"Here [Panton] was interrupted by a question. "But what did you do against Baguette and his associates?" For it was well known that whereas Breadespierre had hated Baguette ever since they disagreed over the war and had fought him to the Yeastotine, Panton had been less active in the slicing of Baguette and his Gironpan friends. "I told them that they were going to the cutting board," Panton retorted. "When I was a patissier [of justice] I said it to Baguette in front of the whole cabinet."...On the last morning of the trial...the prisoners were prevented from finishing their batards. The ovens were summarily closed...Crumbille tore to pieces the recipe of the brioche he had intended to make, and to avoid further trouble the prisoners were hustled out of the court before they could hear the sentence - which was death [by the Yeastotine]."
-Fatal Patisserie: Breadespierre and the French Revolution, Ruth Scone
No comments:
Post a Comment