A Closer Look: Dining on the Titanic (All Classes)

A Closer Look: Dining on the Titanic (All Classes) | Cultured Elegance

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A Closer Look: Dining on the Titanic (All Classes) | Cultured Elegance
In this video we will discuss what it was like to dine aboard the titanic in first, second, and third class.
Before sinking, the RMS Titanic was a standard of luxury the world had not before seen on a ship, especially for the first class experience. This video details how a first class passenger would have spent a day aboard the luxury liner.
First Class Dining Aboard the RMS Titanic
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@its_eli Жыл бұрын

Is it weird that I want this culture to make a comeback? I mean just the class and elegance of it all 😎

@peteasmr2952 Жыл бұрын

Well what class do you think you’d end up being in?

@its_eli Жыл бұрын

I'm illuding to the class and elegance of an era, not the social hierarchy of classism. I'd definitely wear a parisan suit with a possible top hat for sure, it would be lit 😜

@peteasmr2952 Жыл бұрын

@@its_eli What is stopping you from living some of that today? You can dress as you wish and you can fashion your home to match that era. I am certain there are many crafty ways to make ones home look the part. As for society in public yes times are different but I’m sure one could find a club or create one for people with similar tastes.

@its_eli Жыл бұрын

@@peteasmr2952 I do :) I would like to create a park where the theme is old Paris like out of the movie Hugo or romantic novel. I'm a sucker for Shakespearean and ancient Greek anesthetics too. The answer really is time travel, but Elon is busy with Mars and Twitter right now.

@peteasmr2952 Жыл бұрын

@@its_eli That’s cool. I did see in a video somewhere someone suggested the Queen Mary should have a thing like that where you get to go and experience that atmosphere again. Dress up for dinner etc have period music food drink etc, pretend like your back in time as if the ship was still a cruise across The Atlantic.

@CarlosGonzalez-hu3hr Жыл бұрын

As a titanic nerd I am exceptionally impressed. I learned many new things about the ship and life aboard. By the way the café Parisian , open to all first class passengers, was supposedly the favorite hang out space for the young and wealthy. Use of the the A La Carte restaurant as a separate independent franchise, was found on all White Star Line ships at the time. And as you said you had to pay extra when you purchased your ticket to be able to dine at that restaurant.

@GarnetBailey-jg5wz 6 ай бұрын

What made it doubly interesting was that it was a French-themed cafe...with a staff of Italian waiters. :-)

@jamesdelatour2266 Жыл бұрын

1000 bottles of wine doesn’t sound like much for 5 days.

@jakecavendish3470 Жыл бұрын

Towards the end no one could complain the food lacked salt 😂

@TheCaffeinatedOrganist Жыл бұрын

I used to wonder why there was such a wide range of first class cabin decor- with many rooms looking like crew cabins but being found in first class right off the grand staircase rooms. These simple cabins with the cheapest decor were for the man- and maidservants of the parlour suite passengers

@rachellefebres4183 Жыл бұрын

Also some brought their cars over. Cost more

@peteasmr2952 Жыл бұрын

I feel like the 3rd class despite all the restriction had much more personal freedom. With the first class there was far too much expectations that it really didn’t offer much personal freedom. You were expected to be here or there, act a certain way, dress a certain way. Their lives seem very stifling. Yes I know you can sense this with the movie, but this breakdown just really hits the nail on the head. I learned a lot from this. I can also see how some aspects of each class has lived on in modern cruse ships but became mixed and unfortunately taking some of the negatives from each class as well. It certainly is fascinating.

@lowcomp9638 11 ай бұрын

A corset tightens a woman's body

@adrianghandtchi1562 8 ай бұрын

@@lowcomp9638 the corset was an aspect of the garment, I think of it like a bra of that era it’s there to provide support between the body and the dress, and if you’re wondering, tightlacing was quite frowned upon. There’s plenty of KZfaqrs on here that do a deep dive analysis on the history of stays and corsets, such as Abby Cox, BernadetteBanner, Karolina, etc.

@brendadrew834 Жыл бұрын

Great presentation! Meals and dining fit for a king and queen, but so sad that all that great detailed beauty and meals ended up at the bottom of the sea, destroyed and never to be again like the iconic Titantic! Thanks for showing us how it really was as well as many wonderful scenes from James Cameron's blockbuster film, "Titanic"! May those who lost their lives that fateful night rest in peace~

@lavoixdevelours Жыл бұрын

It's really the same today. First class never eats the same as coach.

