Saptamana 7 / Week 7

Am ajuns la concluzia ca “rutina” (pe care de multe ori o critic aprig!) este una dintre acele unelte care ma ajuta sa ma simt in siguranta. In concluzie, catre finalul unei zile zbuciumate, in ciuda oboselii, iata-ma in fata blogului pregatit pentru o noua postare!

© ASR Principele Radu al Romaniei
ALR Principesa Mostenitoare & principele Radu

Saptamana trecuta am aratat ca blogul de azi va fi dedicat explicarii locului Principesei Mostenitoare a Romaniei in concertul caselor regale ale Europei. Intru-cat o prezentare completa a tuturor legaturilor de familie ale Principesei Margareta ar fi, daca nu imposibila, atunci cel putin “voluminoasa”, am decis a ma rezuma la actualele case domnitoare din Europa. Voi incepe cu descendenta Principesei Mostenitoare din regina Victoria a Marii Britanii, pentru ca saptamana viitoare sa ma axez pe descendenta din regele Christian IX al Danemarcei. 


Este interesant de mentionat ca Principesa este a 89-a in linia succesiunii la tronul britanic!

La fel ca si in cazul postarii de saptamana trecuta, voi incerca sa evidentiez aceste inrudiri prin intermediul unui tabel genealogic.

In ceea ce priveste cele 2 tabele genealogice incluse in postarea Saptamanii 6, ca sa raspund nedumeririlor fratelui meu J, am incercat sa le pastrez cat mai simple, tocmai pentru a le face cat mai clare. Voi intra mai in detaliu atat saptamana aceasta, cat si saptamana viitoare, pentru a evita, pe cat posibil, confuziile…

Descendentii MS regina Victoria a Marii Britanii, imparateasa Indiei

Doresc sa mentionez ca tabelul meu genealogic contine, pentru claritate si din lipsa de spatiu, doar membrii relevanti in demonstrarea legaturilor de familie dintre casele regale ale Europei si doar acele casatorii care sunt relevante. De asemenea, nu am trecut anii de viata / domnie – acestia pot fi gasiti cu usurinta pe Internet, iar eu recunosc ca nu-i stiu pe de rost… pe toti J

Saptamana trecuta incheiam ultima reteta din capitolul “Radu si cu mine”, iar azi am hotarat sa trec la capitolul “Mama”. Intotdeauna m-a interesat sa stiu mai multe despre regina Ana, mai ales pentru ca in Romania se stia foarte putin despre ea. Curiozitatea mi-a fost satisfacuta de o carte deosebita, pe care o recomand cu caldura: "Un razboi, un exil, o viata", publicata de editura Humanitas.

© ASR Principele Radu al Romaniei
Familia regala a Romaniei

Am ajuns sa admir pe Ana de Bourbon – Parma, mai ales pentru ca este de necontestat rolul extrem de important pe care ea l-a jucat in viata MS Regele, caruia i s-a alaturat la debutul exilului, dar si datorita modului exceptional in care ea a inteles sa-si traiasca viata, in special in timpul razboiului, si mai apoi in lungii ani de exil.

Zabaglione

Insasi Principesa Mostenitoare recunostea in interviul acordat la TVR ca MS Regina nu este o mare adepta a retetelor, preferand sa urmeze instinctul in ceea ce priveste gatitul. In concluzie, este de inteles de ce capitolul acordat ei contine doar o reteta, si ea extrem de simpla si usor de urmat.

Se bat 6 galbenusuri de ou cu 8 linguri de zahar pudra pana compozitia devine omogena. Aceasta crema se pune la baine-marie (vezi Saptamana 2), se maesteca un sfert de ora, dupa care se adauga treptat 100ml de vin Lacrima lui Ovidiu. Voilà!

Crema astfel obtinuta – Zabaglione – se serveste calda. Eu am ales sa o servesc deasupra unei felii de panettone, iar ca si garnitura am folosit o rodie. Se poate servi alaturi de orice prajitura simpla, piscoturi sau de una singura.

Personal sunt un mare amator de vin sec. A fost pentru prima oara cand am gustat Lacrima lui Ovidiu, care e un vin tare tamaios, dar in zabaglione face toti banii!

Reteta detaliata se afla in “Cartea regala de bucate”, Ed. Curtea Veche, Bucuresti 2010, pag. 37.

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I reached the conclusion that my daily “routine” (which I usually criticize fiercely) is one of those things that help me feel safe. In conclusion here I am, at the end of a very tumultuous day, ready to write a new post for my blog.

Last week I was mentioning that this post will be dedicated to explaining HRH the Crown Princess’ place in the genealogic table of the Royal Houses of Europe. Because a complete presentation of the Princess’ family ties would be, if not impossible, than at least considerably long, I decided to limit myself to the present ruling hoses of the continent. I will begin with the Crown Princess’ descent from queen Victoria of Great Britain, while next week I will focus on her descent from king Christian IX of Denmark.


It is worth mentioning that HRH the Crown Princess of Romania is 89th in the line of succession to the British throne!


Just as last week, I will try to show these family ties with the help of genealogic tables.

As far as the two tables included in Week 6 are concerned, to answer my brother’s questions, I tried to keep them as simple as possible, in order to have clarity. This week and next week I will try to go more in depth and avoid any confusion…

[see The descendents of Queen Victoria of Great Britain genealogic table above]

 I would like to add that my genealogic table contains, for clarity and lack of space, only those members of the family and only those marriages that are relevant in demonstrating the links between the royal houses of Europe. Also, I have not added any of the birth, death or reign years as they can be easily found on the Internet and I have to admit that I do not know them by heart… at least not all of them!

Last week I was finishing the chapter “Radu si cu mine” (Radu & I), while today I decided to move on to the chapter called “Mama”. I was always interested to know more about queen Anne, especially because she was not very well known in Romania. My curiosity was satisfied by a very special book, which I highly recommend: “A War, An Exile, A Life”, published by the Humanitas Publishing House.

I have grown to admire Anne of Bourbon-Parma especially because one cannot deny the important part she has been playing in the King’s life, whom she married at the very beginning of his exile, but also because of the marvelous way she has chosen to live life, especially during the war and the long years of exile.

Zabaglione

The Crown Princess herself admitted in the interview given for the Romanian Television that Her Majesty the Queen isn’t a big fan of recipes – instead she prefers to follow her instinct when it comes to cooking. Therefore one can easily notice why the chapter dedicated to her contains only one recipe that is both simple and easy to follow.

Whisk together 6 egg yolks with 8 spoons of powder sugar. The custard thus obtained needs to be put on a bain-marie (see Week 2), while stirring continually for about a quarter of an hour, after which 100ml of Marsala wine (or sweet Vermouth) are slowly added. Voilà!

The final product – Zabaglione – is served warm.  I chose to serve it on top of a slice of panettone and I used a pomegranate as garnish. It can be served next to any simple cake, lady fingers or even on its own.

The detailed recipe can be found in “Cartea regala de bucate”, Ed. Curtea Veche, Bucuresti, 2010, pag. 37.