On the 14th of July in 1789, a crowd of nearly one thousand protesters stormed the Bastille in Paris, France, a major event in the French Revolution, commemorated annually as “Bastille Day”.
In the months running up to the uprising, the people of France were facing a dire economic crisis, food shortage, and increased militarization of Paris on orders of King Louis XVI. The Bastille was an armory and prison, perceived by many as a symbol of royal authority in the city.
On the morning of July 14th, a crowd of approximately one thousand people surrounded the Bastille, calling for the surrender of the prison, the removal of its cannon, and the release of the arms and gunpowder stored there.
After negotiations stalled, the crowd surged into the courtyard of the Bastille and were fired upon by troops in the garrison. In the carnage that followed, ninety-eight protesters and one defender of the Bastille were killed.
Governor Marquis de Launay, fearing his troops could not hold out, capitulated to the crowd and opened up the Bastille doors. He was captured and dragged towards the Hôtel de Ville in a storm of abuse. While the crowd debated his fate, the badly beaten Launay shouted “Enough! Let me die!”, kicked a pastry cook in the groin, and was then promptly stabbed to death.
As news of the successful seizure of the Bastille spread throughout the country, revolutionaries established parallel structures of power for government and militias for civic protection, burned deeds of property, and in some cases attacked wealthy landlords.
King Louis XVI first learned of the storming the next morning through the Duke of La Rochefoucauld. “Is it a revolt?” asked the King. The duke replied: “No sire, it’s not a revolt; it’s a revolution.”
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Uhhh I could see if I could get it from work
what I recall doing was:
A bunch of diced onion, a bunch of diced red bell pepper, diced butternut squash, yellow squash, and eggplant (I would skip the eggplant it turned a weird color). The recipe called for zucchini but didn’t have none. Fried all that, added a bunch of garlic, an equal amount of ginger, then a vegan Thai curry paste we get pre prepared (which is like mostly chili paste with lemongrass, galangal, paprika and some other spices in it), then added chickpeas and some diced tomatoes, then added like a shitload of coconut milk, like most of the liquid was coconut milk, and then I added some veggie stock for flavor/saltiness. I didn’t really season it much except salt/pepper/the curry paste/fresh cilantro and basil. And then I had green onion rings to garnish at the end
that’s all I recall tho
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Nah that fries when the squash and veg are almost done before adding the curry paste, frying that a bit then adding the chickpeas and tomatoes (which adds liquid and stops the frying)
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