Show CORDON BLEU origin of the french title as applied to a fine cook the order of the st eprat was vms created in 1587 was suppressed by the revolution and wag was revived by louis la in 1814 to speak rightly t I 1 Y LOU louis ill X VIII considered that t the h e order ha had d never ceased to exist for he had bad given two collars during his exile in 1810 tho the one to francis I 1 L king of the two Sicil ies and tho the other to his brother the prince of salerno the father of hia his brothers wife the duchess dA the ribbon of this order was a light blue color it was worn around the neck in the nelgus of henry HI ill and henry IV but was changed by louis XIV when it was worn across the chest chast the chevaliers Chev aliers of tha the st SL esprit were always known under the name of leg les cordon bleu blau and this was the supreme honor bonor during the monarchy of france it was from this that the title of cor cordon llon blou bleu was wais given to a first class cook A gent gentleman loman one day declared after a good meal that bo ho who had cooked the dinner had proved himself a cordon blou among cooks in other words the master of bis his art tho the title became quite quito the rage and la Is now always used to designate a good cook without the persons who use it knowing what it moans means or still leas less the origin of the title |