This was a fascinating read for me - so glad I came across it while traveling with my eldest grandson who is the ultimate Titanic scholar for a 12 year old 😉
After reading it, we spent nearly an hour learning about all the foods.
This is a very delayed comment which you might see or not, but wonderful to read your fascinating family story related to the Titanic. I thought of you and this post when I just happened to read this old article from the BBC about the "remarkable" Titanic menu that sold for £84,000 at auction! The date of the menu is the 11th April while yours was on the 14th, the actual day of the disaster. Un ciao e abbraccio from Chianti, e grazie for all your very enjoyable articles, Olga
Reading this causes me to have sweet and sour tears. Chef J.T., you must have huge filing cabinets. Frog legs are devine. Better than chicken. I began eating them as a teen when my father and I would catch them hoping on the road during a hard rain in Louisiana. My father always kept a feed sack in the trunk or the car to place the critters in after we caught them by hand. They were huge and tasty, fried or sautéed.
Just enchanting to read. My grandmother was born the day the Titanic sank. My grandfather (her husband) was an infant. His entire family was booked on the Titanic (in steerage) and because my grandfather was very ill, his mother refused to go, so the whole family missed that fate. Love your writing and loved hearing this story.
Hi Olga and many thanks for this. I had those menus and should have kept them instead of donating them. Un ciao e abraccio back to you.
And thank you, Mark!
Well, I adore your father. New style to road kill.
And made on board ship.
Huge kicthens, pots of cheap labor, and an old fashioned work ethic.
Hi again, Georgeanne, and thank you.
Hi Lori, and what a wonderful comment. And my hat off to the grandson!
Would love to join you!
Yes, Bloaters such an unfortunate word for something so delicious!
An even better history and story! Thank you.
Thank you Mao. I visited the movie set of the 50"s movie and was everafter enthralled.
This was a fascinating read for me - so glad I came across it while traveling with my eldest grandson who is the ultimate Titanic scholar for a 12 year old 😉
After reading it, we spent nearly an hour learning about all the foods.
Thanks!
That’s an awesome story! Thanks for sharing. I also had a child who was obsessed with disasters.
This is a very delayed comment which you might see or not, but wonderful to read your fascinating family story related to the Titanic. I thought of you and this post when I just happened to read this old article from the BBC about the "remarkable" Titanic menu that sold for £84,000 at auction! The date of the menu is the 11th April while yours was on the 14th, the actual day of the disaster. Un ciao e abbraccio from Chianti, e grazie for all your very enjoyable articles, Olga
Reading this causes me to have sweet and sour tears. Chef J.T., you must have huge filing cabinets. Frog legs are devine. Better than chicken. I began eating them as a teen when my father and I would catch them hoping on the road during a hard rain in Louisiana. My father always kept a feed sack in the trunk or the car to place the critters in after we caught them by hand. They were huge and tasty, fried or sautéed.
Just enchanting to read. My grandmother was born the day the Titanic sank. My grandfather (her husband) was an infant. His entire family was booked on the Titanic (in steerage) and because my grandfather was very ill, his mother refused to go, so the whole family missed that fate. Love your writing and loved hearing this story.
Legendary history, epic cuisine, and... a great story. Thank you Chef.