Dee Randall wrote:

> There are four theories on the origin of Béchamel Sauce:
> a.. The Italian version of who created this sauce is that it was created
> in the 14th century and was introduced by the Italian chefs of Catherine de
> Medici (1519-1589), the Italian-born Queen of France. In 1533, as part of an
> Italian-French dynastic alliance, Catherine was married to Henri, Duke of
> Orleans (the future King Henri II of France. It is because of the Italian
> cooks and pastry makers who followed her to France that the French came to
> know the taste of Italian cooking that they introduced to the French court.
> Antonin Carème(1784-1833), celebrated chef and author, wrote in 1822: "The
> cooks of the second half of the 1700's came to know the taste of Italian
> cooking that Catherine de'Medici introduced to the French court."

And you're gonna make us guess the other 3? Does the winner get a
prize? <g>