On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:50:24 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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> "MisterDiddyWahDiddy" > wrote in message
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> > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...a-century-ago/
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> LOL some of those sounds awful)

To be fair, they are mostly menus from fairly pretentious restaurants
(not everyday food), however that Fricassee of Calf's Feet was truly
gag worthy.

The text ("One tendency that has almost totally vanished, for example,
was the practice of eating plates of raw vegetables as an appetizer.
For much of the 1900s, restaurant-goers would start their meal with
plate of celery, radishes and olives") did remind me of my
grandparents. When I was a child, they accompanied every lunch and
dinner with a plate of raw carrot and celery sticks - radishes in
season. No olives that I can remember, but maybe olives were winter
fare and I don't remember.
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> I wonder if you will find ours any better ...
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> http://www.essentially-england.com/t...h-recipes.html

Considering our roots, American food is essentially just a variation
of English food - with a few other cultures thrown in for good
measure.

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