Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
dinner:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu

Jill

"jmcquown" writes:
>
> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
> the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner
> for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
>
An interesting menu; even Postum and Sanka, and they slipped the frog legs
in with the fish.

jmcquown wrote:
> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
> liner for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill

My first thought was that I'd pass on the Poi Cocktail, but then I
have only read about poi, so I might just have had to try it.

Another thing that caught my eye: Saratoga Chips. You don't
often see that archaic term used.

Other points of interest: they had a vegetarian entree; also look
at that Postum!

--
Jean B.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "jmcquown" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the best
> Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of signature
> recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out and maybe post
> some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No fuss, simple
> ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>
> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
> Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really old
> cookbooks.
>
> Michael
>
>
Oh no! You will be starting down the road to hell if you do that,
Michael! Here is a link you might enjoy:

http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/...ml/browse.html

Is the book you refer to a Duncan Heinz one? I initially thought
of Vincent and Mary Price, but then had second thoughts about that.

--
Jean B.

jmcquown said...

> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
> liner for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill


Jill,

How cool is THAT?!!!!!

I don't know if I could make up my mind in time!

Best,

Andy

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "brooklyn1" >
> news >
>> "jmcquown" writes:
>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on
>>> the ocean liner for dinner:
>>>
>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>
>>>
>> An interesting menu; even Postum and Sanka, and they slipped the frog
>> legs in with the fish.
>
> I haven't had frogs legs in years. Prepared properly they are quite
> good.
>
> Michael
>
I haven't had them for a LONG time. I used to cook them. I
recall that when I was pretty young, 20 or so, I had a girlfriend
over for dinner and made frogs legs. In retrospect, perhaps that
wasn't the best idea.

--
Jean B.

On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:30:01 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
>the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
>50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
>dinner:
>
>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu

I love that kind of menu!! Do you have any more to post? We have
some friends that have old QE1 menues framed and displayed in their
kitchen.

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:04:06 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:


>http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/...ml/browse.html
>
>Is the book you refer to a Duncan Heinz one? I initially thought
>of Vincent and Mary Price, but then had second thoughts about that.

Jean...thank you thank you for the MSU link, my alma mater!! I have
a lot of reading to do on that site!!

Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:04:06 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>> http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/...ml/browse.html
>>
>> Is the book you refer to a Duncan Heinz one? I initially thought
>> of Vincent and Mary Price, but then had second thoughts about that.
>
> Jean...thank you thank you for the MSU link, my alma mater!! I have
> a lot of reading to do on that site!!

You're very welcome. I should warn you that that site led me to
start buying....

--
Jean B.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Jean B." > : in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> Oh no! You will be starting down the road to hell if you do that,
>> Michael! Here is a link you might enjoy:
>>
>> http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/...ml/browse.html
>>
>> Is the book you refer to a Duncan Heinz one? I initially thought
>> of Vincent and Mary Price, but then had second thoughts about that.
>
> Oh Gawd! That link will keep me busy for awhile ;0) Thanks for posting
> it. I don't theink the book I have is a Duncan Heinz one. I don't
> remember what it is but I'll dig it up later this afternoon. Must divide
> and transplant a daylily bed
>
> Michael
>
>
>
Heh! I should have logged the number of hours I have spent on
that site. Many, many days--and I keep going back to it.

Have a great spring day, Michael.

--
Jean B.

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "jmcquown" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the best
> Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of signature
> recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out and maybe post
> some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No fuss, simple
> ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>
> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
> Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really old
> cookbooks.
>
> Michael
>
>
Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was when DW
and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been married 50 years yet.

The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans and
fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered potatoes, canned
green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that night was turkey
meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce, white rice, and sheet
cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington, DD-843 on North Atlantic
patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>

"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote in message
...
> "jmcquown" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the best
> Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of signature
> recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out and maybe post
> some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No fuss, simple
> ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>
> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
> Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really old
> cookbooks.
>
> Michael

I think this may be what you are referring to

Looking at it now

Dimitri


Adventures in GOOD COOKING and the ART OF CARVING in the home

-------*---------

Famous Recipes

A Duncan Hines Book

copyright 1939

Published by Adventures in Good Eating Inc.
Bowling Green Ky.

