Thread by @meakoopa

although called “Count” Dracula, no such honorific was used in any of the centuries Dracula was operating in Transylvania. As he himself says, he is “Boyar”, one of the aristocrats of the region. He also frequently signs his letters as “-D.”

THIS MFER’S NAME IS BOYAR D.

I can’t find any data on the meaning/origin of “Boiardi” but considering the variant “Boyardi” is also in the census data of the Romagna it’s very possible!

https://twitter.com/kabbiearlish/status/1653832720802258963

indeed, not only does Dracula do all the cooking in the castle (and Jonathan catches him making the bed), but Harker notes his roast chicken is “excellent”.

https://twitter.com/angevin2/status/1653835256095449103?s=46&t=aQRfAr1eY3eY7J3kejx17Q

Jonathan Harker has a very low tolerance for spicy food (a paprika chicken dish eaten earlier almost briefly costs him his sanity) so perhaps chef Boyar D’s bland dishes are calibrated for the Victorian English palate?

descriptions of “Count” (Boyar) Dracula (“D”) are surprisingly rare in Stoker’s text but they frequently mention one crucial detail - his white moustache.

at novel’s end, Quincey Morris, an American, somehow successfully “kills” “Count” (Boyar) Dracula (“D”) with his bowie knife, and is himself “killed.”

On May 9th 1914, one “Ettore Boiardi” arrived at Ellis Island, and proceeded to build an American empire as “Chef Boyar D”.

no garlic

“may i come in???” CHILLING.