{"id":232378,"date":"2025-05-25T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=232378"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:49:07","slug":"pere-lachaise-parmentier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/pere-lachaise-parmentier\/","title":{"rendered":"Au P\u00e8re-Lachaise, cette tombe est sans cesse couverte de pommes de terre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Au <strong>cimeti\u00e8re du P\u00e8re-Lachaise,<\/strong> une tombe insolite intrigue les visiteurs : elle est sans cesse couverte de pommes de terre. Un hommage amusant, \u00e0 un homme qui a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de ce tubercule un \u00e9l\u00e9ment essentiel de la cuisine fran\u00e7aise :<strong> Antoine-Augustin Parmentier<\/strong>. On vous raconte l&rsquo;histoire de ce pharmacien, nutritionniste, hygi\u00e9niste et agronome.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Le tubercule mal-a<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>im\u00e9<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpSZA8atkn-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpSZA8atkn-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Sandrine Delmer (@delmersandrine)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avant de devenir un incontournable de nos assiettes, la<strong> pomme de terre<\/strong> a longtemps eu mauvaise presse. Au <strong>XVIIIe<\/strong> <strong>si\u00e8cle<\/strong> en France, on la soup\u00e7onne d\u2019\u00eatre <strong>porteuse de maladies<\/strong> comme la l\u00e8pre ou la peste, et elle est m\u00eame bannie du royaume pendant pr\u00e8s de vingt ans. Elle reste marginale et inconnue jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce qu\u2019un certain <strong>Antoine-Augustin Parmentier<\/strong> s\u2019y int\u00e9resse. Captur\u00e9 et emprisonn\u00e9 en <strong>Prusse<\/strong> lors de la<strong> Guerre de Sept Ans (1756-1763)<\/strong>, ce jeune pharmacien militaire y d\u00e9couvre la pomme de terre, aliment de base l\u00e0 bas qui l\u2019aide \u00e0 survivre lors de sa captivit\u00e9. Affam\u00e9, il en mange r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, et ne tombe pas malade ! De retour \u00e0 <strong>Paris<\/strong> \u00e0 la fin de la guerre, cette d\u00e9couverte exceptionnelle ne quitte pas ses pens\u00e9es, et il y consacre ses travaux, qui se heurtent encore \u00e0 de nombreux d\u00e9tracteurs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Les ruses de Parmentier<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232391\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait de Parmentier assis dans son cabinet,en habit d\u2019acad\u00e9micien, tenant un bouquet de toutes les plantes qu\u2019il a \u00e9tudi\u00e9es, Dumont, 1812. \" width=\"640\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag-151x200.jpg 151w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag-80x106.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag-500x664.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag-376x500.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/parmentier-portrait-paris-zigzag-300x398.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait de Parmentier assis dans son cabinet,<br \/>en habit d\u2019acad\u00e9micien, tenant un bouquet de toutes les plantes qu\u2019il a \u00e9tudi\u00e9es, Dumont, 1812.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour le pharmacien, reste \u00e0 <strong>convaincre les fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> des bienfaits de la pomme de terre : une lourde t\u00e2che qui le pousse \u00e0 user de fins stratag\u00e8mes. Il organise r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement des d\u00eeners r\u00e9unissant <strong>savants et personnalit\u00e9s illustres<\/strong> (parmi eux : Lavoisier ou Benjamin Franklin), autour de menus enti\u00e8rement compos\u00e9s de plats \u00e0 base de pomme de terre : une mani\u00e8re subtile de redorer le blason du tubercule. Mais le coup d\u00e9cisif, c\u2019est la s\u00e9duction de la cour versaillaise. Parmentier offre alors \u00e0 <\/span><b>Marie-Antoinette<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> et \u00e0<\/span><b> Louis XVI <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">des bouquets de fleurs de pomme de terre : la reine les glisse dans ses cheveux, le roi dans sa boutonni\u00e8re. Pari gagn\u00e9 : curieux et\u00a0 grand amateur de sciences, Louis XVI lui accorde le droit de<strong> cultiver deux hectares<\/strong> dans les environs. La \u201cparmenti\u00e8re\u201d s\u00e9duit la cour et s\u2019invite m\u00eame \u00e0 la table royale. Parmentier met alors en place sa ruse d\u00e9cisive : il fait garder ses champs en plein jour pour attirer les convoitises\u2026et les laisse sans surveillance la nuit. L\u2019effet est imm\u00e9diat : les plants sont \u201c<strong>myst\u00e9rieusement\u201d pill\u00e9s<\/strong>, et les fran\u00e7ais go\u00fbtent pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 la pomme de terre. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Une reconnaissance tardive\u2026 mais r\u00e9volutionnaire<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Csw2swwIad_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Csw2swwIad_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Thierry Le Roi (@les_necroromantiques)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ce n\u2019est qu\u2019en <strong>1782<\/strong> que la <strong>Facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine de Paris<\/strong> d\u00e9clare officiellement la pomme de terre comestible. En <strong>1771<\/strong> d\u00e9j\u00e0, Parmentier remportait un concours de l\u2019<strong>Acad\u00e9mie de Besan\u00e7on<\/strong> dont l\u2019intitul\u00e9 \u00e9tait <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cQuels sont les v\u00e9g\u00e9taux qui pourraient \u00eatre substitu\u00e9s en cas de disette et quelle devrait \u00eatre la pr\u00e9paration.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -et l\u2019on conna\u00eet sa r\u00e9ponse. Si \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, il n\u2019\u00e9tait pas encore parvenu \u00e0 convaincre les fran\u00e7ais, il avait pourtant vu juste, puisque la pomme de terre permettra au pays de traverser la <strong>longue p\u00e9nurie alimentaire<\/strong> qui suivra la <strong>R\u00e9volution<\/strong>. Parmentier et ses pr\u00e9cieuses pommes de terre entrent dans la post\u00e9rit\u00e9, et subsiste aujourd\u2019hui cette dr\u00f4le de tradition qui lui rend hommage : venir<strong> d\u00e9poser une pomme de terre sur sa tombe.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>A lire \u00e9galement<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/histoire-colonne-vendome\/\">Savez-vous que la colonne Vend\u00f4me a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite avec 1200 canons ennemis ? Voici son histoire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Cr\u00e9dit : @les_necroromantiques sur Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au cimeti\u00e8re du P\u00e8re-Lachaise, une tombe insolite intrigue les visiteurs : elle est sans cesse couverte de pommes de terre. Un hommage amusant, \u00e0 un homme qui a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de ce tubercule un \u00e9l\u00e9ment essentiel de la cuisine fran\u00e7aise : Antoine-Augustin Parmentier. On vous raconte l&rsquo;histoire de ce pharmacien, nutritionniste, hygi\u00e9niste et agronome. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":232379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Au P\u00e8re-Lachaise, cette tombe est sans cesse couverte de pommes de terre","_seopress_titles_desc":"Au P\u00e8re-Lachaise, une tombe insolite intrigue les visiteurs : elle est sans cesse couverte de pommes de terre. 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