RMS Berengaria Breakfast Menu 18 July 1929
An Expansive Vintage Breakfast Menu From Thursday, 18 July 1929 on Board the RMS Berengaria of the Cunard Line Featured Grilled Spanish Mackerel—Fines Herbes, Omelettes, Hashed Turkey -- Creole Style and American and Wiltshire Smoked and Pale Bacon. GGA Image ID # 154c750d06
Menu Items
Fruits
- Grape Fruit
- Cantaloup
- Bananas
- Apples
- Cherries
- Oranges
- Tangerines
- Fresh Peaches
- Honey Dew
- Melon
- Plums
- Baked Apples with Cream
- Compote of Prunes
- California Figs in Syrup
- Orange Juice
- Sauerkraut Juice
- Tomato Juice
Cereals
- Oatmeal Porridge—Cream of Wheat—Fresh Milk
- Force Whole Wheat (Flakes)
- Puffed Rice
- Breakfast Bran
- Post Toasties
- Corn Flakes
- Post's Bran Flakes
- Grape Nuts
- Shredded Wheat
- Bonny Boy Oats
- Fleischmann's Yeast Cakes
Fish
- Grilled Spanish Mackerel—Fines Herbes
- Fried Whiting Pickled Lingflsh—Egg Sauce
- Findon Haddie
Eggs and Omelettes
- Eggs Fried, Turned and Boiled
- Poached Eggs on Toast
- Omelettes Various
- Scrambled Eggs, Plain and Ecarlate
- Eggs en Cocotte à la Creme
Entrees
- Hashed Turkey—Creole
- Corned Beef Hash Cake
- Sauté of Kidneys—Chasseur
Grill
- American and Wiltshire Smoked and Pale Bacon
- Cumberland Ham
- Deerfoot Farm and Cambridge Sausage
- Hamburg Steak, Fried Onions
- Devilled Chicken's Legs
- Potatoes—Mashed, French Fried, Steamed
- Bubble and Squeak
Cold Meats Assorted
- Spring Onions
- Watercress
- Radishes
- Cucumber
- Tomatoes
Cakes
- Griddle and Buckwheat Cakes—Maple Syrup
- Waffles
Various Breads
- White and Graham Rolls
- Toast
- Hovis Bread
- French Toast
- Cottage Loaves
- Vienna Bread
- Pulled Bread
- Toasted Muffins
- Scotch Oat Cake
- Corn Bread
- Currant Buns
- Sally Lunns
- Sultana Scones
- Swedish Bread
- Triscuit
- Parkerhouse Rolls
- Soda Scones
- French Crescents
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Energen Rolls
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- Preserves—Gooseberry
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
- Plum
- Black Currant
- Damson
- Greengage
- Apricot
- Marmalade
- Honey
- Guava Jelly
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- Tea—Ceylon, China and Blended.
- Coffee—American and French
- Instant Postum
- Kaffee Hag
- Chocolate Cocoa
- Horlick's Malted Milk
- Buttermilk
Other Images Available for This Breakfast Menu
Bill of Fare Items (Fruits, Cereals, Fish, Eggs and Omelettes, Entrees) from the Vintage Breakfast Menu From Thursday, 18 July 1929 on Board the RMS Berengaria of the Cunard Line. GGA Image ID # 156eb2db31
Bill of Fare Items (Grill, Cold Meats, Cakes, Breads, Jams and Jellies, Beverages) from the Vintage Breakfast Menu From Thursday, 18 July 1929 on Board the RMS Berengaria of the Cunard Line. GGA Image ID # 156ee73a3e
Interesting Fact: By the turn of the century, the big German liners were giving Cunard a lot of competition, and Cunard responded with three giant ocean greyhounds, the Lusitania and Mauretania in 1907, and the even larger Aquitania in 1914. -- Cruise Travel, Vol. 12, No. 1, July 1990, Page 20.
