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Image of Thanksgiving Menu From 1899 Goes Viral: 'Most Expensive Item on Menu is $2'
International Business Times ^ | November 25, 2024 | Morgan Music
Posted on 11/26/2024 12:03:01 PM PST by Red Badger
"Wow!! More options than The Cheesecake Factory!"
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An image of the Thanksgiving menu from New York City's Plaza Hotel in 1899 is going viral as social media users note the difference 125 years can make.
Notably, the most expensive menu item was a roast Philadelphia chicken, at a price of $2. One dollar in 1899 would be worth slightly over $38 in present times.
The number of options also garnered attention. Over twenty deserts were listed under "Sweet Dishes," with pumpkin pie for just twenty cents.
1899 diners had multiple duck species and even grape varietals to choose from.
History buffs shared facts about the time period and New York City's Plaza Hotel.
Plaza Hotel in New York City 1908 [left] and 2018 [right]. Robert Cutts/Wikimedia Commons; Flickr
Others joked about how hard it is to come by a turtle soup these days.
This year, The Plaza Hotel offers a buffet style meal that will set diners back $315.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: gardening; thanksgiving; thanksgivingcost; thanksgivingmeals
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1 posted on 11/26/2024 12:03:01 PM PST by Red Badger
To: Diana in Wisconsin; SunkenCiv
2 posted on 11/26/2024 12:03:25 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
The prices seem to be mostly in pennies, but if you just convert to dollars, they are pretty accurate. This is what happens when your government spends 100 years “fighting inflation”.
3 posted on 11/26/2024 12:05:43 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I noticed that....................
4 posted on 11/26/2024 12:07:04 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
They ate well.
Hard to imagine a kitchen cooking up that variety of a menu.
I stick to one entree at a time for home dinner and let my wife handle vegetables.
5 posted on 11/26/2024 12:08:14 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
To: Red Badger
Not very interesting in the way of salad...
6 posted on 11/26/2024 12:08:24 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
Wages were lower too.
I’m impressed by the variety of foods, including several game birds.
7 posted on 11/26/2024 12:11:11 PM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Your salary is also greatly inflated now, from what it was then.
8 posted on 11/26/2024 12:11:13 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
9 posted on 11/26/2024 12:11:15 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
To: Red Badger
Two of my grandparents were born in 1899 (one in 1892 and the other in 1904.
10 posted on 11/26/2024 12:11:19 PM PST by RatRipper
To: Red Badger
Always with the oysters in the old days
11 posted on 11/26/2024 12:11:52 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: Red Badger
In today’s money....
$.05 = $1.84
$.25 = $9.20
$.50 = $18.41
$1.00 = $36.83
seems like the prices were high!!
$11 for a cup of chicken broth???
12 posted on 11/26/2024 12:12:21 PM PST by FredSchwartz (What ever happened to common sense and simple logic?)
To: Red Badger
The 12 daysof Christmas wasn’t about getting a lot of avian pets, but dinner!
Our tastes and diets have changed. Interesting how much foul and game birds are on that menu.
13 posted on 11/26/2024 12:15:28 PM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
To: Jamestown1630
“Your salary is also greatly inflated now, from what it was then.”
You neglect to mention that inflation spikes hits goods and services first and wages take several years to catch up. Inflation is government theft through money printing.
To: Red Badger
They still have turtle soup at Commander’s Palace in NOLA.
15 posted on 11/26/2024 12:16:20 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: AbolishCSEU
Real?....................
16 posted on 11/26/2024 12:16:53 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: FredSchwartz
What would it cost in a high end New York hotel’s restaurant today?
17 posted on 11/26/2024 12:17:14 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
To: Red Badger
18 posted on 11/26/2024 12:19:03 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
Kinda hard to come by terrapins anymore.
19 posted on 11/26/2024 12:19:10 PM PST by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
To: Red Badger
For perspective:
Bartenders: Earned $425 per year
Surgeons: Earned $1,625 per year
Bankers and brokers: Earned $1,600 per year
Electricians: Earned $1,550 per year
Saloon keepers: Earned $1,500 per year
Hotel keepers: Earned $1,250 per year
Lawyers: Earned $1,200 per year
Journalists: Earned $950 per year
Photographers: Earned $700 per year
Waiters: Earned $500 per year
Servants: Earned $144 per year, plus board
Prices and Wages by Decade: 1900-1909 - Library Guides
General sources.
20 posted on 11/26/2024 12:19:31 PM PST by GOPJ (MAGA is not a historical blip. It is a trend https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4280749/posts)
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