RMS Franconia Luncheon Menu - 26 August 1938

Front Cover of a Vintage Luncheon Menu from Friday, 26 August 1938 on board the RMS Franconia of the Cunard Line featured Welsh Rarebits, Lamb Chops , and Apple Pie for dessert.

Menu Items

• Tomato Juice Cocktails
• Sevilla Olives
• Sardines in Tomato
• Croute Anchois
• Cali's Head, Niçoise
• Eggs, Tyrolienne
• Rollmops
• Choux Fleur, Portugaise
• Gendarmes
• Salami Sausage
• Consommé Dietrich
• Potage Parmentier
• Fish Chowder
• Poached Gurnet, Bercy
• Fillet of Hake, Beurre Noisette
• (Cold) Salmon, Mayonnaise
• Omelettes—Plain and Mushroom (to order)
• Welsh Rarebits  
• Spaghetti, Napolitaine
• Chef’s Suggestion—Vegetable Lunch, Poached Eggs
• Corned Leg of Pork, Pease Pudding
• Buttered Cabbage
• Mashed Turnips
• Lima Beans, Parsley Sauce
  Baked, Mashed and French-Fried Potatoes

Front the Grills

• Lamb Chops
• Split Sausage on Toast

COLD BUFFET

• Roast Sirloin of Beef
• Boiled Ham
• Leicester Brawn
• Galantine of Chicken
• Veal and Ham Pie
• Ox Tongue
• Boar’s Head
• Roast Lamb

SALADS

• Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot, Lorette
• Mayonnaise and Roquefort Dressings
• Marmalade Roll Pudding
• Apple Pie
• Ice Cream and Wafers

CHEESE

• Gorgonzola, Roquefort, Chilvern, Cottage, Cheshire, Gruyere, American, Kraft
• Biscuits   
• Coffee

Passengers on Special  Diet are especially invited to make known their requirements to the Head Waiter.