Word: salade
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Food was present in large quantities, lobster and chicken salad being featured at noon and chicken and beef pies in the evening. All this mixed with impressive amounts of alcohol made the day a gastronomical success, if nothing else...
Eggs a la Russe with Caviar . . . southern Bisque . . . Baked Stuffed Filet of Sole Marguery, Parslied Potatoes, Harvard Beets . . . Combination Salad . . . Rhubarb-Strawberry Pie . . . Coffee...
...mile rolls by, the camera forebodes the future by reviewing the past: a cinemontage in which the bull again and again tears into the matador like a clumsy headwaiter working over a tossed salad. And with the climax prepared, the script provides some parting philosophy. In a bullfight, the bull is the least of the enemies the matador must face. Far more dangerous is the many-headed monster in the stands-most matadors are gored because the crowd is bored. But the mortal, final enemy of every bullfighter is his own fear, confronting him in the absolute form...
...bristles from Red China in 1950, A.D.L helped invent a chemical substitute from chicken feathers. Its special taste laboratory has aided dozens of U.S. foodmakers. Its smell laboratory, which developed special chemicals to help American espionage agents outwit enemy bloodhounds in wartime, has advised industry on everything from salad dressing to air conditioning...
...putting away a trial meal of 20 artichokes, 200 pickles, 15 mushrooms, 20 slices of smoked tongue, four portions of meat-filled dumplings, two bowls of rice, two helpings of hog's pudding, three helpings of boiled beef and chili, one chicken, three helpings of veal with salad, 1 Ib. of cheese, half a pie, a bowl of fruit, a gallon of wine, three glasses of cognac, four cups of coffee...