On Apr 4, 8:30*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
> the S.S. Lurline to California. *I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
> 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
> dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill

Very cool! Thanks for posting it.

I love old menus too. It's great to see what was in vogue at different
times.

For what it's worth,I have a beautiful coffee table book called "A
Taste of the Past", which has dozens of old menu cards,from British
Royal banquets and Royal Weddings to State Dinners and Cunard ship
menus, etc. A fascinating book explaining the old banquet styles.

If you are interested in these sort of things, you might try and find
it.

Kris

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:32:37 -0400, Mr. Bill wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:30:01 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>>Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
>>on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
>>stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
>>liner for dinner:
>>
>>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> I love that kind of menu!! Do you have any more to post? We have
> some friends that have old QE1 menues framed and displayed in their
> kitchen.

They did not read the labels of the French cheeses... Not well enough
perhaps? Or were they not French at all?

--
Groet, salut, Wim.

On 04 Apr 2009 12:47:11 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>"jmcquown" >
: in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
>I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the best
>Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of signature
>recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out and maybe post
>some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No fuss, simple
>ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>
>The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
>Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really old
>cookbooks.
>
>Michael


"The Ford Treasury Of Favorite Recipes From Famous Eating Places" may
be what you are thinking about. Published in 1950. It is a small
book with a yellow cover.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On Apr 4, 9:34*am, Mr. Bill > wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:04:06 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
> >http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/...ml/browse.html
>
> >Is the book you refer to a Duncan Heinz one? *I initially thought
> >of Vincent and Mary Price, but then had second thoughts about that.
>
> Jean...thank you thank you for the MSU link, my alma mater!! * I have
> a lot of reading to do on that site!!

Hey - you're a Spartan? So am I!! Go Green in Detroit today!!

Kris

On Sat 04 Apr 2009 05:30:01a, jmcquown told us...

> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
> liner for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill
>
>

I could live with that menu. :-) I love seeing things like this.


--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:30:01 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
>the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
>50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
>dinner:
>
>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
>Jill

Wow that was interesting to me. We do have ocean perch and Hawaii has
always had lots of frogs!. Lots of yummy jello things which must have
been a treat. I did notice Kona Coffee!

Funny my grand parents (born here, about 1890), no doubt sailed on
the Lurline many times- there were no planes in those days. My
grandfather had lots of work with sugar negotiations in Washington,
and he also drank Postum! I remember reading the jar on their
breakfast table, and IIRC, it was made from some part of the coconut.
But that was 50 years ago that I read that jar, so I could be wrong. I
remember being amazed at the contents.

Poi cocktail was a usual thing. I can't remember exactly what they
drank as poi cocktails, but I just googled and it said, it was made
into something similar to a yogurt drink. I bet it was tasty.

Thanks for the old time memories.

aloha,
Cea

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:21:05 -1000, pure kona >
wrote:

>On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:30:01 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>wrote:
>
>>Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
>>the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
>>50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
>>dinner:
>>
>>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>
>>Jill
>
BTW that was the year Hawaii became a state. 1959.

aloha,
Cea

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
5.247...
> On Sat 04 Apr 2009 05:30:01a, jmcquown told us...
>
>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
>> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
>> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
>> liner for dinner:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> I could live with that menu. :-) I love seeing things like this.
>
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright

There were three ship that had the SS Lurline name,

http://www.maritimematters.com/lurline32.html
http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/Lurline%201932.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Ellinis

On Apr 4, 9:32*am, Mr. Bill > wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:30:01 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
> >Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
> >the S.S. Lurline to California. *I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
> >50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
> >dinner:
>
> >http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> I love that kind of menu!! * Do you have any more to post? * * We have
> some friends that have old QE1 menues framed and displayed in their
> kitchen. *

I *do* have more to scan. I'll get to it as soon as I can. I'm in
the midst of trying to get furniture my brothers inherited moved out
of the house. Things are in a bit of upheaval... Stand By!

