The Confident - Revision history

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	== Take a sneak peek ==		== Take a sneak peek ==
	🎞🎥[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LQr5FN6Dn0&feature=youtu.be/ Serving and eating “The Confident” around the bondire.]<br>		<ul>
			<li>🎞🎥 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LQr5FN6Dn0&feature=youtu.be/ Serving and eating “The Confident” around the bondire.]</li>
			<li>🌐 [https://thesoftprotestdigest.org/website/works/confident/ The Confident] — Project page on our showcase website.</li>
			</ul>

	== Recipe of “The Confident” (in french) ==		== Recipe of “The Confident” (in french) ==

Thesoftprotestdigest at 09:46, 9 December 2019

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	[[File:chambord.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|Explaining “The Confident” to the head biscuit maker of the ”Biscuiterie de Chambord”, one of the most traditional biscuit artisan of the region.]]		[[File:chambord.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|Explaining “The Confident” to the head biscuit maker of the ”Biscuiterie de Chambord”, one of the most traditional biscuit artisan of the region.]]

	[[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 working in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.		[[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 working in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.

	In the course of a preliminary discussion with IEHCA<ref>European Institute of History and Cultures of Food</ref> food historian and contributor to the <i>Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage</i> Loïc Bienassis, Loïc listed three notions fundamental to the scientific denomination of a regional culinary tradition:		In the course of a preliminary discussion with IEHCA<ref>European Institute of History and Cultures of Food</ref> food historian and contributor to the <i>Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage</i> Loïc Bienassis, Loïc listed three notions fundamental to the scientific denomination of a regional culinary tradition:
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	3. A regional tradition can be considered as such if it falls within the historical, artisanal and agricultural narrative of the region.		3. A regional tradition can be considered as such if it falls within the historical, artisanal and agricultural narrative of the region.

	Therefore, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] consciously drew inspiration from the <i>Winemaker’s tart</i><ref>The ’Winemaker's tart‘ is an apple tart glazed with a <i>Bourgueil</i> red wine jam sold in most of the bakeries of the region and always advertised as a “<i>Speciality of the house since…</i>”</ref> and set to produce a poached peach pie (peach being in season), garnished with a candied chestnut and served with a Bourgueil wine syrup as well as a light purple whipped cream flavored with that same syrup. Day after day, in collaboration with the residents of the Verrerie (and occasionally with a few curious neighbors), [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] repeated and fine-tuned the recipe, the design, the serving ritual and the tasting of his pie. Thanks to their daily conversations and debates, the <i>Friends of the Verrerie</i> gave shape to “The Confident”.		Therefore, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest Digest]] consciously drew inspiration from the <i>Winemaker’s tart</i><ref>The ’Winemaker's tart‘ is an apple tart glazed with a <i>Bourgueil</i> red wine jam sold in most of the bakeries of the region and always advertised as a “<i>Speciality of the house since…</i>”</ref> and set to produce a poached peach pie (peach being in season), garnished with a candied chestnut and served with a Bourgueil wine syrup as well as a light purple whipped cream flavored with that same syrup. Day after day, in collaboration with the residents of the Verrerie (and occasionally with a few curious neighbors), [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest Digest]] repeated and fine-tuned the recipe, the design, the serving ritual and the tasting of his pie. Thanks to their daily conversations and debates, the <i>Friends of the Verrerie</i> gave shape to “The Confident”.

	As the daily ritual of the residents was now established in the landscape of the Verrerie, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] took on to make “The Confident” be known on a regional scale. For the 2018 yearly edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] presented the pie on a personalized stall to the curious visitors of the fair as well as the local pastry and biscuit makers of the region. Hiding the real origin of ”The Confident” behind the tale of an ancient recipe found in the attic of the house of the Verrerie, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] was careful in spreading the tradition properly. He thus offered to the visitors complimentary pamphlets containing: a detailed recipe of the pie, the scenario of the tradition as well as the made up historical introduction.		As the daily ritual of the residents was now established in the landscape of the Verrerie, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest Digest]] took on to make “The Confident” be known on a regional scale. For the 2018 yearly edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest Digest]] presented the pie on a personalized stall to the curious visitors of the fair as well as the local pastry and biscuit makers of the region. Hiding the real origin of ”The Confident” behind the tale of an ancient recipe found in the attic of the house of the Verrerie, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest Digest]] was careful in spreading the tradition properly. He thus offered to the visitors complimentary pamphlets containing: a detailed recipe of the pie, the scenario of the tradition as well as the made up historical introduction.

	A few pastry makers, always in search of some unique recipes, sounded worried by the fact that their direct competitors may have been informed of this historical pie. We may come back and visit one day, and we may find The Confident showcased in the windows of a few bakeries, and why not even in the Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage…		A few pastry makers, always in search of some unique recipes, sounded worried by the fact that their direct competitors may have been informed of this historical pie. We may come back and visit one day, and we may find The Confident showcased in the windows of a few bakeries, and why not even in the Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage…

Thesoftprotestdigest at 14:47, 6 March 2019

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	[[File:chambord.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|Explaining “The Confident” to the head biscuit maker of the ”Biscuiterie de Chambord”, one of the most traditional biscuit artisan of the region.]]		[[File:chambord.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|Explaining “The Confident” to the head biscuit maker of the ”Biscuiterie de Chambord”, one of the most traditional biscuit artisan of the region.]]

