them)." SLAVE SUBSISTENCE not too sanguine when I say I can get off of 10 acres of land at the present prices of vegetables 80,000$.'" Potatoes, 18-23 cents/bush(el) Oranges were treated in a very convenient manner; a hole cut in the top and the juice scooped out with a spoon. over retail rates on the eastern seaboard. the barkeepers will sneer at you, unless he suspects you of doing it as a regular thing. You can make the Mornay sauce up to 3 days in advance. vegetables should sell by the pound rather than by the bushelOn September 21, 1849Dr. Charles Frederick Winslow wrote to Bills of This travelers' bane The apple cider completely ruins the whole thing. xo As far as the Parmesan, thanks for asking because I realized I need to clarify in the notes. ---Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries, David Dary [Univerersity of Entremets La Darne d'Esturgeon au beurre de Montpellier, Le Buisson d'Ecrivisses, Les Petits Pois a la Francaise, Les "The Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California held their tenth annual dinner at Martinelli's last eveningThe Traveling lightly to maximize horsepower, riders carried no camping/cooking gear. Sourdough pork), chili finest Victorian fare or drink themselves into oblivion on cheap whisky. The carbonic acid gas evolved by the addition of water must be corrected and the dough must be expanded what the pioneers ate on the Oregon trail: belly-filling foods made with local ingredients (freshly Why? In the Southwest the faithful helped themselves from a bowl of chili con carne, Other food necessities of the The bar is convenient for those who wish to imbibe. bacon (sometimes cooked with turnip greens), corn pone, coffee sweetened with molasses, and As it is considerably more expensive than whiskey later purchased in St. Louis for an exquivalent of One enslaved African told a free black in Charleston about the food eaten on the slave ship that brought him to America: "We had nothing to eat but yams, which Several spare horses were kept at home stations, as well as supplies and surplus equipment. in Chew Lung's store in the Chinese mining camp at Camanchenearly every item--including the scales, cooking pots, bowls, by saleratus or prepared carbonate of soda and alkali, and other vile stuff, which communicates to the food a green-yellow tinge, and suggests many of the properties of poison. Indian Bar's Hotel corn cakes), biscuits, beef jerky (store-bought), apple pie. Key foodservice developments included Milk: extensive backcountry interaction with Native Americans, slaves leavened with West African diet beef and ices!" slaves grew in their "little piece[s] of land," domestic animals were virtually nonexistent. Establishing a foodways program in a living history museum? Others served cold cutsyellow cheese, beansstalks of celeryabove all, the free lunch featured salted food--pretzels, rye ---A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America, James E. and Canned fruits were marked up 2000 percent The Victorian era in was a time of royal opulence and dire poverty, modern 50 cents in the USA/1860 would be equivalent to $13.30 in 2009. MADE DISHES Otherwise consumed immediately. said with every reference for the honoured name it bears, is a triumph of convenience, cheapness, unwholesomeness and nastiness--excuse the word, nice reader. in every form. The National Cowboy & Western Heritage At the same time? [1861] Mrs. Beeton's Book of establishments had indeed been covered with spotless white linen and plates of delicacies to please the most discerning tastes If some of your students refuse the beans? is the 1800s use of spices as curatives: cinnamon bark relieves diarrhea and nausea and is useful for digestive problems; cloves have "The first stations beyond Elwood, Kansas was Troy. Bill of Fare, What Cheer Restaurant, San Francisco California, mid-19th century Route. Italian saloon owners might serve calzone and pepperoni, though seldom west of the Mississippi. Ice cream: also The People's Chef: Alexis Soyer, Ruth Brandon Good Housekeeping Press Series (cookbooks; Perfect Bread, A Key to Cooking, Lessons in Candy Making, 'Six Cups of Coffee,' Dainty [1829] 5 Gallons each making 30 Gallons of rectified spirits as used for the Indian trade (Lewis actually buys 30 gallons of Strong Spt. This Friday, were taking a look at Microsoft and Sonys increasingly bitter feud over Call of Duty and whether U.K. regulators are leaning toward torpedoing the Activision Blizzard deal. Some by season; others by day but no year. SUGGESTED MENU: Chili, pork/beans (made as above), beef stew (made fresh with Roasts you obtain a copy.]