Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . nas Mezesmale or Honey Beans. This is produced onlyin Tarczal, near Tokay. To manufacture this particular brandthe grapes are never gathered until fully ripe, and are putinto a cask without any artificial pressure being applied; thejuice extracted from sun-dried grapes is then added, and themixture becomes really essence of Tokay. Mezesmale isowned altogether by the Emperor, and even Prince Windish-graetzs vineyards can offer nothing to compare with this won-drous necta
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . nas Mezesmale or Honey Beans. This is produced onlyin Tarczal, near Tokay. To manufacture this particular brandthe grapes are never gathered until fully ripe, and are putinto a cask without any artificial pressure being applied; thejuice extracted from sun-dried grapes is then added, and themixture becomes really essence of Tokay. Mezesmale isowned altogether by the Emperor, and even Prince Windish-graetzs vineyards can offer nothing to compare with this won-drous nectar, which is served at the Court of Vienna in tinyglasses hardly bigger than a thimble, and whose bouquet ofperfume is so powerful that a single one of these diminutiveglasses is sufficient to fill a room with a penetrating odor ofextreme sweetness. 344 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. In Emperor Williams cellars are also to be found winesand liquors presented to himself and to his grandfather bymany other brother Sovereigns, including the Shah of Persia,who recently sent his German Cousin several- cases ofgolden-hued Teheran THE emperors BED-CHAMBER. In a sort of side wins: to the Bordeaux cellar the Rhine andMoselle wines of the royal house are stored in the are only three large barrels, labelled, respectively, 60,000 marks, 50,000 marks, and 45,000 marks,which indicate the prices paid for them. As to Champagnethere are literally thousands of rows of these silver-capped THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF GERMANY. 345 bottles, which involuntarily remind one of the Prussian infantrysoldier when wearing his picklehaube. The Imperial table is also a subject of much thought to theChief of the House of Hohenzollern, for the Emperor issomething of a gourmet, and particularly relishes gas-tronomical curiosities. Sterlets from the Volga, eels fromthe Tiber, grouse from Scotland, bustards from Sweden,bears paws from the Black Forest, turnips from Teltow,and melons imported from Greece are to
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