SS Ile de France Large Format Dinner Menu - 5 October 1949
Front Cover of a Vintage Large Format First Class Dinner Menu from Wednesday, 5 October 1949 on board the SS Ile de France of the CGT French Line featured Young Turkey with Chestnuts à la Dauphinoise, Supreme of Brill Boulonnaise, and Iced Petits Fours "Isle-de-France" for dessert. GGA Image ID # 15ab1eb7fe
Menu Items
Hors-d'Œuvre
- Green Olives
- Black Olives
- Celery in Branch
- Normandie Butter
- Terrine of Chicken
- Centenaire Salad
- Fresh Small Mushrooms Ravigote
- Tunny Marinette
- Iced Grapefruit with Alsatian Kirsch
Soup
- Tomato Green Washington
- Celestine Consommé
- Onion Soup with Parmesan
Eggs
- Omelet à L'Espagnole
- Soft Boiled Eggs Soubise
Fish
- Supreme of Brill Boulonnaise
- Cold Bass à la Parisienne
Special French Dish
- Young Turkey with Chestnuts à la Dauphinoise
Vegetables
- Fressh String Beans in Butter
- Artichokes
- Hollandaise Sauce
- Celery in Madeira Wine
- Rice Creole
- Muslin Potatoes
- Baked Potatoes
- Parsley Potatoes
- Allumettes Potatoes
Pastries
- Macaroni à l'Italienne
Roast
- Roast Sirloin Steak à la Broche
From the Grill (10 Minutes)
- Broiled Rump steak with Onions
Cold Buffet
- York Ham - Ardennes Ham - Virginia Ham
- Cold Young Turkey Cranberry Sauce
- Roast beef with Gherkins
- Loin of Veal Mayonnaise
- Lamb Mint Sauce
- Cold Chicken
- Rack of Pork
- Smoked Ox Tongue
Salad
- Lorenzo Salad
- Field Salad
- Celery and Beetroot
- Scarole Salad
Cheese
- Emmenthal – Brie – Petit Suisse — Camembert
Entremets
- Favorite Ice Cream in cup
- Coffee lce Cream
- Normand Apple Pie
- Nantaise Flat Cake
- Bavaroise Nelusko
- Semolina Pudding
- Iced Petits Fours "Isle-de-France"
Stewed Fruit
- Stewed Pears
Fruits
- Basket of Fruits
Wines
- Bourgogne Blanc Supérieur
- Bordeaux Rouge Supérieur
- Bordeaux Blanc Supérieur
Infusions
- French Coffee - American Coffee - Sanka Coffee
- China Tea - Ceylon Tea - Orange Pekoe
- Camomille – Mint - Linden Tea - Vervain
Menu Selections, Large Format Dinner Menu, First Class on the SS Ile de France of the CGT French Line, Wednesday, 5 October 1949. GGA Image ID # 15ab27b19a