Food Found On Trains
Allen May
train station used to be so the theme is trains and local history.
I'm curious if there is a novelty food dish, that could be served for lunch,
that would fit with this train or railroad theme? I've never ridden in a
train so I have no idea what food might be served. Has anyone ever seen a
"Boxcar Sandwich" or something fun like that? Would you be able to provide a
recipe or description?
Thanks
-Allen
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The Doctor
You *must* serve those lovely toasted bacon sarnies :-)
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Tezza
"Allen May" <uma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:lrp3a.156532$i73.36...@twister.neo.rr.com...
> We own a restaurant in a local market. The market was built where an old
> train station used to be so the theme is trains and local history.
>
> I'm curious if there is a novelty food dish, that could be served for lunch,
> that would fit with this train or railroad theme?
Overpriced stale pies and sandwiches?
Philip
"Allen May" <uma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Take a look at http://www.goeat.com/ which has the menus for Great North
Eastern Railway's resturant and buffet service, Go Eat.
Philip.
M. J. Poirier
> I'm curious if there is a novelty food dish, that could be served for lunch,
> that would fit with this train or railroad theme?
Beans.
Stan de SD
How about making some sandwiches, wrapping them in cellophane, and letting
them sit out for a few days? Throw them in a microwave and call it
"Amcuisine"... :O(>
Alan (in Brussels)
"Allen May" <uma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
As you probably already know (but nobody seems to have mentioned), the
archetypical chain of restaurants at railroad stations in the USA was the
"Harvey Houses" created by Fred Harvey, who later expanded into on-board
meals service (see eg.
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/cwpcarousel/1history.html
for the story). And on this side of the Atlantic, George Nagelmakers'
Belgian
"Wagons-Lits" company (now absorbed into CarlsonWagonlit Travel - see
www.carlsonwagonlit.com/home.cfm ) set new standards for luxury in eating
and
sleeping on international trains like the "Orient Express". You will find a
very
brief outline of his role in the UK's national Railway Museum Web page on
"Meals on Wheels" at URL : http://www.nrm.org.uk/html/expl_pb/tour5.asp
According to http://www.americandinnertrains.com/ there are currently some
70 trains operated specifically in the USA to re-create/provide the railroad
dining experience - California is the State with the most, followed by
Pennsylvania, but none in Ohio - so there seems to be at least a niche
market.
Most of my own memories of eating on trains date from my student days
in the UK, when I was looking mainly for convenience and value for money,
which is why I still associate train travel with (cold) pork pies...
Regards,
Alan (in Brussels)
Joyce Whitchurch
> I'm curious if there is a novelty food dish, that could be served for lunch,
> that would fit with this train or railroad theme?
Why not enjoy a Compakt Meal Box?
<http://www.btinternet.com/~joyce.whitchurch/food1.jpg> Or a Packed Meal
in a handy carrier carton?
<http://www.btinternet.com/~joyce.whitchurch/food2.jpg> "They give
satisfaction and pleasure at the most economical prices."
Digging through my files, I find the menu from an LNER buffet car of the
1930s. "Special Teas - choice of Boiled Egg; Veal and Ham or Pork Pie;
Scotch Egg; Bread and Butter; Cake or Pastry; Preservers; Tea" - all for
one shilling and sixpence (GBP 0.075). For two shillings (GBP 0.10) your
choice expanded to include "Salad; York Ham; Ox Tongue; Pressed Beef".
But the best railway catering was always comparable with the best on
land or indeed on sea, and I really can't think of a specifically
railway dish that was or is served in restaurant cars. The things that
are indelibly associated with British railway catering, at any rate, are
things you would not wish to inflict on your customers - the curly
sandwich, the dreadful coffee.
Perhaps the traditional footplatemen's fry-up is what you need - bacon
and eggs, fried on a shovel over the fire of a steam engine.
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well in Japan the classic "BENTO" box is the railroad food and is very
specialized by region...there are even books on the subject.
Bob
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brown, and is used to ascertain how many times your railway pie has been
reheated.
In the rush at a refreshment room, the counter girl said 'tea or coffee': I
replied 'It is? I'll drink it anyhow'.
I once asked in a Victorian (Australia) room for a cold pie and burnt
coffee. The girl said 'we don't have those'. 'Oh dear', I replied, 'you
did last time I was here'.
The beer in Mongolian trains (possibly in the whole nation) seems to be
brewed from fermented yak milk.
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Allen May <uma...@yahoo.com> wrote in article
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> I'm curious if there is a novelty food dish, that could be served for
lunch,
> that would fit with this train or railroad theme?...
Tezza
"Joyce Whitchurch" <Joyce.Wh...@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:3E5027C4...@btinternet.com...
> Perhaps the traditional footplatemen's fry-up is what you need - bacon
> and eggs, fried on a shovel over the fire of a steam engine.
Hopefully not the same shovel he shit on.
Sue McNaughton
<tezz...@netspace.net.au> writes
>
>> Perhaps the traditional footplatemen's fry-up is what you need - bacon
>> and eggs, fried on a shovel over the fire of a steam engine.
>
>Hopefully not the same shovel he shit on.
>
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Tezza
"Sue McNaughton" <S...@wandleys.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:X2nxpfEj...@wandleys.demon.co.uk...
> In article <b2q4qc$864$1...@otis.netspace.net.au>, Tezza
> <tezz...@netspace.net.au> writes
> >
> >> Perhaps the traditional footplatemen's fry-up is what you need - bacon
> >> and eggs, fried on a shovel over the fire of a steam engine.
> >
> >Hopefully not the same shovel he shit on.
> >
> Probably not a problem after it's been into the fire a few times. ;-)
I'll pass thanks!
Mike Roebuck
You never watched "A Steam Train Passes" then, Tezza?
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Tezza
"Mike Roebuck" <mike.r...@gmx.net> wrote in message news:m9275vs63gco3ofmv...@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:53:06 +1100, "Tezza"
> >> In article <b2q4qc$864$1...@otis.netspace.net.au>, Tezza
> >> >> Perhaps the traditional footplatemen's fry-up is what you need - bacon
> >> >> and eggs, fried on a shovel over the fire of a steam engine.
> >> >
> >> >Hopefully not the same shovel he shit on.
> >> >
> >> Probably not a problem after it's been into the fire a few times. ;-)
> >
> >I'll pass thanks!
> >
>
> You never watched "A Steam Train Passes" then, Tezza?
Probably not.