Christmas Dinner Menu 1912

Title: Christmas Dinner Menu 1912
Identifier: AEJ_102
Description: Handwritten menu of Christmas dinner enjoyed by missionary party heading to Sichuan after the 1912 evacuation. The party consisted of five women (three of them single from WMS) and Fred Johns. The main course of roast goose was accompanied by soup, several vegetable dishes, condiments, fruit and several desert dishes.
Creator: Myrtle Johns
Date Created: 1912-12-25
Location: Yangtze River
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815696/yangtze-river.html
Event: 1911-1912 Nationalist Revolution Evacuation
Transciption: B.G. McNaughton, A.E. Johns, E. [?] Elson, Mary Totten Smith, Mabel E. Thompson, Myrtle M. Johns. Houseboat, Dec. 25, 1912. Consommé, Roast Goose, Mashed Potatoes, Omei Apples, Gravy, Fresh Bread, Pickles, Catsup, Salted Peanuts, Preserved Cucumber, Plum Pudding, Dates, Ginger, Cherries, Sweets, Fruit, Christmas Cake.
Language: English
Source: Ken Johns
Provenance: Johns Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-08-25
Contributor: Nicholas Fowler; Ken Johns; Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
People: Barbara McNaughten; Evelyn Elson (Mrs. Albert Elson); Mary Totten Smith; Mabel E. Thompson; Alfred and Myrtle Johns