Jill

"pure kona" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:21:05 -1000, pure kona >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:30:01 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
>>>on
>>>the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
>>>stuff.
>>>50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
>>>dinner:
>>>
>>>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>
>>>Jill
>>
> BTW that was the year Hawaii became a state. 1959.
>
> aloha,
> Cea



One thing my brother (who is here to pick up some furniture) was looking for
was the newspaper from when Hawaii became a state. (Also the one from when
Alaska became a state in 1948). My parents never threw anything away, which
is making clearing out the house rather difficult but also fun I
remember them carting those newspapers all over the world with us. Funny,
once they got here apparently they threw them away. Yet they saved these
menus from the ship. Go figure. And yes, I noticed the Kona Coffee

Jill

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>> "jmcquown" >
>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>>
>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>
>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the best
>> Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of signature
>> recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out and maybe post
>> some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No fuss, simple
>> ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>>
>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
>> Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really old
>> cookbooks.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was when DW
> and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been married 50 years
> yet.
>
> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans and
> fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered potatoes, canned
> green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that night was turkey meat
> from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce, white rice, and sheet cake
> for dessert. This was the USS Warrington, DD-843 on North Atlantic patrol,
> the frosty cruise. <VBG>



I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military vessel!
Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was more than a
lifetime ago... heheh

BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad busy with
other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.

Jill

On Apr 4, 1:17*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> One thing my brother (who is here to pick up some furniture) was looking for
> was the newspaper from when Hawaii became a state. *(Also the one from when
> Alaska became a state in 1948). *[snip]

Alaska became a state in 1959 with Hawaii. The Congress held off
Alaska until they could balance a Republican state with a Democratic
one..... -aem

jmcquown wrote:
> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
> liner for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill

Poi Cocktail! Aye Carrumba!

jmcquown wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" >
>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>>>
>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>
>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the
>>> best Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of
>>> signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out
>>> and maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No
>>> fuss, simple ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>>>
>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
>>> Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really
>>> old cookbooks.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was when
>> DW and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been married 50
>> years yet.
>>
>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans
>> and fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered potatoes,
>> canned green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that night was
>> turkey meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce, white rice,
>> and sheet cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington, DD-843 on
>> North Atlantic patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
>
>
>
> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military vessel!
> Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was more than a
> lifetime ago... heheh
>
> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad busy
> with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
>
> Jill

It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot
but I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was today.
I really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart pressure
canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably better off
to donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.

George

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
> the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner
> for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill


Now that's cool, However I would have expected to see chilled tomato juice
in the appetizer column based upon the year.

Thanks

Dimitri

Kris > wrote:

>On Apr 4, 8:30*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:

>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed
>> back from Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. *I found
>> the menu among lots of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday,
>> here's what they served on the ocean liner for dinner:

>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>
>> Jill

>Very cool! Thanks for posting it.

Yes.

(I've never before seen it specified that the turkey was
from Turlock...)

Steve

jmcquown wrote:
> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
> liner for dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> Jill

That was so cool. I love retro menus. We like to go to railroad museums
when we travel and I always try to find menus. If anyone is in
Sacramento, CA, the railroad museum there has loads of them along with
sets of china from the grand days of cross-country rail travel.

--
Janet Wilder
way-the-heck-south Texas
spelling doesn't count
but cooking does

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
> jmcquown wrote:
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>> "jmcquown" >
>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the
>>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>>
>>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the best
>>>> Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot of
>>>> signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it out and
>>>> maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great IIRC. No fuss,
>>>> simple ingredients and many are still around and made today.
>>>>
>>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns served.
>>>> Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of my really
>>>> old cookbooks.
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was when DW
>>> and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been married 50 years
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans and
>>> fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered potatoes, canned
>>> green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that night was turkey
>>> meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce, white rice, and sheet
>>> cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington, DD-843 on North Atlantic
>>> patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
>>
>>
>>
>> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military vessel!
>> Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was more than a
>> lifetime ago... heheh
>>
>> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad busy
>> with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
>>
>> Jill
>
> It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot but
> I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was today. I
> really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart pressure
> canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably better off to
> donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.
>
> George



Good, because I was having a hard time finding boxes to put them in anyway.
Can't take tax deductions as there's no itemizing. I'll donate them along
with the clothing. One less thing to worry about, thanks!

Jill

Janet Wilder wrote:

> That was so cool. I love retro menus. We like to go to railroad museums
> when we travel and I always try to find menus. If anyone is in
> Sacramento, CA, the railroad museum there has loads of them along with
> sets of china from the grand days of cross-country rail travel.

