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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

A menu, since there were different menus for different classes. While there are surviving menus for all classes, the third class menus are far fewer, since not very many of those passengers survived.

e: Take particular note of the addendum at the bottom of the third class menu. "Any complaint respecting the Food supplied, want of attention or incivility, should be at once reported to the Purser or Chief Steward. For purposes of identification, each Steward wears a numbered badge on the arm."

While we, looking at this third class menu, would consider it to be lacking, the food served to third class passengers on Titanic was the best third class service on any ship of the time, and White Star was srs bsns about the third class passengers being treated with the same civility as any other passenger.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oatmeal porridge
Rice Soup
Gruel

Hope you like watery grain…

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Amazing, they literally watered down the third class's food. Gotta save the richer meals for the richer passengers.

Though altogether, that's not a bad meal plan. I've seen worse "continental breakfasts" at hotels than that breakfast selection.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

There's something darkly funny about

GRUEL

Any complaint respecting food supplied...

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

That menu looks better to me than the other one. Less... Carnivorous.

OK, I'm vegetarian, but I can't be the only one who saw the other menu and thought people sure ate a LOT of meat on that ship.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Max Miller of Tasting History has done a bunch of videos on what the pasangers ate on the Titanic if anyone is interested. Great meal time videos to watch. https://youtu.be/7hYBesohRK0

[–] dmention7@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago

I love his videos. The history portion in the middle is usually entertaining and narrated well enough on its own that you almost forget about the food/recipe content, so it's a nice treat when he switches back to talking about the recipe he's recreated at the end.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Love Max. been watching him since the first time he made Garum in his apartment.

also got his book!

[–] slate@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Understandable, given the circumstances.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe if they reported the Leekie sooner they would have fixed the Cockie & the ship wouldn't sink.

Chef's own specialty

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

*sank

But don't worry, this is an example of English grammar changing before our eyes, specifically the collapse of past simple (here, it sank) and past participle (it has sunk). Other examples are rang/rung, sang/sung. Details in John McWhorter's podcast "Lexicon Valley", highly recommended.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Very interesting! Editing it now to correct it as the day it hit the iceberg, because someone else mentioned that it didn't sink until the next day.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want some cockie leekie 😏

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

cockie leekie

I had to look it up. from wiki:

Cock-a-leekie soup is a Scottish soup dish consisting of leeks and peppered chicken stock, often thickened with rice, or sometimes barley. The original recipe added prunes during cooking, and traditionalists still garnish with a julienne of prunes

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Likewise with Chicken ala Maryland. Heard of Chicken ala King before, hadn't heard of this Maryland one. It sounds... Odd. Chicken in a cream sauce with bananas.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

it's a strange menu from our perspective, for sure.

[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Prunes? Sounds more like assie leekie.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

gonna be a farty party

[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

« -what kind of lettuce?
-Iceberg !!! »

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

My first thought when I read the cheese section was "Not even Wensleydale?". Disappointed Wallace Face

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If anyone else was curious, Maryland Chicken is pan fried and then finished lid-on, served with a white gravy, sometimes garnished with bananas. Apparently it is actually a Marylander thing.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Garnished with what?

Granted, bananas weren’t always as sweet as they are now, so I could imagine this working really well with plantains.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Good choice 🤢

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Evidently it's another name for head cheese.

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Beer 3d and 6d a tankard? What does "d" represent here?

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It represented pence in the pre-decimal British money system, abbreviated from Latin denarii.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so how would this play out in coin? did they have denarii - er, pennies? shillings?

this shit has confused me for ages.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Someone elsewhere on this page linked this handy chart - old money

Granted, I still find it absurdly confusing. But I feel like the visual helps.

ETA: pence = pennies. I realized the chart doesn't mention that, so I wanted to clarify for those unaware.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

that chart is gold. ty

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Interesting. Thanks!

[–] Masamune@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We should go back to selling beer by tankards.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

yar. but what are the 3d and 6d in reference to?

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Damn, I'm trying to imagine being a poor, uneducated person in an area where that's the money system. They probably got screwed over all the time because of its complication.

If you don't know basic arithmetic and you rarely see higher-value money, it wouldn't be hard to get swindled. All it would take is somebody convincingly claiming that the value of whatever coins you're giving them is ≥ the value of the coins/cash they're giving you.

Hell, people still do that today. (cough Trump coin cough)

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

ah thank you

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Sorry, this didn’t have the symbol, d = old pence

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Salmon Mayonnaise? I’m revolted from the name alone.

[–] philpo@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Actually, don't be. It sounds horrible. And I had horrible variants of it.

BUT: It can be an absolutely amazing thing. Something you still mention to people who sat on the same table with you 15 years later. Which it was when I ate it. Since then I tried it multiple times and it was always shit,even in a Michelin star restaurant. We managed to make a decent one ourselves once - but that includes starting a Mayonnaise from scratch which is somewhat tedious.

So.. There is a good chance it was good.

[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Technically, it hit the iceberg 1912-04-14, but it didn't sink until after midnight into 1912-04-15.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well damn - what was the menu on the 15th?

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago
[–] chooglers@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

those fish must have been stoked

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

2nd class? Looks pretty great