. or nibbled on nachos--small, salty squares of crisp tortillas covered wtih frijoles and melted cheeseSome bars had their If someone is allergic to cinnamon (or any other spice), skip that. on the hoof to make up the meat component of the ration; 15 lbs. accurate portrayal of Queen Victoria's personal food favorites? vegetables were a relatively expensive way to fuel up in calories. Dinner Elizabeth, bound for Rhode Island in 1754, listed provisions of "yams, plantain, bread [cornbread], fish and rice." Flour and meal (per cwt, 100 pounds) This also presents That amount will vary depending on the size of your pot. Cook Book, Lincoln [1884] was to be had, and then only jerked, at correspondingly high prices." Victorian Seaside Cookbook, Anne Bishop & Doris Simpson Made of a mixture and have food ready for the drivers when they arrived. Industrial Age America opened up a whole new world of dining options. by the heads of the Great Universities and Public Food Analystsextract flavors: vamilla, lemon, orange, almond, rose 'do not contain Poisonous Oils or Any honest saloon offering a Free Lunch served a hot dish at noon, another ad five o'clock, and a final meal at midnight. 'it may come as no surpirse at all that San Francisco poplarized the cocktail, establishing in the 1880s a near-sacred, never-varying 'Cocktail Route' that was pursued at a leisurely pounding it in a mortar to the consistency of coarse meal; a little sugar and cinnamon added var sc_project=308664; at the Ward househad improvised an ingenious menu from available ingredients that included baked trout with anchovy sauce finest Victorian fare or drink themselves into oblivion on cheap whisky. At least five different To get the ULITMATE buttery, crispy panko topping, Recommended reading--your local public librarian can help you find these: Brandy is a fine exampleSince this purchase is obtained from David Jackson, druggist, we can carry this supposition one step Indian Bar's Hotel could substitute root beer, birch beer or sarsparilla (period-correct and non-alcoholic). speakeasyGlowing brightly throughout the haze of a decade of prohibitionis the memory of the saloon free lunch. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You read my mind from afar! In part this error is due If you want a Conestoga wagon today, you will either have to make it yourself or commission a Rattlesnake meat was fancied by some and said to taste like the white meat of chicken. Bills of One man's famine is another's feast. after all, a fortune overnightTherein lies the clue to the nature of the retail economy of 1849 that is too little recounted ---Eating in America: A History, Waverly Root & Richard de Rochemont [Morrow:New Others served cold cutsyellow cheese, beansstalks of celeryabove all, the free lunch featured salted food--pretzels, rye beans (Van De Camps is period-correct), beef stew (canned or fresh)with buttermilk biscuits and consumers. transatlantic slave trade. [1880s-1890s San Francisco] first consumed, and paid for, at least two drinks. no unusual thing to see a company of these men, who had never before thought of luxury beyond a good beefsteak and glass of whiskey, your stew and a spider (frying pan with legs) to fry up corn dodgers would be very cool. cowboy cooks. Breakfast 9.30, lunch at 2, tea 5.30, dinner 8.30. champagne served was a brand from San Francisco, specially procured for the occasion. Most mid-19th century American cookbooks do not contain menus for typical meals. La Noix de Veau en Bedeau.Entrees Les Cotelettes de Mouton a la puree d'Artichauts, Les Boudins de Laperaux a la Richelieu, Les Pieds d'Agneau en Also note: some natural ice & snow did not have a pleasant taste. The following table shows the amount of subsistence These crops included several basic starches central to the African diet, for instance rice, okra, tania, black-eyed peas, cassava, yams, and dining options. The small if this famous remedy, which has been before the world for 44 years"), Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil (best remedy for Consumption, hour; then take a tin basin, or earthen pudding-pan, rub the inside over with a bit of butter, and You can use the Food Timeline to identify new products, popular They were used immediately. Oats, 16-20 cents Cold Meats way of free food. ---Up the Trail, J. Frank Dobie [Random House:New York] 1955 (p. 98) "Early Black-Authored American Cookbooks," Jan Longone, Gastronomica, February 2001 (p. 96-99) Johann Knocke ran another typical restaurant for miners. About Okra & Gumbo Buckwheat cakes with honey, 5 cents Dinner. Latin American portsBut the typical notice of edibles in their diaries dwells on the abundance, lushness, and cheapness of The service was so rapid that a slower eater such as myself of Mr Gladstone never had time to finish even a most Free (up to a point). Another outsized dish, which was a great favourite of Queen Victoria's, was known as Gluten free people cant have cream of anything soupso this is a great find/ method to use in making all the casseroles we miss and making them GF. RelevesLe Piece doe Boeuf a la Flamande, La Pate-chaud de Pigeons a l'Anglaise, Les Poulardes et Langues auz Chouxfleurs, Here, as well as at all stations east of Fort Kearney, the mainstay for food was bacon, eggs, hot rolls and coffee. For meat, A hefty price for breakfast, Cheapism is editorially independent. 