I've been to that museum! Amazing it is. I especially liked viewing the
dining and kitchen cars. Many times the china was designed especially
for that particular train. The steam engine was running that day so we
rode that as well. I didn't think I would enjoy the museum as much as I
did. Definitely worth doing again.

If anyone is interested: http://www.csrmf.org/default.asp

After the museum you can take in some tasty dining in Old Sacramento.

--Lin

jmcquown wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>> .. .
>>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>>> "jmcquown" >
>>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots
>>>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>>>
>>>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the
>>>>> best Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot
>>>>> of signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it
>>>>> out and maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great
>>>>> IIRC. No fuss, simple ingredients and many are still around and
>>>>> made today.
>>>>>
>>>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns
>>>>> served. Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of
>>>>> my really old cookbooks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was
>>>> when DW and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been
>>>> married 50 years yet.
>>>>
>>>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans
>>>> and fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered
>>>> potatoes, canned green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that
>>>> night was turkey meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce,
>>>> white rice, and sheet cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington,
>>>> DD-843 on North Atlantic patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military
>>> vessel! Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was
>>> more than a lifetime ago... heheh
>>>
>>> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad
>>> busy with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot
>> but I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was
>> today. I really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart
>> pressure canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably
>> better off to donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.
>>
>> George
>
>
>
> Good, because I was having a hard time finding boxes to put them in
> anyway. Can't take tax deductions as there's no itemizing. I'll donate
> them along with the clothing. One less thing to worry about, thanks!
>
> Jill

You need an income to consider any tax benefits.

-dk

jmcquown > wrote:

> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu on
> the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other stuff.
> 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
> dinner:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu

It's just too bad that this site makes you sign up to see the photo
in a decent size/resolution. Not to mention all the ads (which
thwart AdBlock+)

-sw

D K wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> > "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> >>> .. .
> >>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> >>>>> "jmcquown" >
> >>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
> >>>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
> >>>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among
lots
> >>>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the
> >>>>> best Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot
> >>>>> of signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it
> >>>>> out and maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great
> >>>>> IIRC. No fuss, simple ingredients and many are still around and
> >>>>> made today.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns
> >>>>> served. Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of
> >>>>> my really old cookbooks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Michael
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was
> >>>> when DW and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been
> >>>> married 50 years yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans
> >>>> and fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered
> >>>> potatoes, canned green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that
> >>>> night was turkey meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce,
> >>>> white rice, and sheet cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington,
> >>>> DD-843 on North Atlantic patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military
> >>> vessel! Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was
> >>> more than a lifetime ago... heheh
> >>>
> >>> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad
> >>> busy with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >>
> >> It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot
> >> but I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was
> >> today. I really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart
> >> pressure canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably
> >> better off to donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.
> >>
> >> George
> >
> >
> >
> > Good, because I was having a hard time finding boxes to put them in
> > anyway. Can't take tax deductions as there's no itemizing. I'll donate
> > them along with the clothing. One less thing to worry about, thanks!
> >
> > Jill
>
> You need an income to consider any tax benefits.


I don't mean to be all churlish and such but with all the time and resources
that Jill apparently has at her disposal I'd think she might consider doing
some work for some of her local charities...


--
Best
Greg

"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other
people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
>> on
>> the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
>> stuff.
>> 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean liner for
>> dinner:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>
> It's just too bad that this site makes you sign up to see the photo
> in a decent size/resolution. Not to mention all the ads (which
> thwart AdBlock+)
>
> -sw



I had no better luck against ads with tinypic.

Jill

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.247...
>
>> On Sat 04 Apr 2009 05:30:01a, jmcquown told us...
>>
>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
>>> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of other
>>> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
>>> liner for dinner:
>>>
>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>
>>> Jill
>> could live with that menu. :-) I love seeing things like this.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>>
>
> There were three ship that had the SS Lurline name,
>
> http://www.maritimematters.com/lurline32.html
> http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/Lurline%201932.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Ellinis

It looks confusing, but I believe there was only one SS Lurline, it was
from the Matson Line. You had a link to Maritime Matters, and you can
trust their information. The Steamship Historical Society has accurate
info, but you have to be a member to get information.


