In the Europe 1 program "Historically yours", Stéphane Bern looks every day at the roots of an everyday expression.

Thursday, he is interested in the origins of the gourmet phrase "to have a good feast", a promise, after having eaten well and drunk well, to have the skin of the belly very tight.

Stéphane Bern suggests every day, in 

Historically yours 

with Matthieu Noël, to discover these expressions that we use on a daily basis without necessarily knowing their origin.

Thursday, to whet our appetites, the host of Europe 1 looks back on the gastronomic and Dutch roots of "having a good feast".

When it comes time for supper, there are two schools.

That of David Castello-Lopes: a homemade soup and a glass of water.

And that of Olivier Poels: we organize a parade of hens, calves, roasts, sausages, deer and piglet pâtés.

In short, as in the film 

The Visitors

with Christian Clavier and Jean Reno, we have a "good feast"!

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Scrape off the encrust and the bottoms of dishes

For once, this gourmet expression comes from the Netherlands.

In Dutch, there is a verb, "rippen", which in French gave "riper", which meant to scratch.

In the 16th century, the phrase "feasting at someone's house" was used to mean that one was invited and that one took advantage of the generosity of the hosts.

We find the idea of ​​scratching a meal.

At the time, it was the soldiers who most often feasted on the people.

We can imagine that no one dared to protest too much when the soldiers invited themselves to your home.

The latter, often in a position of strength, did not hesitate to abuse by finishing all the dishes and scraping the bowls.

We still find the idea of ​​scratching.

Haut-Savoyard castle of Ripaille

Another complementary origin is probable.

In the 15th century, former Pope Amédée VIII was recently widowed and inconsolable.

He retired near Lake Geneva to a priory with the program of meditation and chastity.

Fortunately, you can have fun there in an orgiastic way.

The place is famous for that.

It is the castle of Ripaille in Thonon-les-Bains, a place that you can still visit today.

You can even rent parts of it ... and have a feast there.

In Spain, we now say "entripar", or fill your guts.

In Brazil, it's "encher a pança", to fill your stomach.

Before going to have a good feast, remember what Coluche said: "At my grandmother's, before eating, everyone said a prayer. I must say that the food was disgusting."