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The Hated Queen: Marie Antoinette











                     THE
           ARISTOCRAT

                  MENU
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                 FOUR SOUPS
            Rice soup, Scheiber, croutons with
           lettuce, croutons unis pour Madame
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           TWOMAINENTRÉES
           Rump of beef with cabbage, loin of
                   veal on the spit
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              SIXTEEN ENTRÉES
              Spanish pâtés, grilled mutton
            cutlets, rabbits on the skewer, fowl
           wings à la Maréchale, turkey giblets
             in consomme, larded breasts of
           mutton with chicory, fried turkey à
           la ravigote, sweetbreads en papillot,
           calves’ heads sauce pointue, chickens
             àlatartare,spittedsucklingpig,
            Caux fowl with consomme, Rouen
            duckling with orange, fowl fillets
           en casserole with rice, cold chicken,
           chickenblanquettewithcucumber
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                 FOUR HORS
                  D’OEUVRES
           Filletsofrabbit,breastofvealonthe
             spit,shinofvealinconsomme,
                     cold turkey
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                SIX DISHES OF
                    ROASTS
           Chickens, capon fried with eggs and
           breadcrumbs, leveret, young turkey,
                   partridges, rabbit
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                   DESSERTS
              Apple strudel, orange-flower,
            rosewater and lemon meringues,
                macarons, jellied fruits,
                   candied violets

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          Coarse stale brown bread                                                     marriage for seven
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                       P                                                                           long years"


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