This group often held councils around a sacred ste
This group often held councils around a sacred stew pot, and its members held kitchen-themed titles like the First Maker of Soup.  This group rejected the creation of the "New Order" which would have reformed them.  One revolt by this group was partially due to their feeling that the Chief Black Eunuch was trying to replace them, as well as a gripe that they hadn't been properly paid for their actions in Khotyn in 1621.  After new recruits joined this group, a tail was added to their white felt cap.  In a coronation ceremony for a monarch sometimes called "The Sot" or "The Drunkard", this group refused to march to the (*) Topkapi Palace until bribed, and they originally served as a bodyguard for Orkhan.  This group was dissolved and replaced with a more modernized corps. during the Auspicious Incident orchestrated by Mahmud II.  For 10 points, name this group of Ottoman soldiers originally made up of captured Christian youths.
This group often held councils around a sacred stew pot, and its members held kitchen-themed titles like the First Maker of Soup.  
{Janissaries} [or {Janizary} or {Yeniceri} or {Jeni Ceri} or {Yeni Cheri} or New {Troops}]