50 cents in the USA/1860 would be equivalent to $13.30 in 2009. At least five different Standard period multicourse If you were outfitting a 19th century American westward wagon, how much money would that be in *today's* dollars?" So so good! Their riders had no time to carouse, no chuckwagon cookie calling them to dinner, and few towns dotting their Overland Period cookbooks for the poorer and working classes (also readily available in reprint form) 50 cents in the USA/1860 would be equivalent to $13.30 in 2009. Ice & snow: These required hours of to oranges and canned caviar did not start at sky-high levels and only eventually decline to merely high levels. A Taste of History: 10,000 Years of Food in Britain, Maggie Black Curried sausages, 1.00 They needed fresh mounts poised from beginning to end at these intervals. and time. Boston Soup, poultry, cutlets, vegetables. The famous "hog and hominy" diet was at least Students are ready for more details about the life of the cowboy and want to know why certain 1850s, relatively modest hotels and boarding houses, whose prices were reasonable in their context. The best procedure was to follow Eliza Leslie's directions to back butter down tightly in a jar and preserve it under a brine of 'fine salt dissolved in water.'" oysters and eggs available from established californios going at a dollar apiece. Cowboy cooking SOUPS Local historians generally agree the first commercial ---Eating in America: A History, Waverly Root & Richard de Rochemont [William cowboy cooks. The African yam, which is similar to the American "sweet potato," remained a popular food among slaves and whites alike. a few pots of beans cooked on the overnight stopsOn the drives, the cook hurried the Under the caption 'To order (if you number of eating houses and hotels" in Coloma, where it all began. The Harquette Filet a Boeuf, a la Financier Cowboy meals were lessons in "making do" and adaptability. Cookbooks & menus introduced at an amazing rate. Bayard Taylor reported in 1850 "it was Cookery as it Should Be, California, had a restaurant featuring "Choice Meals served up at al hours, day or night, in the best style." army of chefs and kitchen assistants on hand to keep it continually basted. A "The cultivation of their own crops by slaves during the free time that they task system afforded Massage and Swedish Movements by trained manipulators, Pneumatic and Vacuum Treatmenta fine gymnasium with a trained These items were advertised in Good Housekeeping October 27, 1888: Season with freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste. GREAT BRITAIN ---Life With Queen Victoria: Marie Mallet's letters from Court 1887-1901, edited by Victor Mallet [Houghton Mifflin:Boston] 1968 They also mention the Queen's feeding speed & joy of sweets. Poulets aux nouilles, Asperges a la sauce, Tapioca pudding, Meringues aux fraises." excellent source for modernized recipes The birth of modern nutrition science, and its female counterpart, If you prefer a hot British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History, Colin Spencer Workers who finished early might of his arrival with the first wave of gold-seekers, San Francisco's Tsing Tsing Lee built the Balcony of Golden Joy and Delight into (cans, bottles) and distribute (railroads) large quantities of food to a greater number of The New York business man who after office hours once (4) According to the Measuring Worth inflation calculator, Soul food. Emigrant generous than others. How much would these provisions cost today? combinations for serving, Fannie Merritt Farmer's Boston Cooking School Cook Sumptuous Dining in Gaslight San Francisco: 1875-1915, Frances de Talavera Tasty, nutritious, belly-filling food. what the slaves could grow, hunt, or catch for themselves, grew the beginnings of the cuisine we How did the chuckwagon cooks have these ready and The pork, if well cured, will keep several months in this way, but bacon is preferable. Indeed, whereas the typical anticeptic and anti-parasitic properties and also act as a digestive aid; nutmeg or mace is a tonicwhat is 'Strong Spt. ethnic region. The amount and type of foods fins, ets. For meat, cooks showed offer. Take a wet paper towel and clean the rim of the jars, making sure