SS President Arthur Dinner Menu - 29 October 1923
Front Cover of a Vintage Dinner Menu from Monday, 29 October 1923 on board the SS President Arthur of the United States Lines featured Yorkshire Ham Glace & Asparagus Tips, Chicken Croquettes Petits Pois, and Pound Cake for dessert. The menu, published in English and German, included a Concert Program.
COMMANDER: P. G. KRETHOHM
Menu Items
HORS D’OEUVRES
- Canapés Danoise
- Pearl Onions
- Ripe Olives
- Pickled Walnuts
SOUP
- Ox-tail Soup
- Consommé Julienne
- Bouillon en Tasse
FISH
- Broiled Sea Bass Maitre d’Hôtel
- Filet of Sole au Vin Blanc
ENTREE
- Yorkshire Ham Glace & Asparagus Tips
- Chicken Croquettes Petits Pois
- French Pancake
- Omelette with Tomatoes
ROAST
- Roast Sirloin of Beef au Jus
- Roast Veal with Stuffing
- Roast Long Island Duckling, Bread Sauce
VEGETABLES
- Mixed Vegetables
- Spinach Anglaise
- Turnips Glace
POTATOES
- Noisette, Boiled, Pont Neuf
SALAD
- Beet Root
COMPOTE OF FRUIT
- Prunes
DESSERT
- Pound Cake
- Ice Cream
- Pastry
CHEESE
- Roquefort
- Swiss
- Apples
- Demi-Tasse
Dinner Menu in German
Concert Program
- "Guard of Honor” March (Lehnhardt)
- Overture "Maurer und Schlosser” (Auber)
- “La Serenade” Waltz (Metra)
- "Flower Show” Gavotte (Klose)
- "Silver threads among the gold” (Davids)
- "The Sunny South” Selection (Lampe)
- “Leave me with a smile” Foxtrot (Koehler)
