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Cruise Line History – INDEPENDENCE DAY aboard ship. Menus featuring “Russian Caviar” and “Kangoroo Tail Soup” on the High Seas from 1900 until 1938.
By Michael L. Grace | July 3, 2010
Anchor Line’s SS CITY OF ROME – July 4th Menu – 1900 – Russian Caviar
Liners and cruise-ships use to serve Caviar in first class – at least once or twice during each voyage. That is a perk of the past. Now the food is superior institutionalized cuisine on most ships. Like a an okay banquet. The caviar is gone and so is first class.
United States Lines SS MANHATTAN – July 4th Menu -1937 – Australian Kangaroo Tail Soup
Alaska Steamship Company’s SS ALEUTIAN – July 4th Menu – 1938 – More Russian Caviar
Topics: STEAMSHIP LINES | 1 Comment »
July 5th, 2010 at 11:26 am
I recently crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2. Thanks to a generous upgrade from Cunard, my wife and I enjoyed the Queens Grill. Caviar was available every night on the a la carte menu. One of the women at our table had it every evening. We don’t like caviar and enjoyed smoked salmon.