A SHAKESPEARE LUNCH.

Evening Star, Issue 7403, 24 December 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

A SHAKESPEARE LUNCH.

The bill of fare at the Stratford lunch deserves commendation, not only for its intrinsic excellence, which was remarkable, but also for the series of well-chosen quotations with which the hospitable Mayor illustrated each dish. The menu ran as follows: — "Ladies, a goncral welcome." ' Henry VIII., t.,4. " Sit down and feed; welcome to our tabU."—' As You Like It,' ii., 8. "Now, good digestion wait on appititc, and health oa both."—' Macbeth,' Hi., i. Sour. Clear turtle. " Tho imperious scaabreed monsters; for tho dish." —'Cymboline.'iv., 2. Entrkks (Ilot). Galantines of pigeons with mushrooms. L«mb cutlets a la Princesse. Boudins & la Richelieu. Sweetbread a la Santa Cruz. " Some pigeons. Davy, ... and any little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook."-11. 'Henry 1V.," v., 1. Yknison Pasties and Hashed Venisos. " Come, we have net vonison pasty to dinner."— 'Merry Wives,'!., 2. " Which is he that killed the deer. . . , r "Let's present him to the Duko like a Roman conqueror."—' As you like it,' iv., 2. Mayonkaiss of Fish. " Epicurean cooks sharpen with olojless sauce bis appetite."—' Antony and Cleopatra.* li., 2. RAIBRD Gahk Pib. " Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his appetite." —' Timon of Athens,* iv., 3. Roast Tubkkyb. " Why. hero be comes, swelling like a turkey cock." 'llenry V.,'v., 2. Ducks. "0 daintv duck."—' Midsummer Night's Dream,' v., 7. Boar's Head and Brawn. " Like a full-acorned boar."—'Ojmbeline,' ii., 5. Roast Fowts. " There is a fowl without a feather."—'Comedy of Errors,' iii, 1. Tongues. " Si'ence is only commendable in a neat'd tongue dried."—' Merchant of Venice,' i., 1. Hams. " I have a gammon of bacon."—l.' Henry IV.,' ii., 1. Pigeon Pies. " Are there no young plgeons.?-11. ' Henry IV,,' v., X. Braised and Roast Bebf. " What say you to a piece of beef and mustard ? A dish that I do love to feed upon."—' Taming the Shrow,' iv., 5. Potted Lamfkrns. " From the bank* of the Wye, and eandy-bottom'd Severn."—l. 'Henry IV.,*iii., 1. Asnc of Ebls. " Cry to it, as the Cockney did to the f els, when sho put Ihem i' the paste alive,"—' Lear,' ii., 1. Drbsbbd Lobsters. "There's no meat like them; I could wish my best friend at such a feast."—' Timon of Athens,' i., 2. Salads. " S»lad was born to do me good."—ll.' Henry' IV., iv., 10. Dressed Potatoes. " Let the sky rain potatoos."—' Merry Wives,' v., 4. Rolls. "Tho roll! Where's the ro!l?"-II. 'Henry IV,* iii., 2. Sweets. Dessert cikes, Jellies and oroams, tourtes, meringuoß, and Charlottes. "Thero's half-a-dozen Bwcets." ' Lovo's Labor Lost,' v., 2. Cheesecakes. " Tho queen of cuide and cream."—' Winter's Tale,' iv., 3. Fruit. "Horoulos did shako down mellow fruit"— 'Corlolanus,'lv.,6. "Feed him with apricots and dewberrifs; with purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries."—' Midsummer Night's Dream,' iii , 1. " Thoro's ft medlar for thee ; eat it."—' Timou of Athens,' iv., 3. " Meaning thereby that grapes were made to cat, and lips to opon."—' As You Like It,' iv., 1. CIUMrAONB, Hock, Claret, Port, akd Suerrv. "He calls for wine; 'a health,' quoth be."— 'Taming tho Shrew,'iii., 2. " A good traveller is something at the latter end of a dinner."-" All's Well That Endß Well,' li., 6.