"Jean B." wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> >
> > SteveB wrote:
> >> We went to The Cosmopolitan in Silver Reef, Utah, last night. It was just
> >> okay. The site was the actual site of a restaurant there from about 1880 to
> >> about 1895. The recreation wasn't even close to the original. Although the
> >> restaurant calls itself a four star restaurant, I found it only passable.
> >> The lobster bisque was lacking a lobster taste. I had seafood risotto. The
> >> plate had some shrimp and langostino which were represented to be lobsters.
> >> It had some salmon, scallops, and sole, also. My wife had lobster ravioli,
> >> and they were skimpy on the lobster.


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>
> Yabbut... lobster ravioli, seafood risotto, etc.? That sounds
> most improbable to me.
>
> --
> Jean B.

The OP *didn't* say the current menu was a recreation of a previous
menu; obviously it wasn't. The question was about 19th century food in
the US, not that particular meal.