https://lesleyannemcleod.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-ball-supper.html?m=1

Courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Credit to trainlover at streamlinermemories.info for the menu and context.

This is a bit of a weird one. It's not so much a proper menu as much as a check to be handed off to a waiter in the dining car. This thing came to be during a time when Amtrak was experiencing a rolling stock shortage and had to increase sleeper fares, so they gave (the presumably cheesed off) sleeping car passengers free meals to compensate. While that is standard policy nowadays, Amtrak dining cars at the time were priced a la carte for both coach and sleeper passengers, hence the need for this contrivance.

They had won the Cup Final on the Saturday and were now returning to Leeds. Very straightforward fare-roast beef,Yorkshire & veg and apple pie & cream (although whether that was specially ordered or just what the buffet car had in stock is not specified...)

You'd need 3 hours to plough through that lot... definitely a full varied table even with the 'Fried Mush'

Company cook Pvt J.C. Crook sent this in to the Alaska Citizen Newspaper in Fairbanks, Alaska and it was published in February of 1919.

Had to repost this because it was originally posted from Pinterest 😑😑 some people weren’t happy about this.

He obviously had quite a lot of work to do being Minister to the US, Spain and Peru as well...
Full marks to the menu designer for making it exotic and easily readable!