Featured Menu Item: Consommé
To serve so many meals a day on a steamship naturally requires an immense number of dishes. These vintage menus featured Consommé as a line item. Discover other dishes served and some creative names given to some of the food items. The graphics on many of the menus are pretty extraordinary.
What is Consommé?
A very fair, clear soup often, though improperly, called consommé, may be obtained from cooked bones or a mixture of raw and cooked ones. Consommé is a clear stock obtained by simmering raw meat, bones, etc. insufficient water, till all its succulence is extracted, the requisite flavor being acquired by the use of different vegetables added in varying proportions, and carefully considered quantities of spices.
This stock is then clarified (after freeing it from all trace of fat) with fresh meat, egg whites, shells, etc. This, if clarified nicely, produces a very palatable soup, answering most of the purposes of consommé. However, gourmets would at once detect the difference from the gelatinous flavor imparted by bones.
1905-07-04 SS Caledonia Independence Day Dinner Menu
Date: Fourth of July, 1905
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Featured Entrée: Mutton Cutlets à la Deplomate
Featured Dessert: Pudding à la Republic
1908-07-04 SS Noordland Independence Day Dinner Menu
Date: Fourth of July 1908
Steamship Line: American Line
Featured Entrée: Broiled Chicken, Maryland Style
Featured Dessert: Neapolitan Ice Cream
Includes: Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
1910-07-31 SS Hamburg Dinner Menu
Date: Sunday, 31 July 1910
Steamship Line: Hamburg-America Line
Featured Entrée: Salmon à la Maréchall
Featured Dessert: Ice Cream
1912-04-14 RMS Titanic Luncheon Menu
Date: Sunday, 14 April 1912
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Featured Entrée: Cockie Leekie
Featured Dessert: Apple Meringue
1914-09-23 SS Red Cross Dinner Menu
Date: Wednesday, 23 September 1914
Steamship Line: Hamburg-America Line
Featured Entrée: Boiled Salmon
Featured Dessert: Ice Cream
Includes: Link to Passenger List for this Voyage
1922-08-24 SS Resolute Luncheon Menu
Date: 24 August 1922
Steamship Line: United American Lines
Featured Entrée: Lobster Newbourg
Featured Dessert: Wine Jelly with Fruits
1922-10-11 SS Ryndam Dinner Menu
Date: Wednesday, 11 October 1922
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line
Featured Entrée: Beef Tongue Braised à la Choisy
Featured Dessert: Suchard Cake
Includes: French and English Version of Menu, Concert Program, and, an Artist Sketch of the SS Rijndam
1923-10-19 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Friday, 19 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Boiled Beef Tongue à la Florentine
Featured Dessert: Isabella Cake
Includes: Music Concert Program, Menu Selections from German Passenger
1923-10-21 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Sunday, 21 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Roast Loin Pork Paysanne
Featured Dessert: Sponge Cake
Includes: Music Concert Program, Menu Item Selections from German Passenger
1923-10-22 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Monday, 22 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Patties à la Reine
Featured Dessert: Jelly Rolls
Includes: Music Concert Program
1923-10-23 SS President Arthur Luncheon Menu
Date: Tuesday, 23 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Beef Roulade
Featured Dessert: Blueberry Pie
Includes: Menu Item Selections from German Passenger
1923-10-23 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Tuesday, 23 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Roast Surrey Capon
Featured Dessert: Richelieu Cake
Includes: Music Concert Program, Menu Item Selections from German Passenger
1923-10-24 SS President Arthur Luncheon Menu
Date: Wednesday, 24 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Baked Weakfish Créole
Featured Dessert: Lemon Pie
Includes: Menu Item Selections from German Passenger
1923-10-24 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Wednesday, 24 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Veal Cutlets à la Pojarski
Other Featured Item: Brabanter Tart
Includes: Music Concert Program
1923-10-25 SS President Arthur Luncheon Menu
Date: Thursday, 25 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Fried Flounder
Featured Dessert: Peach Pie
1923-10-25 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Thursday, 25 October 1923
Steamship Line: United States Lines
Featured Entrée: Croquettes of Beef Tenderloin
Other Featured Item: Raisin Tartlets
Includes: Music Concert Program
1923-10-28 SS President Arthur Luncheon Menu
Date: Sunday, 28 October 1923
Steamship Line: United Statese Lines
Featured Entrée: Filet of Sole
Featured Dessert: Apricot Pie
1923-10-28 SS President Arthur Dinner Menu
Date: Sunday, 28 October 1923
Steamship Line: United Statese Lines
Featured Entrée: Salmi of Gosling Chipolatas
Other Featured Item: Wiener Cake
Includes: Music Concert Program
1924-08-06 RMS Andania Dinner Menu Card
Date: 6 August 1924
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Featured Entrée: Salmi of Duckling
Featured Dessert: Orange Ice Cream
1925-05-20 SS Resolute Luncheon Menu
Date: 20 May 1925
Steamship Line: United American Lines
Featured Entrée: Vienna Veal Steak
Featured Dessert: Mirabelle Short Cake
Includes: English and German Versions
1925-06-29 SS Bremen Daily Menu Card
Date: 29 June 1925
Steamship Line: North German Lloyd
Featured Entrée: Breaded Pork Chops
Featured Dessert: Red Sago Pudding
Includes: English and German Versions
1925-07-02 SS Bremen Daily Menu Card
Date: 2 July 1925
Steamship Line: North German Lloyd
Featured Entrée: Chicken Poulette
Featured Dessert: Pineapple Ice Cream
Includes: Music Concert Program
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