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The Harvard Advocate

Parker House, [Mass] · May 11, 1886

On this menu 28 dishes

Apple Fritters
Fried Bananas
Macaroni au gratin
Vol au Vent Squab
Lobster Cutelette a l'Union
Saddle Kentucky Mutton
Philadelphia chicken, cream sauce
Tenderloin beef with mushrooms
Shad a la Maitre d'Hotel
Penosbscot Salmon a la Hollandaise
Soup Julienne
Mock turtle soup
Little Neck clams
Coffee
Sherbet
Ice cream
Dry Fruit
Apples
Bananas
Oranges
Biscuit Glace
Wine Jelly
Tipsey Cake
Charlotte Russe
Plover
English snipe
Chesapeake Brandt
Roman Punch