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Aviation Terrace

August 18, 1941

On this menu 64 dishes

Turkey and Mushroom Patty a la Reine$1.10
Fresh Milk Fed Chicken$1.55
Baked Sugar Cured Ham with Cider Sauce$1.40
Roast Long Island Duckling, Apple & Raisin Dressing$1.60
Broiled Spring Lamb Chop with Kidney$1.50
Boiled Kennebed Salmon, Hollandaise Sauce
Roast Prime Rib of Beef$1.70
Minute Steak$1.95
Canape of Sardines
Tomato Juice
Apple Juice
Navy Bean Soup, Vegetables
Consomme Portugaise
Jellied Madrilene
Cold Vichysoisse
Hearts of Celery
Mixed Olives
Jardinere of Vegetables
Jardinere of Vegetables
Carrots vichy
Puree of Summer Squash
Potato Croquettes
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Hashed browned potatoes
Fresh Vegetable Dinner, Poached Egg$1.25
Plum Cake
Cherry Pie
LaGuardia Cream Pie
Orange Layer Cake
Caramel custard
Raspberry sherbet
Fruit Compote
Jell-o
Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, or Black Raspberry-Vanilla Ice Cream
rice pudding
Stewed Fruit
French Pastry
orange sherbet
New Green Apple Pie
Kennebec Salmon, Ravigotte Sauce, Potato Salad$1.30
Assorted Cold Cuts, Vegetable Salad$1.45
Baked Sugar Cured Ham and Sliced Turkey with Waldorf Salad$1.65
Alligator Pear with Chicken Salad, Mayonnaise, Finger Sandwiches$1.65
Lobster Dinner$2.50
Whole Cold Lobster, Mayonnaise, Sliced Tomato, Egg$2.50
Whole Broiled Alive Lobster with Drawn Butter$2.50
Stuffed Lobster Thermidor, Julienne Potatoes and New Peas$2.50
Fruit Cocktail
Crabmeat Cocktail
Tomato Juice
Shrimp Cocktail
Grapfruit Juice
Planked Steak Dinner: Tomato Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Fruit Cocktail, Pure Apple Juice, Seafood Canape, Navy Bean Soup with Vegetables, Consomme Portugaise, Jellied Madrilene, Celery, Radishes, Olives (cont. below)$2.75
Plank Steak Dinner (cont.): Plank Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms and Fresh Garden Vegetables, Chef's Salad, Choice of Dessert, Coffee
CLAM BROTH
Celery
Radishes
Olives
COMBINATION SALAD
Choice of Dessert
Coffee
Imported Sauternes$2.25 – $4.00
Chef's Special Dinner: Chilled Honeydew Melon, Hearts of Celery, Green and Ripe Olives, Jellied Madrilene, Breast of Milk-fed Chicken Virginia, New Lima Beans, Parisienne Potatoes, Lettuce and Tomato, (cont. below)$2.25
Chef's Special Dinner (cont.): Fresh Peach Ice Cream (Or any other Dessert selected from Dinner Menu), Bottled Milk, Hot or Iced Coffee or Tea