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Meyer
Rothschild started business on Jew Alley
(Judengasse)
in Frankfurt
selling old coins. He subsequently developed a financial house
and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons in European cities
to conduct business. An essential part of Mayer Rothschild's strategy for
future success was to keep control of their
businesses in family hands, allowing them to maintain full discretion about
the size of their wealth and their business achievements. The Rothschild dynasty eventually became the most important financial power in Europe, creating and toppling princes and emperors. Each of the sons assumed banking interests in different countries - Amsel in the Germany, Salomon in Austria, Nathan in England, Kalmann in Italy, and Jacob, the youngest, in France The Rothschilds have been the subject of films such as The House of Rothschilds (1934) with George Arliss as Meyer Rothschild, and even a Broadway musical, The Rothschilds, which was nominated for a Tony Award in 1971. Jacob, or James as he later called himself, became became the most powerful banker in France and following the Napoleonic Wars, played a major role in financing the construction of railroads and the mining business that helped make France an industrial power. Along the way, he added to his fortune with investments in such things as the importation of tea and the purchase of a vineyard. A strong-willed and shrewd businessman, James de Rothschild amassed a fortune that made him one of the richest men in the world. |
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James Meyer de Rothschild |
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Enjoy this
soufflé with The Rothschilds
(1940) in which James is played by Albert
Lippert
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Soufflé Rothschild |
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Special Equipment |
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6-cup soufflé mold |
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Ingredients |
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4 TB Danziger
goldwasser 1 cup finely grated candied cherries 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup flour l 1/2 cups half & half cream 5 egg yolks |
1 tsp vanilla butter granulated sugar 6 egg whites 2 TB sugar |
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Instructions |
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