Christmas dinner at the Gezirah Palace

CHRISTMAS DINNER

Ida Uhse writes about Christmas Day when the meal from the menu was taken at the Gezirah Palace:“25th of Dec. The Countess and I went at 9:30 in the morning to the German church where later the de Marés picked us up and we walked them around and showed them all sorts of things. The streets were horribly dirty, we could barely make our way through. In the evening the Cedercrantzes, Consul-General Östberg, the de Marés and the Geijers came for dinner at the Count and Countess von Hallwyl's, and they were all very pleased.”

The following was on the menu:
Oysters
Soup
Salmon cutlets
New potatoes
Roast beef with primeurs
Quail à la Richelieu
Fowl in aspic Lucullus
The Khedive's punch
Canapé with pheasant "de Bohème"
Palace salad
Asparagus from Argenteuil
Foaming sauce
English plum pudding
Veiled Oriental style mandarins
Egyptian biscuits
Neapolitan cake
Château Henry Quatre
Confectionery
Dessert