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

1. “The Victorius Eagle” March (Rosey)
2. "Overture Romantique” (Keler-Bela) 
3. "Valse Brune” (Krier)
4. “O you My darling’ (Nelson)
5. "Parade of the Goblins” (Nook)
6. Fantasia from "Carmen” (Bizet)
7. "Sunflower” Foxtrot (Eysoldt)