P & O                                             s.s. CANBERRA

DINNER

Appetizers        Fruit Cocktail     Smoked Salmon

Soup              Consomme Mikado     Cream of Barley

Fish              Fillet of Halibut, Bearnaise Sauce
                  Fillet of Halibut, Van den Berg

Entree            Braised Ox Tongue, Bretonne

Joint             Roast Saddle of Lamb with Green Peas and Noisette Potatoes

Poultry           Braised Duck Bigarde

Grill to Order	  Rump Steak, Tomato Farce, Onions and Fried Potatoes

Cold Buffet       Sirloin of Beef     Leg of lamb
                  Ham     Corned Ox Tongue

Salads            Lettuce, Tomato, Radish and Red Cabbage     Tossed Green

Dressings         Mayonnaise     French     Vinaigrette

Vegatables	  Buttered Brussels Sprouts

Potatoes	  Boiled

Sweets            Orange Cheese Cake     Victoria Sundae
                  Friandises     Assorted Pastries     Water Ice

Savoury           Beurrecks a la Turque

Cheese	          New Zealand Cheddar     Roquefort

Biscuits          Bath Oliver     Cream Crackers     Hotel Crackers     Betterwheat
                  Ryvita     Table Water     Vita-Weat     Water     Breakfast

Fresh Fruit       In Season

Dessert Fruits    Crystallised Fruits

Beverages         Coffee     Ceylon Tea     China Tea     Indian Tea
                  Instant Coffee:-Nescafe and Sanka     American Coffee

Tea and coffee are also served in the Public Rooms

Chefs suggestions in bold type


Chef - G. Ruddock	                           Thursday 25th February 1971

WINES

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All wines included in the Wine List are ready for serving and the following
recommended : -

Australian White - Chablis Dalwood (Penfolds)

Australian Red - Claret Chateau Tahbilk

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The following wines are available for sale by the glass : -


Rhine Rudesheimer Klosterberd Riesling   Glass £0.18   A.40 cts.  U.S.44 cts.

Rhone Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Red ...       Glass £0.17   A.37 cts.  U.S.42 cts.

Australian Claret Chateau Tahbilk ...    Glass £0.14   A.31 cts.  U.S.35 cts.

Australian Hock Quelltaler ...    ...    Glass £0.12   A.27 cts.  U.S.30 cts.

Bordeaux White "Vin Ordinaire"    ...    Glass £0.10   A.22 cts.  U.S.25 cts.

Bordeaux Red "Vin Ordinaire"      ...    Glass £0.10   A.22 cts.  U.S.25 cts.

The Peacock

Of all the world's birds the glamorous, flamboyant, quarrelsome peacock is
surely the most striking. Beauty is an arguable thing, the the traveller who
first came face to face with a peacock in full display, without preconception of
what to expect, must have been stunned, to say the least.

This one is the Common Peacock, its tail extended into a fan to form a complete
background to the picture. It is one of the largest of the family of pheasants and
its natural home is the scrubland and more open forest country of India
and Ceylon.

The peacock, however, like many of its relatives, does well in captivity and has
been established in avicultural collections all over the world-so much that
probably more exist in captivity now than in the original wild range. It has
become familiar enough to make description unneccessary. But it remains a
painter's problem, adorned with colours so iridescent, so inconstant, changing
with every angle at which they are viewed, that they present a challenge close to
the impossible.

To the zoologist the birds remains an enigma. Who can understand the purpose
for such extravagance of splendour, for a structure that must be the greatest
possible inconvenience to the bird that carries it-unless it is just a piece of
good, clean fun on the part of the Creator.





This is one of a series of six menu cards depicting some of the beautiful birds
that may be seen in and around the countries and oceans served by P & O ships.
The original oil paintings were specially executed and described for P & O by
Keith Shackleton, R.S.M.A, S.W.L.A., and printed in England by
Daniel Greenaway & Sons Ltd.