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The Mississippi Room

Date
1958-03-18
Restaurant
The Mississippi Room
Physical description
32x21cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Scallops, Deep Fried Golden Brown, served piping hot on Toast with Tartar Sauce$2.50
*Whole Baby Flounder, Butter Broiled to your order, done with Lemon Wedges, Paprika Butter Sauce$3.50
Marinated Herring in sour cream$35.00
Roast Prime Tenderloin, carved to your order, well done, Bordelaise Sauce$3.50
Baked Virginia Ham, generous slices of Tender Smoked Ham, topped with Tasty Sauce Burgundy$2.65
*Pork Kebobs with Tomato Wedges, baby white Onions, Green Pepper Slices, Mushroom Caps, Pan Gravy, Rice Pilaff, Applesauce$2.75
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, slowly roasted to delicious perfection, served with Natural Gravy, Mint Jelly$2.75
Chef's Special- Fillet Mignon Prepared to Your Fancy, French Fried Potatoes, Onion Rings, Relishes, Crisp Heart of Lettuce with Choice of Dressing du Jour, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Rolls and Butter$3.15
Home made vegetable soup$0.20
FRENCH ONION SOUP$0.20
Fruit cup Florida$0.30
Cherrystone Clams, 4$0.50
Louisiana Shrimp Cocktail$0.60
Bluepoint oysters, 4$0.50
Melon Wedge (in season)$0.25
Chilled Tomato, Grapefruit, Apple, Cranberry Juice$0.15
Mark Twain Dinner- Soup du Jour, Grapefruit Juice, V-8 Juice, Pineapple Juice, Cottage Cheese with Chives, Fricassee of Breast of Chicken, Hot Home Made Biscuit, Choice of Two Vegetables, Salad du Jour, Choice of Pie, Cake, Ice Cream or Jello, Tea, Coffee, Milk$2.35
Snowball Potatoes
Rissollee Potatoes
Creamed Fresh Parsnips
Mixed Vegetable Medley au Glaise
Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber Salad$0.25
Autum Salad$0.25
Cherry Tartlet$0.25
Mark Twain Apple Pie$0.20
rice pudding$0.20
Strawberry Chiffon Pie$0.25
Fruited Jelllo Chantilly$0.20
Chocolate Covered Cream Puff$0.25
Columbian Berry Pie$0.25
Coconut Layer Cake$0.25
Blueberry Tartlet$0.35
Fresh Fruit Parfait$0.35
Black and White Sundae$0.30
Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Coffee ice cream$0.20
American or Liederkranz Cheese$0.30
Imported Cheese: Roquefort, Gruyere, Swiss, Camembert or Bleu, with Crackers$0.35
Coffee
Tea
Tea
Tea
Tea
Milk
Buttermilk
Sanka
Postum
Iced coffee
Iced tea
Entrees- (Price of Entree Includes: Relish, Potatoes, Vegetable, Rolls, Butter and Beverage)
Entrees Marked * allow ten to fifteen minutes preparation time
(Choice of French, Russian, 1000 Island or Chef's Salad Dressing)

