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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1him. But for some reason or other she got tired of him as a page, and he was made to fill some subordinate place in the kitchen! There appears to be no doubt that Lulli was an excellent cook, and had learned the secret of preparing some very exquisite dishes which none of the French cooks of the period could manage.
3That he got into many scrapes in the royal kitchen there can be little doubt, for not only was the head-cook, or chef, jealous of the favour bestowed upon her protégé by Mademoiselle de Montpensier, but whenever the opportunity occurred he neglected his duties to play some soft Italian melody on his violin, which so enchanted the entire force of the kitchen, that one and all forgot where they were, or what they were doing, and the dinner was more than once completely spoilt. Then again, it is said, that one of his kitchen companions purloined six bottles of wine, which he sold to purchase Lulli a new violin, when the old chef had taken his original instrument away. Many a time, indeed, would Lulli's violin have been broken over his head by the infuriated chef, but it happened that Louis XIV. had expressed his approval of the sorbets and œufs
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