Dinner is served !!!!!
Well in 1968, if you were lucky enough to be travelling on the "Royal Scot" the 10.05 Euston to Glasgow and you fancied having a "nosh", here is the menu for that train.
................................................ Pate or Thick Vegetable soup or Fruit Juice. ............................... MAIN COURSE Roast Leg of Lamb, Mint Sauce or, Halibut Duglere or, Cold Chicken and Ham Salads Roast Potatoes and Duchess Potatoes Cauliflower Polonaise, Peas. ............................ Sweet Fruit Salad Flan and Cream or, Scotch Woodcock or, Cheese Board, Salads ............................. Price a mere 18/- ! Coffee 1/6d a cup. No mention of Tea. .................................................. ...................... On the other hand, if you were on the Western and travelled on the 1815 Paddington to Worcester you could have Mushroom soup,Sirloin Steak, chips and Peas, Apple pie and Cream AND Coffee for atotal price of 19/6d. If on the other hand you just wanted to stay in the buffet car, you could have a hot snack of Boiled Egg with Roll and Butter 2/- or Hot pies at 1/7d each or Egg and Bacon for 4/- Coffe in the Buffet was 1/- a cup. Eat up lads...Enjoy. ........................... I wonder if they do the same on todays trains ??? 48111 |
Everyone knows we are "old" when we start talking about pre decimal money.:D
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No chicken tikka masala ? Why wasn't our national dish on the menu ?!:p
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I'm not adverse to "foreign" food, it has added much to this countries taste-buds but roast lamb is my number 1 with roast pork number 2.;) |
Well if you travelled on a Pullman service in the same period and decided to take breakfast, you could indulge from what was known as the "Silver Tray", and the menu would consist of Mushrooms and fried bread plus the usual selection of Bacon,Eggs and Sausages.
If on the other hand you Did not have the Silver Tray service and were only a normal Buffet customer, your menu would only consist of Saute Potatoes and grilled Tomatoes. The LMS also offered on many service in their catering vehicles a lunch menu that cost a mere 17/- and that consisted of. Grapefruit Segments or Scotch Broth. ............ Main Course Roast Beef, Horseradish sauce or Fillet of Sole "bonne femme" - Peas Carrots roast and creamed potatoes or Cold meat salads. .............. Fruit Tart and cream or Mushrooms on toast or Cheeseboard and Salad. Drinks Extra. ................................. So all in all , the passenger was well catered for back then and you can bet it tasted absolutely delicious. I have seen some of the old chefs in BR days, they were fully trained chefs, dressed in "whites" and the catering staff were trained Silver service waiters and waiteress to 5 star standard. I had a relation who worked on BR in the train catering and I can assure you the training they had was not to be sniffed at. 48111 |
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