Yale Center for British Art
Title:
Menu, airmen's mess : R.A.F. Station, Cranage, 'Xmas day, 1942.
Published / Created:
Cranage [England] : [Royal Air Force], 1942.
Physical Description:
1 menu ; 19 x 13 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Eph Fo 5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11618600
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The reverse bears 20 signatures, in graphite or pen and ink, presumably of attendees of the Christmas dinner.

Christmas-day menu at the R.A.F. Station, Cranage, completed in typescript.

The five courses comprise: "Tomato soup. Roast turkey and stuffing, roast potatoes, roast sausage, brussel sprouts, creme parsnips. Christmas pudding, brandy sauce. Biscuits and cheese. Beer, cigarettes, minerals."
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. | Dinners and dining -- Great Britain. | Food -- Great Britain. | Beverages -- Great Britain. | World War, 1939–1945 -- Great Britain. | Operational rations (Military supplies) -- Great Britain. | Soldiers -- Nutrition -- Great Britain -- 20th century.
Form/Genre:
Menus. | Signatures (Names)
Contributors:
Great Britain. Royal Air Force, publisher.