A la carte (1825)

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"Who's Allah?"
--co-worker, after being told of my work on "a la carte."  Man, do I work
with stupid people.

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TRAVELS THROUGH RUSSIA, SIBERIA, POLAND, AUSTRIA, SAXONY, PRUSSIA, HANOVER, &
C., UNDERTAKEN DURING THE YEARS 1822, 1823, AND 1824,
WHILE SUFFERING FROM TOTAL BLINDNESS
by James Holman
in two volumes
London: Geo. B. Whittaker
1825

VOLUME ONE
Pg. 100:  There is a house of entertainment on the Peterhof Road, about five
versts from the city, named Krasnoi-Coback, or the red house, to which
numbers of the inhabitants resort, under (Pg. 101--ed.) the pretext of eating
a peculiar kind of pancake, named _waffle_, which is in the form of an oblong
square, made in a mould, and is extremely light and agreeable in its flavour.

Pg. 114:  ...his eagerness to note down every thing he heard, used to seek
his society, for the express purpose of "_cramming_" him...
(OED has 1853?--ed.)

Pg. 127:  One of his more common dinners is sour cabbage-soup, named stchee,
and which, with some of the meat it is prepared from, he generally partakes
of in his kitchen.

Pg. 135:  A variety of drinks are also carried about with the same intention;
as the Zboten, prepared from honey, or treacle and water, with herbs added to
give it a flavour; this, when cold, is carried about in glass vessels, and,
when hot, in metal ones.
(OED for "zboten"?--ed.)

Pg. 135:  There is, however, a superior Kvass, named Buza, prepared from
sifted flower and malt; and a third, named Kisloy-stchee, from the finest
wheat-flower, and which is deliciously effervescent.

VOLUME TWO
Pg. 122:  ...playing a game at cards, called "Nosey"...

Pg. 277:  "At Vienna they do nothing but eat."  This proverb, however, is not
so correct...

Pg. 278:  The _table d'hote_ is prohibited at the hotels, so that the
stranger generally dines at an eating house, _a la carte_.
(OED has 1826 for "a la carte"--ed.)