Posted on 10/05/2015 7:07:14 PM PDT by Gamecock
A piece of paper that sailed aboard the Titanic was recently sold at auction for the price of a fancy sports car.
The yellowed document — a luncheon menu for the first-class dining room — is dated April 14, 1912. This means that it details the last-ever gourmet lunch served aboard the ill-fated luxury ocean liner. The menu reveals that, the day before the boat sank to the bottom of the icy North Atlantic Ocean, wealthy passengers dined on "grilled mutton chops," soused herring and a variety of other delicacies.
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Well, the headline is wrong. But the article does mention “last lunch”.
It took hours to finally sink, and it’s not in deep waters. So, I’d almost be surprised if there weren’t many things available.
My mother loved that ship.
“probably because of minimal refrigeration back then.”
Yes, and so you should consider that and give them a pass.
Maybe they just had better “taste” overall back then, not just hoity-toy.
Cue Far Side comic with the cook going down with the ship....
Oh the lunch went down ok. Just a little deeper than anticipated for some.
I find it fascinating how the cuisine of Scotland is so heavily influenced by the cuisine of France.
It was explained to me that it had to do with their common enemy, England.
The Doria sank in about 225 - 250 feet of water off the Nantucket Lightship. The currents there are very strong and the wreck is in bad shape. Every year, divers die trying to salvage artifacts from that wreck. And I think the nanny gov has declared it off limits as a dive site, although that doesn’t stop determined adventurers.
Doria salvage items are pretty rare.
Wow, I guess I did hear about that.
However, since it took so long I’m wondering if many people, especially staff, might’ve taken stuff with them. OTOH, they may have been strictly under emergency evac and not been allowed.
There were a lot fewer fatalities in the Doria/Stockholm incident than Titanic, and you’re right that the Doria took much longer to sink. But I doubt many passengers had the presence of mind to grab souvenirs as they abandoned the crippled vessel.
The time between the collision and the final plunge must have been heart-wrenching. She was such a beautiful ship, and to watch her slowly capsize to her grave would have been almost obscene.
The wreck is almost totally collapsed now.
But at least she was claimed by the sea, instead of suffering the even more ignominious fate of being broken for scrap like the Costa Concordia. That IS obscene.
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