Want A Taste Of The Titanic?

This is a real menu from the ship, just a few days before the disaster at sea that sank what was called “unsinkable”…

Everyone knows that thousands died after the ship hit an iceberg…and the remains still sit at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean as well:

This weekend, there is an auction of many items from the ship, including that actual menu!

Here is what TheGuaridan.com reports:

Expected to sell for up to £70,000, the bill of fare poses some interesting questions: among them, who grabbed a menu while making for the lifeboats, and what is Victoria pudding?

The second is more easily answered. The boiled dessert, which was offered accompanied by apricots and French ice-cream that evening, is made by mixing flour, eggs, jam, brandy, apples, cherries, peel, sugar and spices. On 11 April, it followed oysters, salmon, beef, squab, duck and chicken, served with potatoes, rice and parsnip puree; dishes all listed on a water-stained card beneath a White Star logo.

The Guardian added:

“At auction, Titanic mementoes fall into broad categories, each with different status. Some were recovered from the wreck, some are owned by survivors, and some, like the opulent dinner menu for 11 April, are likely to have been removed from the ship as keepsakes.”

This menu is expected to sell for $70,000 or more.

By the way, here is what the second and third class passengers were fed:

I found a variety of menus from the ship online – many showing the differences between the classes aboard:

That’s funny!

Of course, the film that James Cameron made about the disaster became the highest-grossing film of all time when released:

It’s a great film to be sure, and the sequence as it hits the iceberg is riveting…here is the trailer:

I love seeing menus from different eras – just as I love eating at places with a long history of food, like Hollywood’s oldest restaurant:

They not only serve classic food, they have the best Martini in Hollywood!

See what we ate there by clicking on my story:

Sadly, there are very few places that survive this long in Hollywood:

Chasen’s was another classic restaurant, famous for their chili, which Elizabeth Taylor had flown to Rome while she was filming there!

Here’s the story of this classic Hollywood haunt – and that famous recipe, so you can make it at home yourself:

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