I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 41 Marie Antoinette Was The Ultimate Cosplayer

05/22/18 • 6 min

i am not making this up podcast – Tracy S. Morris

Marie Antoinette built La Hameau De La Reine, a rustic village situated on the grounds of Versailles.

You would think that Comicon attendees invented cosplay, but Queen Marie Antoinette would tell you au contraire. When she was Queen of France, rocked the milkmaid look while visiting her personal village on the grounds of Versailles.

Marie Antoinette built La Hameau De La Reine, a rustic village situated on the grounds of Versailles.

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I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 40 Like Taking Crown Jewels From A Baby

The French monarch’s regalia for the Order of the Golden Fleece was one of the stolen items.

When something is easy, we say that it’s like taking candy from a baby. Maybe we should say that it’s like stealing the French Crown Jewels.

Because stealing the French Crown Jewels was just that easy.

Allegedly.

I wouldn’t know personally.

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I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 42 George Washington Loved Him Some Ice Cream

There is a story (definitely not true) that Martha Washington invented ice cream. Regardless of the story’s truth or fiction, George Washington loved ice cream. So much that he and Martha served it to guests both at Mt. Vernon, and when they were at the president’s home in New York City.

While these days ice cream is a ubiquitous summer treat, in the days of the founding fathers, it was definitely a luxury only the very wealthy could afford.

In today’s episode, we’ll explore the murky origins of ice cream, what made it such a luxury in Washington’s time, and how ice cream in the colonial and revolutionary eras differed from ice cream as we know it today.

And if you want to make ice cream the way the Washington family served it at Mt. Vernon, the Mt. Vernon website has a good recipe for Ice Cream.