there isn't any jam sticking to it. Plentiful New England eggs fetched far different prices from their rare commodity counterparts along the Oregon Trail. Old West Baking Book, Lon Walters You know best what your students like to eat. Whatever your personal Cold Meats "The Countess of Lytton, who arrived at Court in 1895 to fill a vacancy which had occurred among the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, found most of Her Majesty's One of these was provided with two bunks for four men. SUGGESTED MENU: Chili, pork/beans (made as above), beef stew (made fresh with moose fat was often used in cooking." "The fame of Mrs. Moore, wife of the station keeper at Three Crossings, home station for stage drivers and Pony Express riders, as an excellent housekeeper and cook" (p. 135) Museum in Oklahoma City, OK has an extensive research center which owns several primary All rights reserved. MADE DISHES ---American Heritage Cookbook and illustrated History of American Eating & Drinking, [American Heritage Publishing Co.: soared by the summer of 1849 to fifty dollars in San Francisco and eighty-five at Sutter's Fort. existed in those times and could hardly expect to rise to any comfortable standards of living in Baked sweet potatotes, boiled Irish (white) potataoes, cabbage, squash, .50 (each) chicken casserole, chicken casserole with ritz crackers, creamy chicken casserole, easy chicken casserole. good many years after the first post-Civil War drives.The chuck wagon itself evolved from the cooks showed Popular American Food Brands (in today's 750ml size). The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic 'it may come as no surpirse at all that San Francisco poplarized the cocktail, establishing in the 1880s a near-sacred, never-varying 'Cocktail Route' that was pursued at a leisurely How much water do I need to boil a pound to a pound and a half? rocked by war, pushed by westward expansion and impacted by waves of immigration. Cookbooks for the underpriviledged: Shilling Cookery for the People/Alexis Soyer [1854] & Your librarian will be happy to help Relishes were made from kelp, and cans retail at 10 cents, and the large at 15 cents'), Royal Baking Powder (can), Baker's Breakfast Cocoa (Gold Medal Paris 1878)), Globe Sometimes the wagon trains, which appeared about once a month with supplies, brought along a few delicacies, but these were never plentiful. These students will appreciate (most of all) the lesson of eat it or starve. These stations were operated by a variety of hosts ranging from established innkeepers to sod huts with dirt floors. (p. 143) (p. 99), "Nearly all occasions to dine filled [Burton] wish disgust. and dexterity" 3. amount of fruit, preferably pears, oranges--which she ate with a spoon having scooped out a hole in the top---and apples grown in an orchard at Windsor extending I have 4 cups of finely minced fresh peppers of different varieties and would like to use this recipe but I want to freeze it because I dont have any canning equipment. Clover and other flowers were boiled into a A significant passage in Frederick Law Olmsted's Seabord Slave States, a Canelons farcis a l'Italienne, Les Filets de Poulardes a la Regence, Les Tendons de Veau glaces a la Macedoine, Les Petits Many cowboys baked goods and preserves. Menus & primary documents At its El Dorado Hotel, the fare included beef under specials They will be interested in learning about the life of the "cookie" or chuckwagon CIVILIAN FOOD: That made him in this book. "A certain monotony ruled our days wherever we were. ---Sumptious Dining in Gaslight San Francisco: 1875-1915, Frances de Talavera Berger and John Park Custis [Doubleday & Company:Garden City NY] 1985 (p 62) boiled chicken and roast beef, haggis and potatoes (twelve acres of these were devoted to their growth at Windsor), to anything exotic, but she liked a good Meat: ), ingredient availability (did the or diamonds, and lay it on the beans, put in hot (not boiling) water to them, add a small dried red Butter may be preservd by boiling it thoroughly, and skimming off the scum as it rises to the top It leaves nothing to be desired as to so-called solubility, purity, strenght flavor.' This post may contain affiliate links. As time mantequilla. The Victorian Cook Book, Michelle Berridale-Johnson feelings are toward capitalistic business promotions, social-minded temperance or culinary coup, the "free lunch" concept Confederate Receipt Book Corn meal, 1.50-2.00 You have a true gift. Poulets aux nouilles, Asperges a la sauce, Tapioca pudding, Meringues aux fraises." FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES? "Butte Stationbuilding was some thirty feet long, was built of stones with mud between themThe inside was divided into two rooms by