	[[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 ~~dwelling~~ in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.		[[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 working in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.

	In the course of a preliminary discussion with IEHCA<ref>European Institute of History and Cultures of Food</ref> food historian and contributor to the <i>Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage</i> Loïc Bienassis, Loïc listed three notions fundamental to the scientific denomination of a regional culinary tradition:		In the course of a preliminary discussion with IEHCA<ref>European Institute of History and Cultures of Food</ref> food historian and contributor to the <i>Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage</i> Loïc Bienassis, Loïc listed three notions fundamental to the scientific denomination of a regional culinary tradition:

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	1. The storyline of a culinary tradition is very hard and often impossible to trace back to its source.<br>		1. The storyline of a culinary tradition is very hard and often impossible to trace back to its source.<br>
	2. A culinary recipe can only be called regional tradition if its existence can be proved to be more than ~~sixty~~ years old.<br>		2. A culinary recipe can only be called regional tradition if its existence can be proved to be more than 60 years old.<br>
	3. A regional tradition can be considered as such if it falls within the historical, artisanal and agricultural narrative of the region.		3. A regional tradition can be considered as such if it falls within the historical, artisanal and agricultural narrative of the region.

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	[[File:marche.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|The poster of the 2018 edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>]]		[[File:marche.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|The poster of the 2018 edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>]]
	[[File:chambord.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|Explaining “The Confident” to the head biscuit maker of the ”Biscuiterie de Chambord”, one of the most traditional biscuit artisan of the region.]]		[[File:chambord.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|Explaining “The Confident” to the head biscuit maker of the ”Biscuiterie de Chambord”, one of the most traditional biscuit artisan of the region.]]

	~~“<i>We aim to form a summer community which, in order to fight against its ephemerality, will repeat and fine-tune the scenario of a daily pastry sharing ritual: a tradition of the Verrerie</i>”~~

	[[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 dwelling in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.		[[The Soft Protest Digest:About\|The Soft Protest, Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 dwelling in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.

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	[[File:le-confident-signature.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|The signature of “The Confident”]]		[[File:le-confident-signature.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|The signature of “The Confident”]]
	[[File:Leconfident.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|A “Confident”]]		[[File:Leconfident.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|A “Confident”]]
	[[File:Winetaart.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|A local ~~“Winewamker~~'s tart”]]		[[File:Winetaart.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|A local “Winemaker's tart”]]
	[[File:Poster.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|This large poster was offered to the residents of the Bourgueil area during the <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>. Showcasing the recipe and tradition of “The Confident” is today hung up in the kitchen of the Verrerie for the participants of the next year's edition to reproduce and bond with.]]		[[File:Poster.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|This large poster was offered to the residents of the Bourgueil area during the <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>. Showcasing the recipe and tradition of “The Confident” is today hung up in the kitchen of the Verrerie for the participants of the next year's edition to reproduce and bond with.]]
	[[File:marche.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|The poster of the 2018 edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>]]		[[File:marche.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|The poster of the 2018 edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>]]

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 [[File:Winetaart.png|thumb|Thumbnailed image]|A local “Winewamker's tart”]]
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-[[File:confident.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image]|The signature of “The Confident”]]
+[[File:marche.jpg|thumb|Thumbnailed image]|The poster of the 2018 edition of <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>]]
 “<i>We aim to form a summer community which, in order to fight against its ephemerality, will repeat and fine-tune the scenario of a daily pastry sharing ritual: a tradition of the Verrerie</i>”
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 Therefore, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] consciously drew inspiration from the <i>Winemaker’s tart</i><ref>The ’Winemaker's tart‘ is an apple tart glazed with a <i>Bourgueil</i> red wine jam sold in most of the bakeries of the region and always advertised as a “<i>Speciality of the house since…</i>”</ref> and set to produce a poached peach pie (peach being in season), garnished with a candied chestnut and served with a Bourgueil wine syrup as well as a light purple whipped cream flavored with that same syrup. Day after day, in collaboration with the residents of the Verrerie (and occasionally with a few curious neighbors), [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] repeated and fine-tuned the recipe, the design, the serving ritual and the tasting of his pie. Thanks to their daily conversations and debates, the <i>Friends of the Verrerie</i> gave shape to “The Confident”.
 == Scenario of “The tradition of the Confident” ==
 “<i>The tradition will be held everyday around the bond-fire, under the night stars. The Confident will have to be shared equally in-between the present friends. The one whom will taste the candied chestnut in her/his slice will have the chance to designate a friend to share the tradition with. Together, they will choose a chestnut tree under which they will both share a secret. After both secrets are shared, they will then whisper it back in one of the cracks of the trunk of the chestnut tree to seal the secret forever.</i>”
-As the daily ritual of the residents was now established in the landscape of the Verrerie, Adel Cersaque took on to make the Confident be known on a regional scale. For the 2018 yearly edition of Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market, Adel presented the pie on a personalized stall to the curious visitors of the fair as well as the local pastry and biscuit makers of the region. Hiding the real origin of the Confident behind the tale of an ancient recipe found in the attic of the house of the Verrerie, Adel was careful in spreading the tradition properly. He thus offered to the visitors complimentary pamphlets containing: a detailed recipe of the pie, the scenario of the tradition as well as the made up historical introduction.
+<u>Pêches sucrées</u>
-A few pastry makers, always in search of some unique recipes, sounded worried by the fact that their direct competitors may have been informed of this historical pie.
+<u>Pâte</u>
-We may come back and visit one day, and we may find The Confident showcased in the windows of a few bakeries, and why not even in the Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage one day…
+== Notes ==

