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American House

BOSTON,MA

Date
1856-04-10
Restaurant
AMERICAN HOUSE
Place
BOSTON,MA.
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
ILLUS.BROADSIDE
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Soup: Macaroni
Boiled Halibut, Butter Sauce.
BOILED: Ham
BOILED: Tongues
BOILED: Turkey and Oysters
BOILED: Corned Beef
BOILED: Chickens and Pork
BOILED: Leg of Mutton and Capers.
Cold Dishes: Pressed Corned Beef, Ham, Tongue.
Fricasseed Chicken
Compote de Pigeon,
Fricandeau of Veal
Macaroni, Plain
Mutton Cutlets, Breaded
Escalloped Oysters
Queen Fritters
Fried smelts
VEGETABLES: Cabbage
Relishes: Apple Sauce
Relishes: Beets
Relishes: Pickles
Relishes: Horseradish
Relishes: Lettuce
Roast: Sirloin of beef
ROAST: Leg Mutton, Jelly Sauce
ROAST: Loin of Veal
ROAST: Pork
Roast: Chicken
Roast: Turkey
ROAST: Ducks, Currant Jelly
Cracker Puddings, Egg Sauce
Apple Pies
Squash Pies
Mince Pies
Apples
Dry Fruit
Lemon ice cream
Jeffreys' Sparkling Edinburg Ale$0.23
Cider$0.13
Albany Ale$0.13
Scotch Ale$0.25
London Porter$0.25
Burgundy: Clos de Vougeot$2.00
Burgundy: Chambertin$2.00
PORT: Brazil, dry$2.00
PORT: Hunt & Co.'s superior old$2.00
White port$2.00
PORT: Knowles's Black Seal$2.00
Table Claret$0.50
CLARET: Johnston's St. Julien$0.50 – $1.00
Claret: Chateau La Rose$0.50 – $1.00
CLARET: Chateau Castebois Moulis$1.50
CLARET: Chateau Dubignons Margaux$1.50
CLARET: Chateau Pomys$0.75 – $1.50
Claret: Chateau Leoville$1.50
CLARET: Chateau Margaux, very good$1.00 – $2.00
CLARET: Chateau Lafitte, of 1844, from Barton & Guestiers$3.00
Sauterne, good$0.75
SAUTERNE: Count Il. de Saluce's Chateau Malle, very superior$2.00
Hock: Hockheimer$2.00
Hock: Rudesheimer$2.00
Hock: Marcobruner$2.00
HOCK: Johannesberger$3.00
MADEIRA: Monteiros L. P.$2.00
MADEIRA: Monteiros Reserve$2.00
MADEIRA: Newton, Gordon & Murdock's$2.00
MADEIRA: Blackburn's Old London Particular$2.00
MADEIRA: Leacock's Old London Particular$2.00
MADEIRA: Victoria, "Marche's Wine"$2.50
Wedding Madeira$2.50
MADEIRA: Judge Story's M. M., imported in 1836, rich$3.00
MADEIRA: Old London Particular, very old, bottled for E. Johns & Co., New Orleans, by Payne & Co.$3.50
MADEIRA: Old Virginia, imported in 1825, from Monteiros$3.50
MADEIRA: Judge Story's Judicial Wine, T. M., imported in 1829$4.00
MADEIRA: Donaldson's £100$4.00
MADEIRA: Leacock's East India$4.00
MADEIRA: Hon. Daniel Webster's, very old$4.00
M. Y. Maderia$2.00
SHERRY: Harmony's Brown$1.50
SHERRY: Harmony's Pale$1.50
SHERRY: Gordon's Pale$2.00
SHERRY: Gordon's Brown$2.00
SHERRY: Yriarte's Pale, vintage of 1825$2.00
SHERRY: Yriarte's Brown, vintage of 1825$2.00
SHERRY: Padre, or Priest's Pale$2.00
Sherry: Amontillado$2.00
SHERRY: Romano's Brown, vintage of 1798$3.00
Schreider's Champagne$1.00 – $2.00
SPARKLING WINES: Heidseick, H. Piper & Co.'s$1.00 – $2.00
SPARKLING WINES: Charles Heidseick Superior$1.00 – $2.00
Sparkling Burgundy$2.00
SPARKLING WINES: Folliet, Louis's$2.00
SPARKLING WINES: Werk's Catawba$2.00
SPARKLING WINES: Longworth, Sparkling Catawba$2.00
SPARKLING WINES: Mumm's Cabinet$2.50
SPARKLING WINES: Mumm's Imperial$3.00
SPARKLING WINES: G. H. Mumm's Vergenay$1.00 – $2.00
SPARKLING WINES: G. H. Mumm's Cabinet$1.50 – $2.50
SPARKLING WINES: G. H. Mumm's Imperial$1.50 – $3.00
Sparkling Hock or Mousrender Rein Wine$2.50
VEGETABLES: Squash
VEGETABLES: Beets
VEGETABLES: Turnips
VEGETABLES: Potatoes
VEGETABLES: Carrots
VEGETABLES: Onions
VEGETABLES: Mashed Potatoes
VEGETABLES: Greens
VEGETABLES: Hominy

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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