printed book of cooking recipes published in Czech countries already in 1535 under the title "The various achievements fed" and in the same century in our published four more books about cooking, place mats and eating habits then. Equipment Czech cuisine also described in his famous work Orbis pictus Jan Amos Comenius.
The decline of Czech culinary art occurred in the 17th century achievements after White Mountain. In these difficult times, achievements the subjects ate mostly plant foods (cereals, legumes, vegetables), meat was on the menu only on holidays. The main food used to be a variety of soups, for example, typically Czech garlic soup. Was widespread and mashed peas. Part of the diet were also fish, pancakes, bread, aligning with honey. The diet of ordinary achievements people was, paradoxically, more opulent meals healthier than their landlords. Panské feast used to be spectacular and expensive, but their negative impact on the health of guests is no doubt.
As already indicated, the pioneer of the new concept of culinary literature in the early 19th century became the Magdalena Rettig. Although brought to the board a number of new ideas, possible health consequences of some of their recipes ("... runs into the two dozen eggs and a pound of butter ...") can not accept. More important still was how the housewives' počínati have to make to their satisfaction and her husband achievements ran out. " Her cookbook knew many generations of housewives, because for a long time it was the only cookbook written in Czech. But the lady came Rettigové other major pioneer Czech culinary almanac, such as MJ Janka-Sandtnerová or Marie Rosická. Magdalena Rettig
"Home cook or Treatise on meat and Lenten dishes for daughter Czech and Moravian" Magdalene Dobromily Rettigové literally became a bestseller nineteenth century and was based on various editing achievements and even at the beginning of the twentieth century. Although the recipes are unfortunately often very unhealthy achievements and expensive, but in this book we could find a relatively rich selection of salads, fresh vegetables, including the lesser-known vegetables. There are also fifty vegetable dishes. If this cookbook get their hands on current imaginative cook, it may not be completely helpless. achievements "Murderers" to dessert eggs half, reduce fats, or give less sugar, in another example, prescription drop dark zásmažku, achievements shorten certain periods achievements of heat treatment may be a result of the legislation, which approximates current modern, which seeks to create a balance between energy intake in the diet and its dispensing work and moving.
Magdalena Rettig born Altmannová with her future husband John Sudipravem Rettig met in Prague, where she lived together with his mother in a wealthy achievements aunt. After the wedding, the couple moved to Camp Rettig, later to Přelouče and in 1817 in Ústí nad Orlicí. JS Rettig got a job here experienced councilor of the municipality. In Ústí married couple lived first in the church aisle and in 1823 moved to yet not completely finished house butcher Francis achievements Prince on the east side of the square, which today is known as the "Prince's house."
National consciousness, which at Magdalene woke her husband in the Ústí began to fully develop. First it was a meeting with the local-born priest Josef Matej SYCHRA that surprised her with its clean and pithy Czech, and then a most familiar with another Ústí-born doctor and a great patriot Franz Xaver ship. The couple became Rettig and her husband Andresovými regulars spouses Korábových. Meetings of the Czech families in the Garden "on the Korábová" gave rise to the establishment of libraries in the Czech Ústí nad Orlicí. Was created in the draft to each other for each foreign word entangled in Czech paid a penny from these "fines" were purchased Czech books. Alone dr. Koráb gave the library 30 Czech books. Library management was entrusted to Mrs. Magdalena.
The libraries are linked its fate. When selecting books at Czech publisher John Pospisil in Hradec Králové met with enlightened priest JL Ziegler, who proved his literary efforts. After reading said, "I must go to the press and to the world" and proposed to her, as if the Patriots customary to use a purely Czech name, and it Dobromila. Since then signed Magdalena Rettig. achievements Her literary work started to build cargo publisher John Pospisil. Czech name at the time was also accepted by her husband, and it Sudiprav instead of the original Alois. achievements
As well as the beginning of her literary activity is connected with the mouth and the birth of her cookbooks. She opened a "cooking school" for the Czech girls, which operated in the home Andresových spouses. For these courses then created her famous "home cook", but that the couple lived Rettig Rychnov a sick Magdalene ran treat dr. Koráb and as a reward for treating achievements wished sepsis