BTW, when you cruised, you took the dining room menu home with you.
They were often signed by the Captain or other officers. Cruise lines
also gave you a printed passenger list of every passenger on the ship.
Check on Ebay, they have passenger lists for the SS Lurline. Can you
imagine them giving passenger lists, now? When I first started
cruising, my mother used my nickname and my father's, you can not get by
with that, anymore.


The SS Stella Solaris was the last cruise where I got a passenger list,
and that ship is no longer with us.


Becca

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> D K wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>> .. .
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>>>> .. .
>>>>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>>>>> "jmcquown" >
>>>>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>>>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from
>>>>>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among
> lots
>>>>>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>>>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the
>>>>>>> best Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot
>>>>>>> of signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it
>>>>>>> out and maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great
>>>>>>> IIRC. No fuss, simple ingredients and many are still around and
>>>>>>> made today.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns
>>>>>>> served. Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some of
>>>>>>> my really old cookbooks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was
>>>>>> when DW and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been
>>>>>> married 50 years yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans
>>>>>> and fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered
>>>>>> potatoes, canned green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner that
>>>>>> night was turkey meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce,
>>>>>> white rice, and sheet cake for dessert. This was the USS Warrington,
>>>>>> DD-843 on North Atlantic patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military
>>>>> vessel! Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was
>>>>> more than a lifetime ago... heheh
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad
>>>>> busy with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>> It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot
>>>> but I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was
>>>> today. I really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart
>>>> pressure canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably
>>>> better off to donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.
>>>>
>>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>> Good, because I was having a hard time finding boxes to put them in
>>> anyway. Can't take tax deductions as there's no itemizing. I'll donate
>>> them along with the clothing. One less thing to worry about, thanks!
>>>
>>> Jill
>> You need an income to consider any tax benefits.
>
>
> I don't mean to be all churlish and such but with all the time and resources
> that Jill apparently has at her disposal I'd think she might consider doing
> some work for some of her local charities...
>
>

She is her own charity.

-dk

Becca wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 5.247...
>>
>>> On Sat 04 Apr 2009 05:30:01a, jmcquown told us...
>>>
>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back from Oahu
>>>> on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among lots of
>>>> other
>>>> stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served on the ocean
>>>> liner for dinner:
>>>>
>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> could live with that menu. :-) I love seeing things like this.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>
>> There were three ship that had the SS Lurline name,
>>
>> http://www.maritimematters.com/lurline32.html
>> http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/Lurline%201932.html
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Ellinis
>
> It looks confusing, but I believe there was only one SS Lurline, it was
> from the Matson Line. You had a link to Maritime Matters, and you can
> trust their information. The Steamship Historical Society has accurate
> info, but you have to be a member to get information.
>
> BTW, when you cruised, you took the dining room menu home with you.
> They were often signed by the Captain or other officers. Cruise lines
> also gave you a printed passenger list of every passenger on the ship.
> Check on Ebay, they have passenger lists for the SS Lurline. Can you
> imagine them giving passenger lists, now? When I first started
> cruising, my mother used my nickname and my father's, you can not get by
> with that, anymore.
>
>
> The SS Stella Solaris was the last cruise where I got a passenger list,
> and that ship is no longer with us.
>
> Becca
Yes the grand old style has gone for good .now we have this

http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/
which to me is both amazing engineering but just parks a city on the
seas .

However this grand OLD ship is still going (with an Aussie Captain and
a Scottish chief engineer )

She is just BEAUTIFUL
http://cruises.about.com/od/cruisesh...res/ig/Athena/

When we financed here some time back she was named the Fridtjof Nansen


Now this ship has a heap and I MEAN a HEAP of history
if your interested .

Sadly she is remembered for an unfortunate collision
(which I remember from BEFORE my days at school shows how old she is )

One of the reasons she got financed by my employer at the time was there
was some family history and aware of her because of that. Thus a tad
more interest than in other tasks.

One felt compelled to save her from the breakers so we went that extra
mile.

