Word: consomm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York Democrats were eating high on the hog. At Manhattan's Hotel Commodore, 1,300 diners paid $100 a plate for a meal of crab meat in avocado pear figaro, consommé de volaille madrilene, paupiette of Boston sole Marguery, filet mignon sauté with mushroom colbert, salad chiffonade Argenteuil, bombe vanilla sur socle with black cherries jubilee. Cocktails and two kinds of wine were thrown...
...some breaded soft clams on toast. They are truly wonderful. If you are particularly hungry, however, start your dinner with hors d'oeuvre variés, which are really impressive. And if you decide to take soup after the clams, pick a chilled vichyssoise or a cold consomm...
...limousine called for him, took him to the Governor's ancient mansion. There, in the small family dining room, over a centerpiece of snapdragons and mimosa, Democrat Ed Kelly and Republican Dwight Green sat down to lunch. The menu was keyed to Ed Kelly's delicate stomach: consommé madrilene, cheese soufflé, green salad, fruit compote and coffee. It was not their first meeting, but it was the first time they had talked together officially since Dwight Green became Governor four years ago. Lunch lasted two hours, after which Mayor and Governor greeted newsmen...
...other bigwigs. Photographers and newsmen could sit on a couple of old reviewing stands left over from past Capital parades. Most of the cost would be for food. Obviously delighted by his sharp budgeting, the President enthusiastically improvised a luncheon menu that $2,000 would buy: consommé, chicken á la king, sandwiches, coffee...