7 November · 1867 · Science

7 November: Marie Curie is born in Warsaw, and a bowl of Rosół

Maria Skłodowska, later Marie Curie and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867. Poland's golden Sunday rosół is our prize-winning bowl.

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Rosół

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Rosół is the clear golden broth served at Polish family Sunday lunches. Chicken, often with a piece of beef, is simmered very slowly with carrot, parsley root, celeriac, leek and a charred onion, which gives the broth its colour.

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What happened

Marie Curie (Maria Skłodowska), the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, is born in Warsaw.

Why this soup

Curie was Polish; rosół is Poland's Sunday soup.

Sources

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