WINEMANVISALIA Posted July 2, 2010 #1 Share Posted July 2, 2010 VERY FASCINATING GLIMPSE OF HOW CRUISERS ATE LONG LONG AGO... http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?sLabel=The%2520Buttolph%2520collection%2520of%2520menus&word=CUNARD&lword=268324&lfield=10&sScope=Source&sLevel=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habubabu Posted July 3, 2010 #2 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Wow! Thanks so much for the link. These old menus are so interesting to read and to compare with the cruise ship menus of today.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted July 4, 2010 #3 Share Posted July 4, 2010 You can read that? I can't seem to make it legible! Nevermind....found the "resize" button! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 14, 2010 #4 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I just hit the resize button -- those are great!! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgip Posted July 14, 2010 #5 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Very cool - they ate alot of mutton didn't they! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chachi Posted July 15, 2010 #6 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Wow, I didn't even know they were around 100 years ago. Very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbtier Posted July 16, 2010 #7 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Really cool but I don't understand 'boiled turkey'. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxesden1 Posted July 17, 2010 #8 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Would that be 1st class? Or 2nd? First I would assume by the number of courses. And i think Broiled Turkey might be because they did Turkey parts and not the whole bird? Or Roasted with a "kewl name" because Broiled was something new? T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvcdays Posted July 22, 2010 #9 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Thank you so much for posting those menus. They're very interesting! I remember looking at the menus on my our first cruise on our honeymoon in 1979. The foods were very English and we had no idea what they were, so our waiter just brought us what he thought we would like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecatmama Posted July 23, 2010 #10 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Maybe "boiled" is actually "poached"?... I don't think halibut would "boil" successfully... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxesden1 Posted July 26, 2010 #11 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Maybe "boiled" is actually "poached"?... I don't think halibut would "boil" successfully... salted/dried halibut does - its done in milk. :D I had it when I lived in Paris... wait, maybe it was dry salted salmon I had.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameButterfly Posted August 1, 2010 #12 Share Posted August 1, 2010 How interesting! Thanks for the link! It's cool to see what kind of food was chosen for the current storage technology available. I saw on one of the first menus on the first page that it was noted for service a la russe - I'm guessing that this would be a first class menu since service a la russe was very stylish at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecatmama Posted August 1, 2010 #13 Share Posted August 1, 2010 salted/dried halibut does - its done in milk. :D I had it when I lived in Paris... wait, maybe it was dry salted salmon I had.. Or maybe it was cod? I guess my original thought was fresh halibut... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted August 16, 2010 #14 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Cunard has a great exibit on the Queen Mary II where they have lots of mementos from the olden days including menus. Unfortunately, the current menus do not quite measure-up to those old menus. There is an old tale about a Lady and her Gentleman who were dining in the Queens Grill on the original Queen Mary. The Gentleman decided to test the waiter and chef and hence told his waiter he wanted "Elephant Steak." The waiter, without missing a beat replied, "would that be African or Indian." Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovevacadays Posted November 21, 2010 #15 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Wow, thanks for posting this. It made me think of the folks who were ordering off those menus in 1900. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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