SS President Arthur Dinner Menu - 28 October 1923
Front Cover of a Vintage Dinner Menu from Sunday, 28 October 1923 on board the SS President Arthur of the United States Lines featured Sweetbread Patties à la Toulouse, Salmi of Gosling Chipolatas, and Wiener Cake for dessert. The menu, published in English and German, included a Concert Program.
COMMANDER: P. G. KRETHOHM
Menu Items
HORS D’OEUVRES
- Asparagus Tips Vinaigrette
- Pearl Onions
- Pinmoney Pickles
- Salted Anchovies
SOUP
- Crème Nivernaise
- Consommé Germinal
- Bouillon en Tasse
FISH
- Broiled Red Snapper Maitre d’Hôtel
- Boiled Halibut Sauce Normande
ENTREE
- Sweetbread Patties à la Toulouse
- Salmi of Gosling Chipolatas
- Peaches à la Conde
- Omelette à la Richmont
ROAST
- Roast Jersey Pork
- Roast Leg of Lamb Mint Sauce
- Roast Vermont Turkey, Sage Dressing
VEGETABLES
- Carrots Natural
- Lima Beans with Pimentos
- Spaghetti Milanaise
POTATOES
- Chateau, Boiled, O’Brien
SALAD
- Tomato
COMPOTE OF FRUIT
- Apples
DESSERT
- Wiener Cake
- Ice Cream
- Pastry
CHEESE
- Roquefort
- Swiss
- Oranges
- Demi-Tasse
Dinner Menu in German
Concert Program
- “The Victorius Eagle” March (Rosey)
- "Overture Romantique” (Keler-Bela)
- "Valse Brune” (Krier)
- “O you My darling’ (Nelson)
- "Parade of the Goblins” (Nook)
- Fantasia from "Carmen” (Bizet)
- "Sunflower” Foxtrot (Eysoldt)