Way To Eat

Man, they knew how to eat in the 19th century. On the 6th March 1891, Dundee's Lord Provost Mathewson gave a civic dinner at the Queen's Hotel. Among the twelve courses listed on the menu: turtle soup, lobster cutlets, sweetbreads a la financiere and sorbet au champagne. Oh, and I don't know what fried smelts are but they sound magic...

"The Queen's Hotel Menu Card"

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