A Short Trip Through the CYC Past
By Dick Slottow
From time-to-time material will be lifted from archive scrap books and carefully copied for the membership. The items below were random selections, simply because they looked different from anything we have today. We are currently searching our historical material to determine when the last Annual Dinner was held. Perhaps a new Annual Dinner could be planned for the future?
| Ledger For May 1908 | |
|---|---|
| Cash on hand May 9, 1908 | 1221.63 |
| Cash received from subscription fund | 110.00 |
| Locker fund | 5.00 |
| Dues received | 136.50 |
| Total | 1475.13 |
| Bills paid | 618.72 |
| Balance on hand | 856.41 |
Third Annual Dinner Menu 1892
Eastern Oysters on the Half Shell
"Let's swallow them alive" --- Proverb 1-12
Cream of Celery Soup
"All ought to be made to taste the soup" ---Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shrimp
"He who drinks not wine after salad is
in danger of being sick" ---Fr
Filet of Sole Tartar
"A fish should swim three times, in the water, in
sauce, and in wine."
Vegetables Cauliflower String Beans Langue de Boeuf - Pommes D'amour -Chicken Pate "He who can govern his tongue is a strong man"
Anon
Roast Milford Duck
"The duck is the country's but the city eats it."
Desserts
Ice Cream Cakes Fruits Cheese Nuts
Raisins Coffee
"Nuts are given but they are not cracked for us"
-- Hans Anderson
Wines
Sauterne Burgundy
"I like the best wine drunk at the cost of others"
--- Diogenes
"When wine sinks words swim" --- Wine carries no rudder
Cigars
"Give me some light" --- Hamlet
"It is ENOUGH" Prov.XXX-15
Jacks Rotisserie, February 20, 1899
The annual dinner held in 1899 featured some original items that were
not passed on to future CYC chefs. The include:
The Old Scandinavian Fartilizer
Corinthianischerwasserportsgesellschaftszwiebeisalat
Mallard with adjuncts. Turkey and dependencies, Suck ing Pig with accessories
Wisconsin Goose with confederates, Secret Spuds