Fasola księcia (Beans & Pork)

We are naming this hearty dish after Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig The Prince and general 

that many wanted to be the King of America! Read more about this LGBT hero after the recipe. 

A wonderful dish for this changeable weather. Basic beans with pork. A homemade dish that has been presented in an easy to handle format. Yet the taste and aroma will enchant you.

• Ingredients:
• 40 ounce jar of northern beans or caned
• 1 lbs can of cooked pork, diced
• 1 small onion, diced
• ¼ cup brown sugar

• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp steak seasoning
• 2 carrots shredded
• 1 stalks celery, diced
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 4 cups water

Directions:

 

Do your cutting:

Chop the onion, peel & shred the carrots, fine dice the celery, chop the parsley.

In a dutch oven on stove top, melt 2 tbs butter or margarine. Add the onions and stir. Add carrots and celery. Let saute until onions turn transparent.

Add the pork and the beans. Stir in the chicken broth and water and spoon in the brown sugar and steak seasonings. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to a simmer and sprinkle in the parsley. Let simmer for about an hour and a half, stirring occasionally. Taste test and add salt & pepper.

To make a smoother, creamier soup. Use an immersion blender a couple of quick strokes, not enough to blend smooth, just to add a softer texture.

Serve with cornbread!

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A gay man as King of America?

Prince Henry 1769

In 1786, as our Continental Congress was thrashing out ideas for this new country, Prince Henry of Prussia was backed by Alexander Hamilton, Baron von Steuben and other disgruntled American politicians as a cultured and liberal-minded candidate for “king” of the United States. The offer was withdrawn before the prince could respond.

Prince Henry was 60 years old at the time. Even so, there had been a real possibility that our fledgling nation’s first leader could have been a gay Prussian royal.

While it might seem far-fetched that a Prussian man would be accepted by the American people as their leader, it must be recalled that without the military leadership of the Prussian Baron von Steuben, our continental army would likely not have prevailed against the British.

Benjamin Franklin, while based in Paris, recommended Baron von Steuben to General George Washington. Franklin was well aware of von Steuben’s love for young men but did not tell. In fact the general was about to be run out of France for his “immoral” acts, which von Steuben never denied.

Fellow countryman Prince Henry was also brazenly open about his sexual interest in young men. Both Prussians had advanced military skills, and Prince Henry led Prussia’s troops so successfully during the Seven Years' War that he never lost a battle. Baron von Steuben never married, but Prince Henry entered into a childless marriage of convenience, as was the custom of high-born homosexuals of the time.

Prince Henry (childless), Frederick the Great (childless): Alexander Hamilton and Baron von Steuben (never married) all had one thing in common, and that is sexual relations with men. It was also reported that Henry often chose the officers in his regiment for their handsomeness rather than for their military competence.

Who was this prince who could be King?

Born Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig in Berlin, Prince Henry of Prussia (1726-1802) was the younger brother of Frederick the Great.

Henry resented being in Frederick's shadow. Nonetheless, he loyally served as his brother's top general throughout Frederick's reign. He was never defeated on the battlefield.

In 1752 Henry married Princess Wilhelmina in Charlottenburg, but they had no children. Despite the marriage, he scarcely concealed his passion for other men and developed intimate friendships with the actor Blainville and the French emigre Count La Roche-Aymon. One favorite, Major von Kaphengst, exploited the prince's interest in him to spend his time at Schloss Meseberg, an estate not far from Rheinsberg which Henry had given to him.

The prince proved to be an excellent general and politician.

Henry successfully led Prussian armies as a general during the Third Silesian War. He greatly distinguished himself during his brother's victory at the Battle of Prague. It was Prince Henry who reorganized the routed Prussian forces after his brothers defeat at Kolin. That loss ended with a virtually destroyed Prussian army, a virtually defenseless Kingdom of Prussia, and a complete victory by the Russo-Austrian force. Henry later won his most famous victory at Freiberg in 1762, the final battle of the war between Austria and Prussia.

After the Seven Years' War, Henry worked as a shrewd diplomat.

Henry attempted to secure a principality for himself and twice tried to become King of Poland, but was opposed by his brother. The king frustrated Henry's attempt to become ruler of a kingdom Catherine II of Russia planned to create in Wallachia.

Last years

After the death of his brother in 1786, Henry hoped to become more influential in the Prussian government. Although he was less influential than he hoped, Prince Henry was more important during the last years of his life in advising King Frederick William III, who began his reign in 1797.

Voltaire had seen in Frederick the embodiment of his "Philosopher King". Arguably, Henry was by deed the man Voltaire had hoped the "Age of Reason" would produce.

Prince Henry's grave in Rheinsberg Palace.