Surf & Turf (1970); Combination Salad & more

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SURF & TURF

   M-W has 1973.
   The earliest I have is "Surf and Turf Rice," CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Section 1A, pg. 1, col. 2, 25 September 1970.  The recipe contains lobster tails and boneless steak.
   I didn't find "surf and turf" in the continuation to AMERICAN RESTAURANT called FOOD & LODGING HOSPITALITY (1962-1967).  There is a continuation from 1968-1972, but that's lost in the great NYPL system.
   I'll read NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS (from 1968-1971) on Saturday when that arrives from the Annex.

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COMBINATION SALAD

   From AMERICAN RESTAURANT MAGAZINE, October 1947, pg. 82, col. 3:

   Manca's Cafe at 108 Columbia claims to be Seattle's oldest cafe and the original home of combination salad...two pieces of promotion which would attract business in any town.

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HOT DOG

   From THE STEWARD, March 1929, pg. 19, col. 2:

   _"HOT DOG"_
   When chill winter sets in, Paris is uncomfortably cold, and the art students in the Montparnasse quarter, being none too well off, are hard put to it to keep warm.  There is, however, a cafe, where they may thaw, so to speak, at their ease, in a centrally-heated room, adorned with countless pictures of no value presented by grateful young painters to the proprietor, who having a tender heart, befriends many a would-be Velasquez of the future.  Known as "The Students' Rendezvous," it shelters dozens of lads and lasses every afternnon and evening; cheered by "hot dog," each forgets that the path which leads to fame, or the reverse, is a stony one.  For the moment they are contented.
   "Hot dog" consists of super-milky rice pudding, served in a bowl, flavoured with cinnamon, and brought to the consumer at boiling point.  The charge is a three pence, a trifle which decidedly gives value for money, since those who are so minded have the right (as the French put it) to add a pinch of grated nutmeg and a dash of vanilla, these spices being provided free by the benevolent management.  The consumer who has sold a picture, or who feels inclined to celebrate some other occasion, pours a tablespoonful of _kirsche_ (a sort of diluted cherry brandy) over the "hot dog."  Mixed flavours appeal to the dauber's palate.
   The longest haired student in Montparnasse, invented the dish, which is considered the most filling--and warming--of any to be had for three pence.  A boon to all economist.
--GEORGE CECIL
22 Rue Le Richelieu, Paris.

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PACKED LIKE SARDINES (continued)

   From THE STEWARD, October 1919, pg. 33, col. 2:

But an Ex-B.R.T. Conductor Got the Job.
   Manager--You want a place as sardine packer, eh?
   Applicant--Yes, sir.
   Manager--Had any experience?
   Applicant--Yes, sir, two years as a conductor on the London underground railway.--London "Tid-Bits."

(BRT=Brooklyn Rapid Transit--ed.)

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GOOD HOUSEKEEPING misc.

   I checked GOOD HOUSEKEEPING from 1941-1947, but didn't find "smoothie" or "submarine" or other items that were in BETTER HOMES & GARDENS.  I previously had looked at about forty years of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING (1880s-1920s), but stopped copying when GH stopped publishing its convenient recipe index for each issue.

JULY 1941, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, pg. 104, col. 1--SANDWICH SALAD BAR.  Not exclusively Western, but a natural in this land of easy hospitality is the Sandwich Salad Bar.

CHOCOLATE-SWIRL ICE CREAM--November 1947, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, pg. 154, col. 2.

GRAHAM-CRACKER ICE CREAM--July 1941, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, pg. 102, col. 2.

PEANUT-BUTTER BROWNIES--May 1947, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, pg. 133, col. 1.

BUTTERSCOTCH BROWNIES--December 1942, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, pg. 151, col. 1.

COCONUT MARBLE BROWNIE BARS--December 1941, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, pg. 188, col. 2.  ("Jacksonville Crisps" are on the next page--ed.)

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THE STEWARD misc.

November 1919, THE STEWARD, pg. 32, col. 1:
   OVERSEAS LANGUAGE.
   Customer--Bowl of oyster soup, two scrambled eggs, coffee and brown bread.
   Waiter (an ex-soldier)--Marines in the mud, two squads, deploy 'em, cup o' reveille an' colored shock troops.

December 1919, THE STEWARD, pg. 20, col. 1--"These are just the kind of cakes mother used to make, Mrs. Irons; she was about the poorest cook you ever saw."

March 1920, THE STEWARD, pg. 17, col. 2--"You said it," chimed back Charlie, in real Herald-Square slang.

December 1920, THE STEWARD, pg. 17, col. 1--Some one has said, "You can send a boy to college, but you cannot make him think."

December 1920, THE STEWARD, pg. 28, col. 1:
SPAGHETTI A LA TETTRAZZINI (sic)
   Mme. Louise Tettrazzini, who left the McAlpin Hotel recently for a concert tour of the middle west, took with her 400 pounds of Italian spaghetti (made in America) and Chef Louis Paquet's recipe for making Spaghetti Tettrazzini, a dish which she has eaten liberal portions of twice each day since arriving from Europe.  Here is the recipe of the delicacy, as given to the great diva...  (Too long--ed.)

January 1921, THE STEWARD, pg. 40, col. 1:
"WHEN DEER MEAT IS CHEAP"
   An old minstrel joke of our boyhood days comes to memory as we write.  "What is the difference in price between venison and mutton?"  "Why, one is deer and the other is sheep."
(For anyone doing the "s--t" word--ed.)

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EUROPEAN NATION NAME JOKES

   This old Turkey of a joke leaves out the standard "European" (you're a-peeing) and "Finnish," but gets the others.
   From THE STEWARD, June 1919, pg. 24, col. 2:

   GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING
   Two Tommies went into a restaurant over on the eastern front and said to the waiter:  "We want Turkey with Greece."
   The waiter replied:  "Sorry, sirs, but we can't Servia."
   "Well, then get the Bosphorus."
   The boss came in and heard their order and then said:  "I don't want to Russia, but you can't Rumania."
   So the two Tommies went away Hungary.--_Commerce and Finance_.