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Why is the tradition of the Giant Omelette Brotherhood

of Bessières attributed to Napoléon Bonaparte?

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According to legend, Napoleon's army once camped for the night near Bessieres. Napoleon stayed in an inn, where he ordered an omelette for dinner. The innkeeper's meal was so incredible that Napoleon ordered every egg in the village to be gathered and made into one giant omelette for his army's breakfast the next day.