Page 2

Fruit Cocktail$0.40
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Tomato Juice$0.15
Fresh Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail$0.75
Clam cocktail (6)$0.75
Chicken broth$0.25
Tureen of onion soup, au gratin$0.35
Tureen of onion soup, au gratin$0.35
Cream of tomato soup$0.25
Beef consomme$0.20
Green Split Pea Soup$0.25
Vegetable Soup$0.25
Welsh rarebit$0.90
Welsh rarebit$0.90
Golden buck$1.00
Yorkshire Buck$1.25
Mushroom Omelette$0.90
Cheese Omelette$0.75
Plain Omelette$0.60
Spanish omelette$0.80
Bacon and eggs$0.90
Bacon and eggs$0.90
Ham or Sausage and Eggs$1.00
Fresh Shrimp, Newburg$2.50
FRIED SHRIMP$2.00
Fried fillet of sole, tartar sauce$1.50
Fried deep sea scallops$1.50
Lobster, Newburg$3.00
Lobster Tail$2.25
Single Lamb Chop$1.35
(2) Broiled Pork Chops$2.00
U. S. Prime Steak, Minute$3.50
U. S. Prime Sirloin Steak$5.00
Minute Steak Sandwich$2.75
U. S. Prime Filet Mignon$5.00
Minced Turkey in Cream$1.50
Chicken a la King$1.75
Grilled fresh mushrooms on toast$1.25
Broiled Half Spring Chicken$2.00
Calves Liver and Bacon$2.50
Breaded Veal Cutlet$1.75
FRESH VEGETABLE PLATE$1.00
Fresh vegetable plate with egg$1.15
Mashed potatoes$0.25
Julienne potatoes$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.25
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.30
Potatoes in Cream$0.35
Potatoes au Gratin$0.35
Saute Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes O'Brien$0.30
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.30
Candied Potatoes$0.40
Candied Potatoes$0.40
New peas$0.25
Smothered Onions$0.45
String Beans$0.30
Asparagus$0.40
Asparagus with Hollandaise$0.70
Spinach$0.25
Baby Lima Beans$0.30
French Fried Onions$0.45
Cold Smoked Ox Tongue$1.75
Cold Baked Ham$2.00
Assorted Cold Cuts$1.75
Assorted Cold Cuts with Chicken$2.00
Cold sliced turkey$2.25
Cold roast beef$2.75
Chef's Salad$1.25
Tunafish Salad$1.00
Shrimp Salad$1.75
Chicken salad$1.25
All White Meat Chicken Salad$1.50
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.40
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.50
Italian Salad$0.40
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.85
COMBINATION SALAD$0.60
Cold Roast Ribs of Beef Sandwich$1.00
Hot Roast Ribs of Beef Sandwich$1.50
Cold Roast Top Sirloin of Beef Sandwich$0.85
Roast top sirloin of beef, cold sandwich$0.85
Roast top sirloin of beef, hot sandwich$1.25
Hot Roast Top Sirloin of Beef Sandwich$1.25
Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.65
Bacon and Egg Sandwich$0.60
Fried egg sandwich$0.30
Western Sandwich$0.50
Hamburg$0.50
Cheeseburger$0.60
Club sandwich$1.00
Cold White Meat Only Chicken Sandwich$0.85
Hot White Meat Only Chicken Sandwich$1.25
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.75
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.75
Egg Salad Sandwich$0.35
Sardine Sandwich$0.50
Tunafish sandwich$0.60
Tongue Sandwich$0.60
Ham Sandwich$0.50
Fried Ham Sandwich$0.65
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.40
Bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich$0.60
Ham and Swiss Cheese$0.65
American Cheese Sandwich$0.35
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.45
Cream cheese, jelly sandwich$0.35
Toasted Cheese Sandwich$0.40
Mark Twain club sandwich special (cole slaw, french fried potatoes)$1.25
Ice cream$0.20
Sherbets$0.20
Parfaits$0.35
Sundaes$0.30
Layer Cake$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.30
Imported Roquefort Cheese$0.40
Apple Pie$0.20
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.35
Imported Swiss cheese$0.40
imported Camembert cheese$0.35
Liederkranz Cheese$0.35
Imported Swiss Gruyer Cheese$0.30
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.30
Coffee (Cup)$0.10
Pot of Tea$0.15
Individual Milk$0.15
Iced coffee$0.20
Iced tea$0.15
Postum$0.15
SANKA COFFEE$0.15
Toast or rolls and butter$0.20
Cinnamon Toast$0.25
French Toast$0.50
Chops and Steaks - Served with French Fried Potatoes
Two lamb chops$2.50
Entrees- Seved with French Fried Potatoes
Cold Buffet- Served with Potato Salad and Cole Slaw
Salads- Served with French, Russian or Mayonnaise dressing: Roquefort Dressing 40c extra
Sandwiches- Served on White, Whole Wheat or Rye Bread with Potato Chips and Pickle Slices
Cheese- Served with Crackers

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