@tamiwatchesstuff 7 ай бұрын

I kind of want a restaurant that is completely Titanic themed. The first class area you have to dress in black tie attire, and it is strictly enforced. The second class and third class the dress code is fitting for those sections of the restaurant. The food and drinks would be authentic to the menus so Titanic fans will get the full experience. Oh, and the decor would match each section of the ship. Good idea?

@bluerosegirl7471 Жыл бұрын

Still laughing about the ever-so-appetizingly named fish the Yarmouth Bloater. 😂

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Right!!!! Hilarious! I'm still cracking up myself

@karencasale7581 Жыл бұрын

@@pattythrower5700qq+a!!¡

@davinp Жыл бұрын

2nd Class on Titanic was more luxurious then other ships. It is more equivalent to first class on other ships

@shaynewheeler9249 10 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢

@Consrignrant Ай бұрын

Yes, we watched the video. What a moronic comment.

@joywetzel4640 Жыл бұрын

Remarkable video. The information is so informative. I look forward to all your videos.

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@isabelleskiss 10 ай бұрын

To be honest, most "third class people" at that time lived and ate much more modestly in everyday life than on this ship, they could only dream of running water next to the bed and such a rich meal. I was pleasantly surprised at how friendly and nicely decorated the third class common rooms were.

@davidgreene8914 Жыл бұрын

With Victorians/Edwardians having plates and utensils for every possible food, why did First Class have their dinner rolls placed directly on the tablecloth and not on a bread plate?

@ddivincenzo1194 Жыл бұрын

Good question.

@neffyg35 2 ай бұрын

Not sure I tried to find out about this but I see either put on a bread plate or on your dinner plate if you didn't have a bread plate

@nokaton Жыл бұрын

I feel like, the third class service of the Titanic still look good even by our modern day's standard.

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

For sure!!

@voyaristika5673 2 ай бұрын

It was accommodations most 3rd class (and many 2nd class) passengers had never had access to like running water, electric lighting, flush toilets and the list goes on. What we consider standard living was 1st class back then. But, oh, those beautiful clothes! I feel pretty just looking at them...sigh...😊

@zms8092 Жыл бұрын

This was a fantastic rendition of Titanic’s cuisine - something I’ve always been intrigued by. This video also made me hungry! 😂 Great job - that Punch Romaine is something I’m gonna have to make!

@kamburglerimnotarealmarine615 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering about making the punch also! Yum

@NothIng-bd9ci Жыл бұрын

OK, i am not the only one who got hungry watching this video😁 I would be glad to have a 3rd class menu for a day. Sounds better, more interesting and healthier than my usual meals.😋 If I tried first class for a day, my stomach would rebell after too much of variety.😁

@Yassified3425 Жыл бұрын

You could also have some tea or bouillon on deck as deck stewards would walk around with trays offering them to 1st and 2nd class passengers on Boat Deck and Promenade Deck. You could also request it by pressing a electric call button.

@TimoteoDeBaum Жыл бұрын

Titanic experience seemed like a paradise, for all classes. What an amazing experience to be cut short so horrifically. The last menu are all things I’d love to enjoy one last time especially the breakfast menu 😢 thank you for the awesome detailed video! 🛟

@user-et2xc2ww6q Жыл бұрын

Beautifuly done and very informative . Its clear that no one went hungry on the magnificent Titanic . You have done an awesome job with this and should be proud . My favourite is the Lamb dishes .

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much!!! I so appreciate your kind comment!!!

@skullandbones1832 8 ай бұрын

I have been to Halifax Nova Scotia where they have a cemetery with the Titanic people and a museum with Titanic stuff. I have also been to the exact spot in the ocean where the Titanic sank. Been to the Titanic museums in Pigeon Forge, Branson, Belfast, Cobh, Southampton and Liverpool. The Thompson dock and pumphouse in Belfast was the birthplace of the Titanic that one was the best experience for me out of all of them.

@victorl225 5 ай бұрын

Magnificently done video. Thank you for this.

