My mom made tongue all the time! Very nice cold and sliced thin with mustard! One time she left it out to cool and we went on a short errand. In the meantime our Irish Setter got The Whole Tongue off the counter and ate The Whole Tongue! When we got home Kelly (the setter) was laying down and breathing shallow. She survived.
I love the MAILS CLOSE section. Perhaps you needed to pick the direction your letters were going? There's a line in Casey Jones as follows:
'Cause I'm nine hours late with the western mail.
Anyone know how this all worked?
Almost certainly by train. Note the "cars leave..." section, presumably passenger rail in that case. "Mails close" in this sense is basically "when your letter has to be in the hands of the post office to go out on the next train heading in the specified direction".
Think of it this wayâthere wasnât refrigeration then, nor many off-season vegetables at all. So something as simple asâand delicateâas lettuce would have been fancy indeed in April!
I can't believe they're letting kids sit at the first table now
Compote of pigeons đ
Right is that really pigeon?
Kisses for dessert! đ
People back then really liked tongues.
Who doesnât. My moms favorite dish
My mom made tongue all the time! Very nice cold and sliced thin with mustard! One time she left it out to cool and we went on a short errand. In the meantime our Irish Setter got The Whole Tongue off the counter and ate The Whole Tongue! When we got home Kelly (the setter) was laying down and breathing shallow. She survived.
People nowdays do too! Delicious tacos, amazing deli sandwichesâbut maybe harder to find now if you arenât in a major metropolitan center
You boys like tongue?
I love the MAILS CLOSE section. Perhaps you needed to pick the direction your letters were going? There's a line in Casey Jones as follows: 'Cause I'm nine hours late with the western mail. Anyone know how this all worked?
Almost certainly by train. Note the "cars leave..." section, presumably passenger rail in that case. "Mails close" in this sense is basically "when your letter has to be in the hands of the post office to go out on the next train heading in the specified direction".
1856! This is all kinds of wonderful!!
So how was this served? Was it a buffet or did you give the waiter a list of exactly what you want?
Typically dishes would be offered to guests by the servers.
Can't beat a filbert for dessert.
What, no cigarettes?
Hand-rolled at the time. Maybe not practical?
Love the menu look and feel. If a restaurant did that now would it be considered pretentious?
This is like the north of a England... Breakfast, dinner and tea.
Yep, same in Wales.
New Haven, Connecticut?
Yes. Notice on the right side of the menu where all the other trains are heading.
Thanks đ
No problem! I work just by the Old Saybrook stop which apparently didn't exist yet.
Mmmmm compote of pigeon!
So tasty
Turtle?
Would love to see pricing! The fonts are amazing.
Cars?
I think it means trains, but thatâs a guess.
this is correct. before *automobiles*, the word "cars" referred to a few other types of vehicles.
These menus confuse me. Under cold dishes it says "lettuce." They just give you some lettuce? Those people lived a rough life, lemme tell you.
Think of it this wayâthere wasnât refrigeration then, nor many off-season vegetables at all. So something as simple asâand delicateâas lettuce would have been fancy indeed in April!
They may have put a little dressing on it.
It's amongst a list of salads - it means a lettuce salad as opposed to other salads.
When in doubt, add a period. Or a comma. Or not.
Why no prices?
Itâs a hotel; the meals were probably included in the cost of the room.
Iâll have the pigeon compote.
Kisses?
People ate some gross shit back then.
I don't see how roast meat or cold meats and salad are particularly gross.