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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century French people. It includes French people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:18th-century French men
Justine Paris, real name Bienfait (1705—September 1773), was a French courtesan and madam. She hosted several of the most famous brothels in mid-18th-century Paris and was one of the most known and successful of her trade. [3] She and her brothel are portrayed in the memoirs of Casanova.
Hot buttered rum is a mixed drink containing rum, butter, hot water or cider, a sweetener, and various spices (usually cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves). [1] [2] It is especially popular in the fall and winter and is traditionally associated with the holiday season. In the United States, hot buttered rum dates back to colonial days. [3]
The different distilleries are located in the French oversea departments and territories of La Réunion, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Saint Barthélemy. Martinique is, by far, the French island that has the most rum distilleries and brands. Below is a list of French rum distillers and brands organized by location.
Besides being one of the few 18th-century practitioners of gem engraving, she was an acclaimed stage actress in plays staged at her private theaters at Versailles and Bellevue. [4] Some of the artworks made under Pompadour's purview by other hands, notably the 1758 portrait by Boucher of Mme de Pompadour at Her Toilette , can be viewed as ...
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Estimates of rum consumption in the American colonies before the American Revolutionary War had every man, woman, or child drinking an average of 3 imperial gallons (14 L) of rum each year. [24] In the 18th century, ever increasing demands for sugar, molasses, rum, and slaves led to a feedback loop that intensified the triangular trade. [25]
A casquette girl (French: fille à la cassette) but also known historically as a casket girl or a Pelican girl, [1] was a woman brought from France to the French colonies of Louisiana to marry. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name derives from the small chests, known as casquettes, in which they carried their clothes.