A six course lunch served at the Banque de France on Saturday February 9, 1929

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Brad Widelock

Brad Widelock
I am reading Liaquat Ahamed’s “Lords Of Finance, The Bankers Who Broke The World” is a an excellent history of the roles played by the central bankers of Britain, Germany, France and the United States in the economic collapse of the late 1920s. (Sounds dry, but it’s actually fascinating.) On page 331 is the following menu of a six course lunch served at the Banque de France on Saturday February 9, 1929.

“Huîtres d’ Ostend washed with a 1921 Chablis, Homard à l’Americain with a 1919 Pouilly, Rôti de Venaison accompanied by an 1881 Ch“teau Rothschild, Faisans Lucullus with a 1921 Clos de Vougeot, Salade d’Asperge with a 1910 Ch“teau d’Yquem, a 1910 Grand Fine Champagne with desserts, and finally a bottle of the 1820 Cognac Napoléon over coffee the delegates selected Owen Young, with his perfect diplomatic skills, as their chairman.”

I wonder what they had for dinner

Brad
 
Asparagus salad with Yquem is hard to believe. But then Wikipedia claims there was no 1910 Yquem, so maybe it was a Rudy avant la lettre concoction.
 
originally posted by Cole Kendall:
Asparagus salad with Yquem is hard to believe. But then Wikipedia claims there was no 1910 Yquem, so maybe it was a Rudy avant la lettre concoction.
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And the dry "Y" started in 1959.(edited)
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
We bankers live well.
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plus ça change...both financiers and their eating habits.

I have read that serving d'Yquem with savory dishes was quite common in the 19th century, perhaps this dinner was a last gasp of both 19th century food pairing and 20s economic internationalism.
 
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