@voyaristika5673 2 ай бұрын

What a magnificent loss that was. There was an undeniable grace elegance to that era that is captivating. All eras have their positive and negative, but it seems we always sacrafice too many good things to achieve progress we need. Thank you for posting this video. I love the details!

@Rubytuesday1569 Жыл бұрын

Really interesting and well presented. ☮️

@Trisha_64001 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing video! I learned so much and thought i knew alot before! Very impressed! Thank you!

@TheCaffeinatedOrganist Жыл бұрын

Everyone leaves off the 4 piano players. There was an upright piano in third class- something not found on any other oceanliners - but there was no professional assigned to playing it. It was presumably played by passengers, as was the case at all times besides during dinner in Second class.

@MandyMirahsari Жыл бұрын

LOVEE ITTTT... thank you for your great video! I'm always obsessed with everything about Titanic in details!

@frantisekignacdolihal6910 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!!! It was pure joy to watch! What a fine, comprehensive and lovely video!❤❤❤

@CulturedElegance Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment!!❤️❤️

@bart7309 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great video. It is such a rare but very much appreciated joy seeing a video like this. Facts right and respectfully presented.

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Your comment means so much!

@myliamag.6512 Жыл бұрын

Eeeeek! I didn't get the notification for this video for some reason! Watching it now! :D

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Welcome back!❤️🥰

@BOMBAY_CAT 6 ай бұрын

I love this video ❤. Wonderful presentation!

@CulturedElegance 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!❤️

@MrPh30 Жыл бұрын

Very good video Lot of work with it .

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

First and Second Class shared the same kitchens. This just showed how much the White Star Line wanted to improve the conditions of second class passengers. Their meals were simply scaled down versions of first class. Just look at first and second class breakfast menus, very similar in content.

@rosemariefritchman5288 Ай бұрын

I was born at the wrong time! This was is a Wonderful Era!

@erinjohnson1124 Жыл бұрын

I’d just go ahead and skip the gruel for supper, lol. I’ll take the cabin biscuits and cheese please 😩. I went ahead and googled it just to double check the ingredients, and sure enough they mention on Wiki how gruel was on the titanic menu! 😂

@amandacurtis8374 Жыл бұрын

amazing all the food remained fresh.....sad it sank. My grandmother's neighbor lost his wife and son on Titanic.

@piotrpolanski7280 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Video ,☺🌷

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Thank you 💖🥰

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

In case you were interested, the fish course on a first class dinner had just one option, as most first class people back then enjoyed fish. If you didn't like fish, what you would do is have it served, but just eat the vegetables around it. You were not obliged to eat everything on your plate, and it was custom especially for first class ladies to leave a lot of their food on the plate and not eat much

@TheCaffeinatedOrganist Жыл бұрын

Good research.

@susansimpson5857 Жыл бұрын

So interesting and informative! Great job! I would love to try the Punch Romaine. It sounds so refreshing. I am curious about Waldorf pudding.

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I agree!!

@singbike5832 5 ай бұрын

It's interesting the kinds of food they would have served or considered fashionable vs. today. I can't imagine boiled potatoes or creamed carrots, for example, being on a first class menu nowadays!

@angelovalavanis2314 Жыл бұрын

Second breakfast? The amount of pounds I would have put on as a First Class passenger, and if Titanic had completed her voyage... 😄

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 isn’t that the truth!!

@angelovalavanis2314 Жыл бұрын

@@CulturedElegance and then between lunch, tea, and a daily 10 course dinner I would be in a constant food coma. 🤪

@vaneram1072 Жыл бұрын

is like you are traveling in a plane❤😊

@kamburglerimnotarealmarine615 Жыл бұрын

Very much enjoyed the video, my biggest question is who could finish a first class meal?!!

@kinzkinz85 Ай бұрын

As yummy as this would've been, how the hell did anyone make it through a dozen courses of food? I would've had a nap in between each one.

@randeman 2 ай бұрын

I once made filet mignons Lili with pommes Anna. It was delicious! About $100.00 per serving.

