Looks like a pretty rich menu. Of course 12 course dinners were not unusual for those in the top tier of Edwardian/Gilded Age society.
Posted on 10/05/2015 7:07:14 PM PDT by Gamecock
A piece of paper that sailed aboard the Titanic was recently sold at auction for the price of a fancy sports car.
The yellowed document — a luncheon menu for the first-class dining room — is dated April 14, 1912. This means that it details the last-ever gourmet lunch served aboard the ill-fated luxury ocean liner. The menu reveals that, the day before the boat sank to the bottom of the icy North Atlantic Ocean, wealthy passengers dined on "grilled mutton chops," soused herring and a variety of other delicacies.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.livescience.com ...
Ping for Titanic. Just FYI.
Whatever was on the menu didn’t go down well.
Wonder how much a menu from the Andrea Doria will bring, especially since they weren’t serving mutton.
I’ve seen this menu before.
I love the “chicken a`la Maryland”.
That’s cracker-crumb batter for frying.
soused herring
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there ya go ...
it was those drunk fish that steered the Titanic into that iceberg...
“Fellas it’s too rough to feed ya”
Actually “Mutton” is pretty nasty and smells worse cooking than it tastes.
Let’s see, if I was there I would go for the following:
Corned Beef, Vegetables, Dumplings
Apple Meringue
Roast Beef
for the rest ewwww. I’ll pass
I was going to say, “You want fries with that?” but “Fries” are on the potato list. Well color me surprised.
As for “whatever was on the menu didn’t go down well”.
Oh contraire, mon ami. It went down too well.
(That is still a great line)
Really?
Who doesn’t like fried chicken?
See also: http://www.history.com/news/last-meal-on-titanic
And while disasters are on the menu:
http://projektlz129.blogspot.com/2014/05/lunch-and-dinner-menus-from-hindenburgs.html
the condemned passengers ate a hearty, gourmet meal.
Cockie Leekie? Should see a doctor for that.
Some days you dine on the fish; some days the fish dine on you.
They dined right after their morning church service, because April 14th was a Sunday. They had one final day to hear the Gospel message and then the ship hit the berg at twenty minutes to midnight.
“Cockie Leekie? Should see a doctor for that.”
In 1912? I think I’d take my chances and pass on the mercury dosing.
Chinese herbal doctor.
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