She still has that Character about her .In December last year while on
way to oz she got attacked by Pirates and successfully repelled them.

she had a bit of a nose job as mentioned above see
http://www.ssmaritime.com/Stockholm-damaged-bow.jpg

Now she is like this
http://z.about.com/d/cruises/1/0/e/l...a_Lounge_2.jpg
notice the lovely Tasmanian oak hardwood floor


Oh an occasionally a GOOD mate of mine
assists with the menu see what a 6 foot 5 crazy Swedish chef looks like

http://www.gourmetthailand.com/images/Img11.jpg

Also runs various enterprises world wide related to Food ,shipping
,hospitality and aviation

I think before she retires she will do another couple of trips
to the states / Cuba

want real old style cruise and FANTASTIC food with close interaction
with the ships company -see cozy dining pic
http://z.about.com/d/cruises/1/0/_/l...ining_Area.jpg


Obviously I am a bit biased but truly one of my favourite deals from
when in finance land .
And some life long friendships evolved because of it .
In fact seeing Kris in Asia in a 14 days time

jmcquown > wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> It's just too bad that this site makes you sign up to see the photo
>> in a decent size/resolution. Not to mention all the ads (which
>> thwart AdBlock+)
>
> I had no better luck against ads with tinypic.

When I turn off adblock+ I see one ad on tinypic (a Pizza Hut ad
ObFood).

-sw

D K wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > D K wrote:
> >
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> >>> .. .
> >>>> jmcquown wrote:
> >>>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> >>>>> .. .
> >>>>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> >>>>>>> "jmcquown" >
> >>>>>>> : in rec.food.cooking
> >>>>>>>> Before I was born, my parents and my two brothers sailed back
from
> >>>>>>>> Oahu on the S.S. Lurline to California. I found the menu among
> > lots
> >>>>>>>> of other stuff. 50 years ago yesterday, here's what they served
on
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> ocean liner for dinner:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505rQrpvu
> >>>>>>> I love these old retro menus. I've got a book somewhere about the
> >>>>>>> best Inns in the US from back around the '50s. The book has a lot
> >>>>>>> of signature recipes from the individual Inns. I'll try to dig it
> >>>>>>> out and maybe post some of the recipes. The recipes are great
> >>>>>>> IIRC. No fuss, simple ingredients and many are still around and
> >>>>>>> made today.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The menu in the link is about the same type of food the Inns
> >>>>>>> served. Thanks for the post. Might be fun to dig around in some
of
> >>>>>>> my really old cookbooks.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Michael
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Holy gamoly people, 1959 wasn't that long ago. December 1959 was
> >>>>>> when DW and got engaged to be married and we haven't even been
> >>>>>> married 50 years yet.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The cruise I went on that year served, hard boiled eggs,baked beans
> >>>>>> and fried baloney for breakfast. Mystery meat with powdered
> >>>>>> potatoes, canned green beans, and white bread for lunch. Dinner
that
> >>>>>> night was turkey meat from a large can, navy beans in tomato sauce,

> >>>>>> white rice, and sheet cake for dessert. This was the USS
Warrington,
> >>>>>> DD-843 on North Atlantic patrol, the frosty cruise. <VBG>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was about to say, from that menu it must have been a military
> >>>>> vessel! Hey, if you weren't born until the year after 1959 it was
> >>>>> more than a lifetime ago... heheh
> >>>>>
> >>>>> BTW, I still have those pressure cookers to send to you. Got tad
> >>>>> busy with other estate stuff, which is how I found this menu.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jill
> >>>> It must have just been a short time ago, my short term memory is shot
> >>>> but I remember stuff that happened 50 or 60 years ago like it was
> >>>> today. I really don't need any pressure cookers as I have a 21 quart
> >>>> pressure canner/cooker and live at sea level. Thanks anyway, probably
> >>>> better off to donate them to a church store and take a tax deduction.
> >>>>
> >>>> George
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Good, because I was having a hard time finding boxes to put them in
> >>> anyway. Can't take tax deductions as there's no itemizing. I'll
donate
> >>> them along with the clothing. One less thing to worry about, thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >> You need an income to consider any tax benefits.
> >
> >
> > I don't mean to be all churlish and such but with all the time and
resources
> > that Jill apparently has at her disposal I'd think she might consider
doing
> > some work for some of her local charities...
> >
> >
>
> She is her own charity.


She should be able to keep "in the money" as long as she has the occasional
elderly relative around to suffocate...


--
Best
Greg

"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other
people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher