The Titanic's Final Meal

The RMS Titanic is probably the most famous ships ever to set sail on the seven seas. She set sail during the Edwardian Era, a time in which lavish food in bountiful quantities was the hallmark of wealth and a cornerstone of high society. So put on your best white tie and tails or your most elegant beading evening gown, saunter down the grand staircase and take your seat next to John Jacob Astor or the unsinkable Molly Brown as we enjoy the lavish meal served to First class diners on the Titanic’s final night above the waves.

Correction: WWI started in 1914.

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[ieatemos]

Can you imagine being in full on suit or beaded dress, so full you want to puke, and probably drunk when the ship went down? Yikes

[santiagoloaizar]

THERE IS NO WAY BRITTANY ACTUALLY WATCHED THIS!!! AHAHAHAHA

[CousinKaylee]

I watched this eating a microwaveable White Castle slider.

[bradredford]

Just a peasant here watching this while eating my crust of bread.

[Malfoy]

Imagine eating all of that with a corset on.

[RoLee]

“Her favorite flavor ice cream...”

“🙂”

“Oyster.”

“😕...”

[morganrobinson]

We had a huge event here is Spokane, WA a couple years ago, while the Titanic Exhibit was at the Museum of Art and Culture. The Davenport Hotel hosted an exclusive fundraiser for the museum, serving the final meal on the Titanic, while a historian narrated the final night of the Titanic’s journey. There were at least 7 different wines, ports and other drinks, most imported. Everything was insanely decadent, and I tried dishes I’ve never had before! Also, by best friend and I spent the month before preparing our costumes, and attended dressed in Edwardian Fashion! It was a wonderfully memorable night!😊😊

[mr.b]

Course 1 : Butter
Course 2 : Butter
Course 3 : Butter
Course 4 : Butter
Course 5 : Butter
Course 6 : Aristocratic Slushie
Course 7 : Cooked Sky Rat w/bacon
Course 8 : Asparagus
Course 9 : Jewish Goose Liver
Course 10 : Dessert
Course 11 : CHEESE


The fact that almost half of these courses are drowned in butter makes me gain 20 lbs.

[ARedMagicMarker]

"Though King Edward had died of a DOUBLE heart attack in 1910...."

Well, if he ate anything like Titanic's 1st class menu every single day, that's not surprising. :v

[bluedragon]

For those wondering about all that food, tiny waistlines, corsets, puking and food coma... all those courses were actually VERY SMALL. Each course's serving size was barely 2oz each. So let's do some basic old fashioned math. 11 courses at 1 serving size per course would be 22oz for the entire meal beginning to end over a 4 hour timeframe.
Considering in comparing a casual diner's supper of a 1/4lb cheeseburger plus fixings, condiments and bun. That would raise the ounces to 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound. So, just the cheeseburger would be 12oz by itself. Then you'd get 2 sides (French fries and coleslaw for example). French fries would be 1-3oz depending on size S, M, L. Coleslaw would be 1oz. Then you'd get an 8oz refillable drink. Add in dessert at 1-3oz depending on size. Once you've finished that whole meal in 30-45 minutes, your total consumption of food and drink would be 24-32+oz in less than 1 hour. These people, even the upper class, only indulged like that occasionally. And they consumed usually no more than 1 serving each which would be 22oz grand total of food and drink stretched out over a 4 hour period.

[capitainebonhomme]

With 11 courses, most people would probably just taste each dish.

[shannonjones]

“Outbreak of war in 1918”


*Screams in inaccurate dates*

[Casuallyartisticaviator]

Meat - *BUTTER* - Potatoes - *BUTTER* - Drinks - *BUTTER* -
Those dudes really like their butter!! 😳😳😳

[JohnSmith-njqo]

Paula Dean would've loved this, there's butter in everything.

[christinaFaith]

Let's all remember portion sizes of that era were much smaller than we have today. While it seems lie a lot of food, it was not a very big portion.

[Lionstar]

Crikey, how on earth did these people manage to eat TEN courses of food?! When I eat at a restaurant, I generally only have a main course and a dessert because starters tend to fill me up before I have my main meal.

[kck]

"How could someone possibly eat all that?" Keep in mind that this meal spanned over 4 hours, and that people (especially corseted women) probably only ate a bit of each course. Still, very unhealthy--when Giles Coren of Supersizers got a checkup after a week of eating like a wealthy Edwardian, he was told that if he'd continued that diet, he would have gotten gout and died by 60.

[juuie]

bruh who’s here after brittany’s video 😭

[ALM]

Is it sad that I’d eat all of the courses unapologetically and still have room for dessert

[ryanjeep]

“We’ll both have the lamb, rare. With very little mint sauce. You like lamb? Right, Sweet Pea?”