Before dinner: Formal introductions cocktails or lighter drinks (champagne) and hors d'oeuvres. The First-Class Titanic Dinner was a "choreographed" affair with: Hand-written "formal" invitations (with advice on what to wear) a biography of the character your are asked to "portray" flowers for the ladies boutonniere for the men and court music. That sure is a whole lot of food for a 2nd class passage! The "Cold" menu: Roast Mutton Roast Beef Sausage Ox Tongue Pickles Salad Tapioca Pudding apple tart Fresh Fruit Cheese Biscuits and Coffee. Their Ap"Hot" Luncheon menu consisted of: Pea Soup Spaghetti au Gratin Corned Beef Vegetable Dumplings Roast Mutton and Baked Jacket Potatoes. I was surprised that even the Second Class passengers had a generous dining menu, that was basically unheard of at the time. This book contains history, photos, menus, and recipes of the ship, its crew, and passengers. not so much its sinking, rather the elegance and beauty of the ship and romance of the Edwardian era. Oddly I am entranced with the subject of the Titanic.
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