Németh Szandra - Saly Noémi: Catering for guests, being a guest. Permanent exhibition on Hungarian hospitality (Budapest, 2016)
10 (French: as necessary) places, women could visit them alone and young men could meet with their beloved according to the rules of etiquette. ?ey could be absolutely sure of having attracted the vigilant gaze of every single one of the city’s old matrons. ?e waitresses were pretty confectionery girls, who stood behind the counter wearing white aprons with their hair carefully combed back. In addition to sweet and salted pastries and ice cream, they also offered tea-time drinks (coffee with whipped cream, cocoa and tea), refreshments (lemonade, raspberry syrup) and even liqueurs (the latter of which were originally prepared by the confectioners themselves, then later by specialised producers and distilleries). Pastries and cakes were also sold to take home, and the more elegant shops packaged these in their own boxes, which they had especially designed by well-known artists. ◆ Refrigerator for cakes, end of 19 th century ◆ Price list cover designed by Lajos Kozma from Confectionery Floris, 1930s ◆ Boxes for bonbon and chocolate, 1900-1910s