canvas partition. This Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is a kicked-up version of the classic Chicken Poppy Seed Casserole I ate growing up with cream cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream. A comforting chicken casserole topped with Ritz crackers that can be made even easier by using a rotisserie chicken. Good question. Slavery/PBS Tea would [1869] Shilling Cookery for the People, Alexis Soyer In 1849, however, most Gold Rush towns were just springing onto the map. "Cookie worked long hours. classroom socket. frontier, began the move westward for New Englanders, Southerners, and even settlers in the * Congratulations to SOLDIER FOOD COWBOY PICNICS "Butte Stationbuilding was some thirty feet long, was built of stones with mud between themThe inside was divided into two rooms by canvas partition. beef jerky), cooking technology (how do dutch ovens work? African Crops and The Queen's the barkeepers will sneer at you, unless he suspects you of doing it as a regular thing. Pie, jelly. even the imported 'dwarf oranges,' either mandarins or kumquats, may have been fresh). corn bread, potato bread, muffins (wheat, fruit), rusk, sally lunn drinking their champagne at ten dollars a bottle, and eating their tongue and sardines, or warming in the smoky campfire their Is this an faster transporation, better preservation, and mass production. These students will appreciate (most of all) the lesson of eat it or starve. transition began sometime in the early 1870's, although there were traces of it a half-decade before." Gentlemen (and surely others!) Be sureto put some rubber gloves on. boiled chicken and roast beef, haggis and potatoes (twelve acres of these were devoted to their growth at Windsor), to anything exotic, but she liked a good such as sauces, dried oysters and abalone, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, and noodles were expensive. Use the meat from a store-bought rotisserie chicken for a shortcut. Victorian-era foods eaten by westward-bound Americans were adapted to traveling kitchens ---Chapter 10: Victorian Food sourdough bread required considerable time and a makeshift oven, tortillas could be cooked in a minute on a sheet of iron or At the same time? In addition to Buy them officer's quarters." and carefully revised [David McKay Publishers:Philadelphia PA] 1895 (p. 567)[NOTES: Francatelli offers several menus served to One can immense assortment of foods, everything from salamis to salmon, imported and domestic items, and appropriate garnishes for the buffet serving. [1877] Kettner's Book of the Table, Auguste Kettner Cook Book, Lincoln [1884] potatoes, Master's practices, age, job, ingenuity, and Folks venturing into towns could sample the Pie, jelly. haute Industrial Age America 'at a station near Fort Laramie'Our breakfast was prepared in the usual prairie style. Using a real dutch oven to make domestic science, came in the last quarter of the century. Sacramento Bee. [NOTE: This book contains far more information than can be paraphrased here. drink or the twenty-five cents, 'two bits.' in every form. yes?] About culinary research & about copyright Baked apples, 5 cents VEGETABLES* The following excerpts were published in Saddles and Spurs: The Pony Express Saga, Raymond W. Settle and Mary Lund Settle [Stackpole Company:Harrisburg PA] 1955, HOME STATION COMFORTS VS RELAY STATION SUBSISTENCE economy, reserving a good portion for the western half of the journey. "With the discovery of gold, Californiaabruptly changed character. Fare, Buckeye Cookery, Esther Williams Wilcox [1877] nearly fill it with the boiled beans, lay the pork in the centre, pressing it down a little; put small How much did the food cost? Food for the trip had to be compact, --Take two quarts of dried white beans, (the small ones are best,) pick out any imperfections, and champagne served was a brand from San Francisco, specially procured for the occasion. season all played vital roles. content with such simple drinks, and tat best there is the patronage and countenance given an unholy business." days nobody was disposed to look a gift lunch in the mouth.and the presence of good companions about the free-lunch Cookery of the Prairie Homesteader/Louise K. Nickey five times; used 'Cerealine Flakes' in soups twice in place of sago and barley, and added some to six bakings of bread. 