Creator
Steamship Baltic
Title
Thanksgiving Dinner
Coverage
At Sea
Date
November 25, 1852
Description
The side-wheel packets of the American-owned Collins Line were renowned for luxury and speed, typically crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a little over ten days. The 282-foot Baltic carried only sixty-eight passengers on the choppy, off-season crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1852. This early transatlantic menu features hare in three dishes—a soup, a cold pie, and a game dish in which it was pared with plover, a shorebird also with a gamey flavor.