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EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE. 



many places, and the farming of the highest order of excel 

 lence : 



ROYAL HOTEL DERBY 



The, Mayors Banquet to the Royal Agricultural Council, July 11, 1843. 



BILL OF FARE. 



FIRST COURSE. 



Three turbots and lobster sauce. 

 Three salmon and shrimp do. 

 Five dishes of filletted soles. 

 Five dishes of trout. 

 Ten tureens of turtle soup. 

 Eight do. of green pea do. 

 Eight do. of soup Julian. 



SECOND COURSE. 



Four haunches of venison. 

 Four necks of do. 

 Five couples of boiled chickens. 

 Four hams. 



Three calves heads, stewed. 

 Four quarters of lamb. 

 Four geese. 



Four veal fricandeau and ragout 

 Four pigeon pies. 

 Two rumps of beef, stewed. 

 Four savory pies. 

 Five turkey poults. 

 Five tongues. 

 Three surloins of beef. 

 Three legs of lamb, and gooseberry 

 sauce. 



ENTREES. 



Lobster patties. 

 Stewed kidneys. 

 Sweetbreads. 



ENTREES. 



Mutton cutlets with tomatas. 



Veal tendons. 



Curried lobsters. 



Veal cutlets and mushrooms. 



Curried rabbits. 



Lamb cutlets and cucumber sauce. 



Eight leverets. 



Eight couples of ducks. 



Eight couples of roast chickens. 



Eight plumb puddings. 



Eighty dishes of Bakewell do. 



Eight do. of apricot do. 



Twenty do. of cheese cakes. 



Thirty do. of maids of honor. 



Cherry tarts, and currant do. 



Jellies, blanc manger. 



Rhenish cream, &c., &c. 



DESSERT. 



Ices, grapes, peaches, cherries. 

 Nectarines, strawberries, raspberries, 



pines. 



Almonds and raisins. 

 Candied fruits. 



Damson cheese, Tartarian cheese. 

 Orange marmalade. 

 Preserved ginger. 

 Sponge cakes, pound cakes. 

 Fruit, brandy, wine, biscuits, ginger 



cakes, &c., &c., &c. 



Wines at pleasure. 



In these comparisons most certainly I mean no disrespect to any human being. 

 I myself, with a large party, had the honor to sit down at the hospitable and ele 

 gant table of the Mayor of Derby, who, in company with many of the citizens 

 of that ancient town, spared no effort to make the visits of their friends as agree- 