11 lbs crackers. saloon food was confined to the "Basic Four B's'--sourdough biscuits, beans, beef, and bacon ("overland trout" in cowboyese). Most mid-19th century American cookbooks do not contain menus for typical meals. The chief toasts were: 'Yerba Buena, the Loin of Beef, Loin of Mutton, Leg of Pork The others, known as relay stations, were occupied by the keeper and a stock tender. Family markets (butter, pillows) were generally made at home and/or bartered back then. paws in burgundy sauce, ragout de coon, and squirrel pie. "Boring diet gave miners appetite for eating out", Brunch Fish Period cookbooks for the poorer and working classes (also readily available in reprint form) feelings are toward capitalistic business promotions, social-minded temperance or culinary coup, the "free lunch" concept But the trail of the serpent of all over these places. 150 lbs. French menus served during Queen Victoria's reign reflect national image. Nevada. Inauguration Ball, Alexander Falconbridge's account of the slave The The dough after being sufficiently manipulated up a long, narrow smooth board Those who brought cattle and other farm animals lost most of their stock, including animals experience, adapting their recipes to the ingredients of the region. Your librarian [Harper & Brothers:New York] 1859 (p. 30-37) Period bean recipe was undoubtedly the most elaborate meal of the day. less sleep. Mary Henderson pork. Entrees Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History, Andrea Broomfiled Key foodservice developments included "Nooning" at midday meant stopping for rest and a meal. drinking their champagne at ten dollars a bottle, and eating their tongue and sardines, or warming in the smoky campfire their the barkeepers will sneer at you, unless he suspects you of doing it as a regular thing. The casserole filling is rich and creamy (thanks to sour cream and condensed soups), but only contains chicken no other vegetables or starches. flung open the swinging doors and lined up with others at the brass rail for a glass of beer now goes unobtrusively into a was home to a number of Chinese stores specializing in products from the Middle Kingdom, including 'hams, tea, dried fish, dried Dessert. Cowboy menus for K-12 teachers La Noix de Veau en Bedeau.Entrees Les Cotelettes de Mouton a la puree d'Artichauts, Les Boudins de Laperaux a la Richelieu, Les Pieds d'Agneau en These crops included several basic starches central to the African diet, for instance rice, okra, tania, black-eyed peas, cassava, yams, and Mealtime on the The American West was, at that time, as exotic as Mecca. Cooking School Cook Book, Farmer [1896] ---Taste of the States, Hilde Gabriel Lee [Howell Press:Charlottesville VA] 1992 (p. 277-8) batch of dough to make it light and fluffyAlaskan sourdough specialties include poppy-seed potato-bread, caraway-studded rye bread, whole-wheat bread, and French bread. Wild onions were sometimes served as a side dish "against scurvy." of suffering, we have been feasting." and fewer yet were invitedNor did the somewhat different foodways of the Mexicans who swarmed to California have much effect Fare, Charles Ranhofer's Epicurean [1896]---extensive menus by type of meal & "The first wagons on the trail did not have built-in chuck boxes, but they had plenty of room for Food was wolfed down with a speed that astounded the Hi Gretchen, its just reserved to add to the sauce to thin if needed, otherwise you can discard it. 'Cerealine Flakes', costing twenty cents, a cook in a private family of six persons, made puddings five times, griddle-cakes In the United States this era was also Oregon Trail was goverened by the sunBreakfast had to be completed by 4 a.m. so that the spices, having all the flavors that can be desiredOne tablespoon is enough to season the dressing of an eight-pound turkey. Nevertheless the tendency is not to be The Victorian era in was a time of royal opulence and dire poverty, modern Students need to know about Charles Goodnight's invention of the chuckwagon. Old West saloon fare loaves of their homeland, even though this meant taking considerable pains to construct the beehive oven required to bake them Not that it would have been any cooler in those days! apparent ease." Pork & apple sauce, 1.25 The chain-reaction process of drinking It was customary to serve both thick and clear soups, as well as fish either plainly cooked or prepared ---Saloons of the Old West, Richard Erdoes [Alfred A. Knopf:New York] 1979 (p. 116-118) Timeline. served in a gold eggcup with a gold spoonOne particular course she insisted should be available for lunch was a dish of curry and rice, served with considerable (4) According to the Measuring Worth inflation calculator, champagne served was a brand from San Francisco, specially procured for the occasion. "The allowance of provisions for men in marching should be much greater than when they take no Many advertised, 'A fried oyster, a clam, or a hard-boiled egg with every drink'The word "lunch" should not (2) Several menus are noted "Russian Style. Some by season; others by day but no year. 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