MS Gripsholm Dinner Menu - 25 October 1953

 

Front Cover of a Vintage Dinner Menu from Sunday, 25 October 1953 on board the MS Gripsholm of the Swedish American Line.

Front Cover of a Vintage Dinner Menu from Sunday, 25 October 1953 on board the MS Gripsholm of the Swedish American Line featured Roast Saddle of Lamb à l'Orloff; Fillet of Elk Forestière; and Mocca Cake for Dessert. GGA Image ID # 1f428c19d0

 

Menu Items

FIRST CLASS

DINNER MENU

  • Table Celery Queen Olives
  • Cream Soup Palestine
  • Fresh Plaice Meunière
  • Roast Saddle of Lamb à l'Orloff
  • Peas Asparagus Tips
  • Pears Belle Hélène

 

A LA CARTE:

  • Hors d'Œuvre
  • Honey Dew Melon
  • Pineapple Cocktail
  • Shrimp Cocktail
  • Avocado
  • "Sprottens" Stuffed Olives
  • Scandinavian Relishes

 

SOUP

  • Consommé Royal

FISH

  • Fresh Crab à l'anglaise

ROAST

  • Fillet of Elk Forestière (10 Minutes)
  • Squab Pigeon Bonne Femme
  • Cold Roast Beef Pickles

 

VEGETABLES ETC.

  • Vegetable Salad
  • Cauliflower Polonaise
  • Mixed Vegetables
  • Baked Sweet Potatoes

 

SALAD

  • Boston- Romaine- Tomato Salad

 

COMPOTE

  • Stewed Strawberries, Whipped Cream
  • Fresh Pineapple

 

DESSERT

  • Mocca Cake
  • Hot Apricot Sauce

 

ICE-CREAM

  • Mixed- Pistachio- Tortoni Ice Cream
  • Cookies

 

CHEESE

  • Herrcàkds Cheese
  • Roquefort Cheese
  • Camembert Cheese

 

  • Fresh Fruit
  • Dates
  • Figs

 

  • Coffee

 

At 4 am, the clocks will be turned back 40 minutes.

Passengers on special diets are invited to inform Chief Stewart of their requirements.

 

Menus Selections, Dinner Menu, First Class Class on the MS Gripsholm of the Swedish American Line, Sunday, 25 October 1953.

Menus Selections, Dinner Menu, First Class Class on the MS Gripsholm of the Swedish American Line, Sunday, 25 October 1953. GGA Image ID # 1f42963cae

 

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