SS President Arthur Dinner Menu - 25 October 1923
Front Cover of a Vintage Dinner Menu Card from Thursday, 25 October 1923 on board the SS President Arthur of the United States Lines featured Croquettes of Beef Tenderloin, Mushroom sauce, Prague Ham à la Metternich, and Raisin Tartlets for dessert. The menu, published in English and German, included a Concert Program.
COMMANDER: P. G. KRETHOHM
Menu Items
HORS D’OEUVRES
- Médaillons aux Anchois
- White Onions
- Pinmoney Pickles
- Queen Olives
SOUP
- Crème de Courgettes
- Consommé DuBarry
- Bouillon en Tasse
FISH
- Fried Smelt Sauce Remoulade
- Baked Haddock Espagnole (Baked Spanish Haddock)
ENTREE
- Croquettes of Beef Tenderloin, Mushroom sauce
- Prague Ham à la Metternich
- Apple Fritters, Cream Sauce
- Omelette with Tomatoes
ROAST
- Roast Jersey Pork
- Roast Lamb, Currant Sauce
- Roast Vermont Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
VEGETABLES
- Bavarian Cabbage
- Braised Celery
- Risotto Italienne
POTATOES
- Duchesse, Boiled, Francois
SALAD
- Lettuce, French Dressing
COMPOTE OF FRUIT
DESSERT
- Raisin Tartlets
- French Ice Cream
- Pastry
- CHEESE
- Camembert
- Swiss
- Apples
- Pineapples
- Demi-tasse
Dinner Menu in German
Concert Program
- "Call of the Wild” March (Losey)
- “Italian Girl in Algeria” Overture (Rossini)
- “El Torero” Waltz (Ohlsen)
- “Violets" Song (Ellen Wright)
- “Douces Amours” Gavotte (Vollstedt)
- Fantasia from “Faust” (Gounod)
- "Caroline in the Morning” Foxtrot (Silver)