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			[[File:Leconfident.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|A “Confident”]]
			[[File:Winetaart.png\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|A local “Winewamker's tart”]]
			[[File:Poster.jpg\|thumb\|Thumbnailed image]\|This large poster was offered to the residents of the Bourgueil area during the <i>Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market</i>. Showcasing the recipe and tradition of “The Confident” is today hung up in the kitchen of the Verrerie for the participants of the next year's edition to reproduce and bond with.]]
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	“<i>We aim to form a summer community which, in order to fight against its ephemerality, will repeat and fine-tune the scenario of a daily pastry sharing ritual: a tradition of the Verrerie</i>”		“<i>We aim to form a summer community which, in order to fight against its ephemerality, will repeat and fine-tune the scenario of a daily pastry sharing ritual: a tradition of the Verrerie</i>”

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“We aim to form a summer community which, in order to fight against its ephemerality, will repeat and fine-tune the scenario of a daily pastry sharing ritual: a tradition of the Verrerie”

[[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] spent the first twenty days of July 2018 dwelling in the summer house of the [https://www.instagram.com/residencelaverrerie/?hl=fr Verrerie], sheltered under the trees of the chestnut orchard. This research based residency, located in one of the most important french wine region, halfway between the cities of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tours,+France/@46.7627595,0.5119467,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fcd5b34a979a55:0x40dc8d705388430!8m2!3d47.394144!4d0.68484/ Tours] and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/37140+Bourgueil,+France/@47.4298204,0.1293455,8z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fd454fe0927781:0x695d57e930066da6!8m2!3d47.282487!4d0.168611/ Bourgueil], can boast from a rich historic and culinary heritage. Throughout this period, the Verrerie became the production lab of a genuine regional pastry tradition: “The Confident”.

In the course of a preliminary discussion with IEHCA<ref>European Institute of History and Cultures of Food</ref> food historian and contributor to the Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage Loïc Bienassis, Loïc listed three notions fundamental to the scientific denomination of a regional culinary tradition:

1. The storyline of a culinary tradition is very hard and often impossible to trace back to its source. 
2. A culinary recipe can only be called regional tradition if its existence can be proved to be more than sixty years old. 
3. A regional tradition can be considered as such if it falls within the historical, artisanal and agricultural narrative of the region.

Therefore, [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] consciously drew inspiration from the Winemaker’s tart<ref>The ’Winemaker's tart‘ is an apple tart glazed with a Bourgueil red wine jam sold in most of the bakeries of the region and always advertised as a “Speciality of the house since…”</ref> and set to produce a poached peach pie (peach being in season), garnished with a candied chestnut and served with a Bourgueil wine syrup as well as a light purple whipped cream flavored with that same syrup. Day after day, in collaboration with the residents of the Verrerie (and occasionally with a few curious neighbors), [[The Soft Protest Digest:About|The Soft Protest, Digest]] repeated and fine-tuned the recipe, the design, the serving ritual and the tasting of his pie. Thanks to their daily conversations and debates, the Friends of the Verrerie gave shape to “The Confident”.

== Scenario of “The tradition of the Confident” ==
“The tradition will be held everyday around the bond-fire, under the night stars. The Confident will have to be shared equally in-between the present friends. The one whom will taste the candied chestnut in her/his slice will have the chance to designate a friend to share the tradition with. Together, they will choose a chestnut tree under which they will both share a secret. After both secrets are shared, they will then whisper it back in one of the cracks of the trunk of the chestnut tree to seal the secret forever.”

As the daily ritual of the residents was now established in the landscape of the Verrerie, Adel Cersaque took on to make the Confident be known on a regional scale. For the 2018 yearly edition of Bourgueil’s farmer’s and culinary craft market, Adel presented the pie on a personalized stall to the curious visitors of the fair as well as the local pastry and biscuit makers of the region. Hiding the real origin of the Confident behind the tale of an ancient recipe found in the attic of the house of the Verrerie, Adel was careful in spreading the tradition properly. He thus offered to the visitors complimentary pamphlets containing: a detailed recipe of the pie, the scenario of the tradition as well as the made up historical introduction.

A few pastry makers, always in search of some unique recipes, sounded worried by the fact that their direct competitors may have been informed of this historical pie.

We may come back and visit one day, and we may find The Confident showcased in the windows of a few bakeries, and why not even in the Inventory of Centre’s region culinary heritage one day…