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Posted on 04/01/2008 4:05:44 AM PDT by JustAmy
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The Last Dinner on the Titanic
by Gary Fisher
On the evening of April 14, 1912 a number of first-class passengers on the Titanic reveled in a privately hosted feast in the first-class á la carte restaurant. At the same time in the first-class dining saloon other first-class passengers - some who had paid the equivalent of $124,000 in today's dollars for the ocean voyage - settled in for a sumptuous, if over-filling, ten-course extravaganza. Meanwhile, in the second-class dining saloon, second-class passengers ate a less elaborate but beautifully served dinner. And on F deck in what would be called “steerage” in lesser vessels, third-class passengers ate simply prepared, hearty meals served in their own spartan dining saloon.
Several hours later, in the early morning of April 15th, the Titanic sank taking 1581 passengers and crew - many well fed and lubricated - to their untimely deaths....
What sets the last meal on the Titanic apart? Is it that so many died, together, at one time, and that for the first-class passengers at least, their “last meals” were glorious feasts, brilliantly prepared and flawlessly served in an atmosphere of elegance and luxury - with death waiting in the wings? Or is it that the last meal provides a touchstone to the sinking that is accessible to each of us in gustatory terms we all understand? Or is it that the “last dinner” on the Titanic is simply a metaphor for seizing each moment as if it's the last.
There were only two menus recovered from the Titanic for the night of the 14th. One of these - the first-class menu - is reproduced below....
Titanic sank during the last years of the Edwardian era before World War I where the privileged ate and drank with an abandon guaranteed to increase girth and shorten lifespan. Food was rich and fatty, and courses were accompanied with wine and liquor in sufficient variety and quantity to yield magnificent hangovers. As you go over the following menu, take it slowly and try to imagine the impact of each successive course as if consumed in the robust fashion of the day.
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Those having trouble accessing the dinner menus for first class, second class and third class can find it eventually at http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hangar/7574/menu.htm.
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Titanic Menu Sells for $88,500
Saturday June 12, 2004
A large selection of Titanic artifacts went to auction in New York on Thursday, June 10. Three Titanic collectors decided to liquidate their collections, creating one of the largest ever auctions of Titanic items. Included in the sale was a piece of staircase, stationary, deck chair, and a postcard mailed from the Titanic. The item that sold for the most money was a well-preserved, original menu from the night the ship sank. The menu sold for $88,500.
Who posts all the wonderful recipes on here? Is it you or yorkie or Amy? The reason I am asking....my son wants to make Oysters Rockafeller or however you spell it! He had them in South Carolina last week and I had them once a few years back and actually we both loved them....anybody know, clue me in!!
And thanks~~~
Maybe ... but you were brilliant in posting and sharing it.
There ... is that better? ;^ )
JC, here are a few recipes of Oysters Rockefeller from some favorite sites:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/231165
From All Recipes.com. Be sure to check out the reviews, here, and the two extra recipes on the left of the page: (I LOVE this site - I have gotten some of my best recipes here!)
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Oysters-Rockefeller/Detail.aspx
From the Food Network:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_14188,00.html
From the Global Gourmet:
http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg0298/oyrock1.html
Just a suggestion - you might want to just print them out and give them all to him. That way he can take ingredients and suggestions from one, and apply them to others.
Tell him, “Happy Eating from Amy’s Place!”
Interesting info ... I enjoyed looking at the menu and the recipes.
Maybe I should start looking for more formal dinner type recipes to share.
Thanks for sharing the recipe links for Oysters Rockefeller, Yorkie.
I have never eaten oysters and I doubt that I ever will; but I’m going to check out the recipes anyway. :^ )
Weren't me. The extent of my cooking knowledge and ability ranges between 1 and 5 on the microwave dial.
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LOL
I may have posted a few recipes, here, but, check out the recipes on this thread. (There are almost 2,000 posts, with some of the best advice, and recipes you will ever see anywhere else on FR!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?q=1&;page=1#1
the music is there you may just have to make sure you are FULL screen and right click then reverse back to the first slide then the music will start.
This particular one has very faint music on the first slide but whenever the music does not play go back to the first slide and of course make sure your sound is turned up.
Let me know if that works.
Thanks, Cardhu.
This time I got both pictures and music. Wonderful!!
Thank you again.
Success! :)
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