MENU - R.M.S. RYNDAM 1908
The R.M.S. Ryndam, a Holland American Line, left Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands and arrived NYC on 17 Aug 1908. Following is a sampling of the menu on that trip. Sunday, August 16, 1908 Breakfast FRUIT Cereal and Cakes Oatmeal, Boiled Rice, Barley Rice or Buckwheat Cakes Toasted Triscuit - Shredded Wheat Buttered or Dry Toast EGGS AND OMELETS Boiled or Fried Eggs Plain Omelet FISH Broiled Smoked Porterhouse Steaks Escalops of Mutton Fried Ham or Bacon POTATOES Mashed - Baked COLD DISHES Pickled or Salted Herring - Fillet of Veal Raw or Boiled Ham, Corned Beef PRESERVES Honey - Orange Marmelade Blackberry Jam CHEESE Gouda, Edam, Gruyere Coffee - Tea Sunday, August 16, 1908, Supper Eggs a la Tripe Escalops of Veal - Boiled Potatoes Boiled Liver Lunchtongue - Soused Mackerel Herring Salad Jams & Marmelades Cheese Sunday, August 16, 1908, Dinner Londonderry Soup - Consomme Perles de Japon Sourcrout - Boiled Bacon & Sausage Roastbeef - Purslane Boiled Potatoes Rogout a la Flamande Loin of Veal - Apple Sauce Bananas fritters Fruit, Cheese and Coffee WINE LIST Champagnes - G. H. Mumm & Co. Extra Dry..$3.00 Quart..$1.50 Pint H. Mumm & Co. Cordon Rouge Brut..3.00 Quart..$1.50 Pint MOET & CHANDON, White Star Sec.. POMMERY & GRENO, Sec .. Nature (Brut)........ N.A.S.M. Champagne in 1/2 Pints..0.50 Kupferberg Gold ..$1.65 Quart ..$0.85 Pint Sohnlein & Co. Rheingold. Bordeaux (Red) Medoc..$0.50 Quart...0.30 Pint St. Julien ..0.60..0.35 Chat. Lanessan 1893 .1.00.. Chat. Smith Haut Lafite 1895..1.20 Bordeaux (White) Graves Haut Barsac....0.80 ...0.45 Haut Sauterne...1.25..0.65 Burgundies Beaune ......0.80..0.45 Santhenot Volnay.......1.00..0.55 Chablis (White)....1.00....0.55 Rhine Wines Niersteiner .0.50..0.30 Marcobrunner .0.90... Hochheimer Dom Dechancey......1.20.... Geisenheimer Rothenberg...1.50.... Moselle Wines Erdener ...0.50 .. B Brauneberger.0.75 ....0.40 Pisporter ...1.00...0.55 Josephshofer .1.25..... Dessert Wines Madeira..........0.85 ....0.45 Sherry, Gold & Pale...0.90...0.50 Portwine ....1.00 ...0.50 Vermouth, NOILLY PRAT & co. (FRENCH)........0.50 Mineral Waters Apollinaris (sparkling).....0.10 Victoria ....0.10 White Rock...0.15 Poland water (still) ...0.25 .. Vichy Celestins .....0.25.... Lemon Soda ...0.10 Ginger Ale ..0.15 MUSIC PROGRAMM 1. Solla-si-sol Marsch .......C. Denisty 2. Concert Ouverture ..P. Bouillon 3. Prayer and Passion Waltzes....A. Grimm 4. Captain Willie Brown Selection.Burt 5. Modern Style Gavotte.....R. Berger 6. Uncle Sammy Marsch.........A. Holzmann Each menu is beautifully presented with gold leaf edging. Doesn't sound like a bad trip. Thanks to: Mary EllenRETURN to IMMIGRATION-NATURALIZATION MAIN RETURN to BROOKLYN MAIN