ried ▁fruit ▁and ▁so aked ▁in ▁rum , ▁was ▁invent ed ▁in ▁the ▁rue ▁Mont org ueil ▁in ▁Paris , ▁France , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ▁or ▁before . ▁Today , ▁the ▁word ▁" b aba " ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁almost ▁everywhere ▁else ▁outside ▁eastern ▁Europe ▁usually ▁refers ▁specifically ▁to ▁the ▁rum ▁b aba . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁b aba ▁was ▁introduced ▁into ▁France ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁via ▁Lor raine . ▁This ▁is ▁attributed ▁to ▁Stanis laus ▁I , ▁the ▁ex iled ▁king ▁of ▁Poland . ▁The ▁Lar ous se ▁G astr onom ique ▁has ▁reported ▁that ▁Stanis laus ▁had ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁so aking ▁a ▁d ried ▁G ugel h up f ▁( a ▁c ake ▁roughly ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁b aba ▁and ▁common ▁in ▁Als ace - L or raine ▁when ▁he ▁arrived ▁there ) ▁or ▁a ▁b aba ▁with ▁alco hol ic ▁spirit . ▁Another ▁version ▁is ▁that ▁when ▁Stanis laus ▁brought ▁back ▁a ▁b aba ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁voy ages ▁it ▁had ▁d ried ▁up . ▁Nicolas ▁Sto hrer , ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁p ât iss iers ▁( or ▁possibly ▁just ▁app rent ice ▁p ât iss iers ▁at ▁the ▁time ), ▁solved ▁the ▁problem ▁by ▁adding ▁Mal aga ▁wine , ▁sa ff ron , ▁d ried ▁and ▁fresh ▁ra is in ▁and ▁cr ême ▁p ât iss ière . ▁The ▁writer ▁Cour ch amps ▁stated ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 ▁that ▁the ▁descend ants ▁of ▁Stanis laus ▁served ▁the ▁b