REPOST - LEST WE FORGET - Titanic Tribute 4 - Traveling in Style

  

  

  

  

Resources:  Good reads: can google and buy online
Last Dinner on the Titanic
The Discovery of the Titanic
When We Went First Class
Others

Videos:

Original footage 1912
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD9-z6Nw2FM
Titanic Expedition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WkvDswV40c
The Gash
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/deep-inside-the-titanic-the-icebergs-gash.html

Lots of photos and more on this one!!
http://www.rmstitanic.net/

LEST WE FORGET - REPOST - Titanic Tribute 3 - Traveling in Style - 2 VIDEO LINKS

2nd Class Dinner:
3 courses and coffee. 
First course:  soup or consomme
Second course:  Haddock, chicken, lamb, turkey, vegetables, potatoes, rice
Third course:  Desserts: puddings, American ice cream, nuts, fruit, biscuits
Coffee

3rd Class Midday Dinner:
First Course:  soup
Second Course:  fresh bread, cabin biscuits, roast beef with gravy, sweet corn, boiled potatoes
Third course:  plum pudding with sauce
Tea

Titanic Video by Celine Dion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpltlIQEDuo&feature=related

This is a goodie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKlO9w0P8Pc&feature=related

LEST WE FORGET - REPOST Titanic Tribute 2 - Traveling in Style

First class Breakfast:
Fresh fruit, cooked or dried fruit, cereals (Oat, hominy or other), Haddock or salmon, ham, sausage, stew, eggts, meats, potatoes cold meats, rolls, scones, cornbread, buckwheat cakes, marmalade and more.
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First class: Tables with white daisies and pink roses. Full formal dress worn by the diner. Music from Puccini and Tchaikowsky.  Diners entered the dining area through 3 elevators or down the "grand" staircase.  The weather was perfect. Guests last names were:  Astor, Guggenheim, JP Morgan, Tyerson, Straus & more!!
Dinner:  Drinks in reception room
Menu:  Hors d'oeuvre (appetizers), Potage (Soup), Poisson (soup), Entrees, Removes (tough to find a definition for this one - my definition would be a larger portions than the entrees), Punch or Sorbet, Roti (Roast), Salade, Cold dish, Sweets, Dessert and After Dinner coffe, cigars, port or cordials.
Wow, in modern times we would need Perrier, San Pellegrino or alka-seltzer.

Watch this delightful video on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugk2BxeZmNk

LEST WE FORGET - Titanic Tribute 1 - Traveling in Style - REPOST

Taking a break from Toscana.  A special tribute must be paid to the lives that were lost on the Titanic on 4/14/1912. What better tribute than to talk about the entertaining portion of the trip (the music, food and more) because the Titanic was one of the first ocean liners to take food seriously for its passengers. See menus below:

There were 3 classes: first, second and third. Main course: From 11 courses in first class to 4-7 courses in 2nd class and 4 courses in 3rd class the food was a top priority.  There were over 6,000 meals prepared on the maiden voyage of the Titanic from a la carte to the "Ritz" dining room.  The ship left Southampton in the UK, went to Cherbourg in France then to Cobh in Ireland and then towards Canada.  All the while the passengers were sipping on cocktails, walking and sunning on the decks, swimming and more!!

It has been said that there were over 2200 passengers and 33 nationalities.  The top four (in numbers) were Americans, British, Canadian and French. What a mixture of cultures and food choices!

British preferred scones and the Americans corn bread!

British puddings and the Americans ice cream!

French and Italian wines on the list!

To be continued on 4 12 2012 and 4 16 2013.