tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post1966411070115720303..comments2024-02-13T17:04:02.351-05:00Comments on The American Menu: The LaurelHenry Voigthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318053634783305091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-12286236611267058142012-01-23T14:02:05.793-05:002012-01-23T14:02:05.793-05:00I loved this menu! It was so lengthy with many ex...I loved this menu! It was so lengthy with many excellent choices. Thanks for your explanations of meat substitutes produced by Kellogg's. <br /><br />I thought I would share a menu that comes from the St. George's Cafe (in St. Martin's Lane), London, a vegetarian restaurant visited by the prominent critic, Nathaniel Newnham-Davis at the turn of the twentieth century:<br />Hors-d'oeuvre<br />Mulligatawny soup or Carrot soup<br />Flageolets with cream and spinach<br />Fried duck's egg and green peas<br />Lent pie or Stewed fruit<br />Mixed salad<br />Cheese<br />Dessert<br /><br />Newnham-Davis' Hors-d'oeuvre consisted of some olives. He enjoyed the carrot soup, but found the spinach "not up to club form" and the flageolets "not inviting." He enjoyed the duck's egg that had been well fried. Newnham-Davis ate his salad, passed on the Lent Pie (not sure what that was) and the stewed fruits, and then finished off with Gruyere cheese, almonds, raisins and an orange. His meal cost 1 shilling, 6 pence--quite a modest price. <br /><br />While Newnham-Davis was not overly impressed with the St. George's Cafe, he at least decided that it was important enough to visit and review for his column in the Pall Mall Gazette, and then later for his collection of restaurant reviews, Dinners and Diners: Where and How to Eat in London (1899, revised 1901).Andrea Broomfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12319808295048047114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-87589155391532940502012-01-19T14:51:58.780-05:002012-01-19T14:51:58.780-05:00This is indeed fascinating!! I can't wait to ...This is indeed fascinating!! I can't wait to read it more thoroughly when I have some more time. Thank you for posting!!Jaminhttp://www.brooklynjam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-76233484917133281042012-01-15T13:27:44.854-05:002012-01-15T13:27:44.854-05:00Henry,
What you won't come up with next! This...Henry,<br /><br />What you won't come up with next! This is delightful and a jewel of New York history. The mid 20th century New York I grew up in, had quite a number of truly superb vegetarian restaurants. In fact, I never encountered the same phenomena in Europe.David Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113911532269594738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-9711500904992999972012-01-12T15:50:04.065-05:002012-01-12T15:50:04.065-05:00Fascinating post. The menu is a gem. What is myste...Fascinating post. The menu is a gem. What is mysterious to me, though, is why no cheese?ephemeralisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779202584604113348noreply@blogger.com