GRACE CRUISE LINE SS SANTA ROSA

I love all ship menus and I am looking forward to others sharing their favorite menus and or favorite  dining experience.  My first menu is from a Easter Cruise on The S. S. SANTA ROSA OF GRACE LINE: Tuesday, March 31, 1964. 

I would start with the Smoked Cape Cod Oyster on toast. because I have never seen them on a menu and yet I recall as a child buying in the supermarket canned smoked oysters and having them on thin toasted bread in my lunch box. My folks have very sophisticated taste and I cared less about candy and more about trying new foods! Why would anyone want an Hors d' Oeuvre of Iced Pascal Celery anyway, the only think celery is good in is a Bloody Mary cocktail.  Then it would be followed by a Jellied Consomme Soup (good comfort food when you are sick in bed) How often do you see Frogs Legs Saute in Sauce Provencale as a selection of Fish on your cruise menu?
Check out the  entrees with their origins:  Fried Chicken from Maryland ;  "Today's International Dish from China": Shrimp Chow Mein  Chow Mein is a phase taken from a dialect of chinese spoken to americans actually pronounced Chau- Meing. And  FYI: Taishan, a coastal city in Southern Guangdong China is the birthplace of volleyball.
OOOOH, The entree Roast Tenderloins au Jus makes your mouth water with desire to taste the reduced beef stock that has simmered for hours and is now concentrated with rich flavor.
And I would finish with Compote of Royal Ann Cherries & Instant Sanka Coffee!