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(Banquets
OF the NATIONS
SPILED SY
feERT H. Christie
Cornell University Library
TX 737.C44
Banquets of the nations; eighty-six dinne
3 1924 000 700 595
FROM THE LIBRARY OF
James B. Herndon, Jr.
PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE
School of Hotel
Administration
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Cornell University
Library
The original of this book is in
the Cornell University Library.
There are no known copyright restrictions in
the United States on the use of the text.
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000700595
BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS
A BALLADE OF DINNER.
There are pleasures of various kinds,
Which are nicely adjusted to suit
The balance of various minds
In a manner remarkably cute.
But the best of them all I salute —
It is shared by the saint and the sinner,
It is common to man and to brute —
The joys of an excellent dinner !
Not the beggar whom poverty grinds,
Who is blind, or one-legged, or mute ;
Not the German who constantly winds
The most horrible airs on his flute ;
Neither doctor nor lawyer astute,
Nor ascetic who strives to grow thinner,
Will ever attempt to dispute
The joys of an excellent dinner.
Not the thinker who suddenly finds
He has settled a point which was moot ;
Not the poet whom self-conceit blinds
To the discord he twangs on his lute ;
Not the lover whose bliss is acute,
When of beauty and worth he's the winner,
Will venture to try and refute
The joys of an excellent dinner.
L'Enuoi.
Prince, do you hold in repute
The joys of the mind, which are inner ?
They are miserable, weak, and dilute
To the joys of an excellent dinner !
R. E. H.
BANQUETS OF
THE NATIONS
EIGHTY-SIX DINNERS
CHARACTERISTIC AND TYPICAL
EACH OF ITS OWN COUNTRY
COMPILED BY
ROBERT H. CHRISTIE, S.S.C., Edinburgh
EDINBURGH
J. & J. GRAY & CO., ST JAMES PRESS
191 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE MENUS.
And nearer as they came, a genial savour
Of certain stew, and roast meats, and pillaus,
Things which in hungry mortals' eyes find favour,
Made Juan in his harsh intentions pause,
And put himself upon his good behaviour.
1 N arranging for the social entertainment of the Edinburgh
Cap and Gown Club, of which I am Honorary Secretary,
it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to provide a
few out-of-the-way dinners for the members — something original
and unknown to the modern race of chefs. I became so
engrossed in the work that the few became many, and the
result i3 the present series which contains menus representative
of no fewer than eighty-six different peoples — of dinners almost
invariably wholesome, in some few cases perhaps otherwise, but
in all, characteristic and typical of the country which provides
the fare.
Mr Rudyard Kipling has convinced himself that there are
nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, and every single
one of them is right. I am persuaded that there are six and
fourseore ways of concocting racial banquets, and that every
single one of them is right — once in a way at least. Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand have not been tapped ; the cookery
in these countries being quite modern and cosmopolitan. The
only peculiar Australian delicacy is kangaroo-tail soup, cooked in
the same manner as ox-tail.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE MENUS
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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
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(Banquets
OF the NATIONS
COMPILED BY
ROBERT H. CHRISTIE
Cornell University Library TX 737.C44
Banquets of the nations; eighty-six dinne
3 1924 000 700 595
FROM THE LIBRARY OF
James B. Herndon, Jr.
PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE
School of Hotel Administration
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Cornell University Library
The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library.
There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text.
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000700595
A BALLADE OF DINNER.
There are pleasures of various kinds,
Which are nicely adjusted to suit The balance of various minds
In a manner remarkably cute.
But the best of them all I salute — It is shared by the saint and the sinner,
It is common to man and to brute — The joys of an excellent dinner !
Not the beggar whom poverty grinds,
Who is blind, or one-legged, or mute ; Not the German who constantly winds
The most horrible airs on his flute ;
Neither doctor nor lawyer astute, Nor ascetic who strives to grow thinner,
Will ever attempt to dispute The joys of an excellent dinner.
Not the thinker who suddenly finds
He has settled a point which was moot ; Not the poet whom self-conceit blinds
To the discord he twangs on his lute ;
Not the lover whose bliss is acute, When of beauty and worth he's the winner,
Will venture to try and refute The joys of an excellent dinner.
L'Enuoi.
Prince, do you hold in repute The joys of the mind, which are inner ?
They are miserable, weak, and dilute To the joys of an excellent dinner !
R. E. H.
BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS
EIGHTY-SIX DINNERS CHARACTERISTIC AND TYPICAL EACH OF ITS OWN COUNTRY
COMPILED BY ROBERT H. CHRISTIE, S.S.C., Edinburgh
EDINBURGH
J. & J. GRAY & CO., ST JAMES PRESS
191 1
And nearer as they came, a genial savour
Of certain stew, and roast meats, and pillaus,
Things which in hungry mortals' eyes find favour, Made Juan in his harsh intentions pause,
And put himself upon his good behaviour.
1 N arranging for the social entertainment of the Edinburgh Cap and Gown Club, of which I am Honorary Secretary, it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to provide a few out-of-the-way dinners for the members — something original and unknown to the modern race of chefs. I became so engrossed in the work that the few became many, and the result is the present series which contains menus representative of no fewer than eighty-six different peoples — of dinners almost invariably wholesome, in some few cases perhaps otherwise, but in all, characteristic and typical of the country which provides the fare.
Mr Rudyard Kipling has convinced himself that there are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, and every single one of them is right. I am persuaded that there are six and fourscore ways of concocting racial banquets, and that every single one of them is right — once in a way at least. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have not been tapped ; the cookery in these countries being quite modern and cosmopolitan. The only peculiar Australian delicacy is kangaroo-tail soup, cooked in the same manner as ox-tail.