RMS Franconia Dinner Menu Card - 10 June 1955
Front Side of a Vintage Dinner Menu Card from Friday, 10 June 1955 on board the RMS Franconia of the Cunard Line featured Braised Calf's Sweetbreads, Maintenon, Roast Duckling, Savory and Apple Sauce, and Coupe Edna May for dessert. GGA Image ID # 15572dfbe8
Menu Items
- Smoked Salmon and Capers
- Orange Juice
- Grape Fruit Cocktail
HORS D’ŒUVRES
- Tomatoes Tartare
- Bordeaux Sardines
- Salade Macédoine
- Anchovy Fillets
- Eggs Aurore
- Smoked Herrings
- Thon a l’Huile
- Potato Salad
- Salted Peanuts
- Queen, Ripe and Stuffed Olives
SOUPS
- Croûte au Pot
- Cream of Tomato
FISH
- Brook Trout, Dorée
- Fried Fillets of Whitefish, Gloucester Sauce
- Poached Fillets of Lemon Sole, Hollandaise Sauce
FARINACEOUS
Noodles à la Crème
VEGETARIAN
- Welsh Rarebit
ENTREE
- Braised Calf's Sweetbreads, Maintenon
- Pigeon en Casserole, Grand'Mère
JOINT
- Roast Sirloin and Ribs of Beef, Raifort
RELEVE
- Roast Duckling, Savory and Apple Sauce
GRILL [to order 10 minutes]
- Split Lamb's Kidneys on Toast
VEGETABLES
- Lima Beans
- White Squash au Parmesan
- Braised Celery
POTATOES
- Boiled, Roast and Garfield
COLD BUFFET
- Roast Sirloin of Beef
- Raised Pie
- Ox Tongue
- Galantine of Chicken
SALADS
- Tomato
- Jack o'Lantern
- Canadian Club
- Fresh Fruit
DRESSINGS
- French
- Mayonnaise
SWEETS
- Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce
- Coupe Edna May
ICE CREAM
- Vanilla
- Chocolate
- Pistachio
- Banana
- Hot Butterscotch Sauce
SAVORY
- Fried Camembert Cheese
- Dessert
- Coffee Hot or Iced
SUGGESTED MENU
- Hors d’Oeuvre Varies
- Croûte au Pot
- Poached Fillets of Lemon Sole, Hollandaise Sauce
- Roast Sirloin and Ribs of Beef, Raifort
- Lima Beans
- Potatoes Garfield
- Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce
- Dessert
- Coffee
