Borza Tibor (szerk.): A Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum évkönyve 1982 (Budapest, Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum, 1982)

Dr. Rózsa Miklós Lajos: Újabb adatok a XVIII. század végi pesti cukrászati termeléshez. II. rész

par Dr. Miklós Lajos Rózsa PASTRY COOKS' AND CONFECTIONERS' PRODUCTION AROUND THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY Part II.* Pie portion of a work published in this volume deals with the period in the history of the confectioner's art, particularly that of the confectioner's patent between 1794 and 1797. based on the number and the degree of perfection in their development. This is followed by an account of products, raw materials, half- and fully manufactured goods listed in the inventories and in the subsidiary inventory of a certain Mrs. Graeter (the later Mrs. Agora) and her daughter, Helena. In the list of the inventory items we can find first those in the first inventory, then the quantities in square brackets mentioned in the subsidiary inventory, to be followed after the Hungarian terms, again between brackets, in UpperGerman (Oberdeutsche Mundart) dialectal terms. If the term used in the subsidiary inventory differs from the Hungarian, we put them into square brackets. The notes used after some inventory-items contain explanations on the term used. From the sources we have studied, we can form conclusions upon the range of activity of active confectionaries at the end of the eighteenth century. This range of activities comprised: fruit preserves, fruit juices, quince jellies (hard), other products made "Chapters 1 V are contained in the 1976 Yearbook of "Museum". with the addition of quince, ices, candies, the making of medicinal candies and barleysugar, the icing of vegetable seeds, sugar candy, sweet sedge, ices figures, cakes made of whipped dough, small cakes, meringues and the famous Italian "mandoletti". The making of Tokaylike "aszu" wines and the sale of chocolates on commission had been novel practices in the confectioner's art. A large portion of the products were taken over by grocers and colonial goods sellers. Further chapters in the above-mentioned work deal with changes in the numbers of the confectioners of Pest between 1784 and 1805 and their distribution according to birth. From the apprentice and journeymen years of 17 confectioners of the period we can surmise that towards the end of the eighteenth century the trade had its roots firmly established on Hungarian soil, although it developed further under Italian, South-German. Viennese and Saxon influences. We published tables to show the ratio of the number of confectioners as compared to the number of the inhabitants. We also publish data to prove that the confectioners mainly supplied the local markets and the transport of their products to the northern and southern parts of the country, to Transylvania, Moldavia and Turkey, i.e. export trade had been carried on by merchants who bought the goods. 140