@pkihu9910 9 ай бұрын

I don't understand why other movie clips are shown? What do The Blues Brothers have to do with The Titanic? Please explain

@kingtryton Жыл бұрын

All this food went down with the ship 😫

@k.e.m.99 Жыл бұрын

with the 1st class meal being such a huge affair at night, needing all restaurant employees on hand, it logistically makes sense that the 3rd class’ largest meal of the day was dinner/lunch. but dang, i’d be starving by nighttime! and i’d be so mad when a plate of that mush was placed in front of me knowing good and well that 1st class is currently having like 11 courses🙄

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

Isn’t that the truth!! Great point

@Z-Romello 4 ай бұрын

Crazy how the seafood went back into the ocean when the boat sank

@pawfectcontent4486 8 ай бұрын

How did passengers on the Olympic and Titanic order food? So in 1912 how did (upper-class) passengers order food for dinner and breakfast on the titanic did they preorder them or did a waiter come round with a pen and pad, and did this change with the olympic during the 1920’s after the war?

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

Passengers ordered their meals in the same way you would order it from a restaurant today. You sat down at your table, looked at the menu, a waiter would come over and take your order per course. Simple.

@brunoav6999 8 ай бұрын

She kept referring to dinner as the main (noon) meal of the day, yet the menu stated, "Luncheon." The never-ending debate of mealtime terms.

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

In first and second class, the meals were Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. In third class it was Breakfast, Dinner and Tea.

@Laura-zy5jp 11 ай бұрын

OF the 3 Luxury liners the White Star Line had built the Olympic was built first , then Titanic & Bittanic. They commissioned to compete with the already built luxurious and very fast sister ships Mauritania and Lusitania . The Olympic ‘s interiors are said to be identical to her sister Titanic. The Brittanic was struck by a torpedo and sank during the latter part of WW1 The same fate befell Lusitania near Ireland . The Olympic enjoyed a long life as did Mauritania. By the late 1930s Olympic was decommissioned and scrapped due to age she was edging towards 30 years old and larger newer ships had started to overtake her speed records.

@davinp Жыл бұрын

Unlike in the 1997 movie, third class could not go up to first class to dine with them as Jack did with Rose

@tinarosenberg5781 Жыл бұрын

Alot of the food in 1st class doesn't even sound good

@davinp Жыл бұрын

The First class was finishing dinner when Titanic hit the iceberg. It would be the last meal served on Titanic

@seahlilly 11 ай бұрын

As a Finn, i had no idea one of the menu languages was Finnish, out of all European languages 😮 Goes to show how many migrated then. And it's funny how there was no French menu...

@KrystyneY Жыл бұрын

The Turkish bath tiles are still there!!

@stargo2931 Жыл бұрын

What about 2nd breakfast?

@ChrisPBacon-xn9up 8 күн бұрын

You sound just like Mike Matei when he says brown bricks

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

I never understand to this day why coffee is served at the end of an evening meal. How can a high caffeine drink be served, and then you expect to be able to sleep well that night?

@scout_princess Жыл бұрын

The eclairs 😆 😅

@zachfenton608 Жыл бұрын

12 course meal. Damn that would make one fat

@ganymede12283 Жыл бұрын

The men on the boiler room got natural muscles (not gym made).

@CulturedElegance Жыл бұрын

😂 quite true

@guldenaydin9918 Жыл бұрын

🌈💝

@timward3116 Ай бұрын

The last four days of their lives may have been the best beyond their wildest dreams, but the dream turned into over two hours of a lnightmare beyond imagination. None of us know when our last hours will be or what our last meal will be. Be nice to one another, because there may be no opportunity to apologize.

@MrDeanj77 Жыл бұрын

You guys know how to use all the utensils in a fine dine first class? Let’s see your etiquette.

@petercole8798 7 ай бұрын

How did they keep ice cream cold. And all the food fresh with no refrigerator.. 1stClass makes me hungry..now we need a vid to break down all of first class and 2nd class cabins. Like from Parlor suites to lower 1st class rooms.

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

Titanic had massive modern refrigerators in their store areas and in the kitchens. This enabled them to keep fresh meat, fish, milk, ice cream, cream etc.

@1purapericulo Жыл бұрын

I would like to visit the pool and Turkish baths

@iainsanders4775 8 ай бұрын

3rd Class food must have been the hottest - temp-wise! There are still class divisions on ships -airplanes too - not just with those horrible Victorians!

@andrews6211 Жыл бұрын

Steerage-3rd class had 1 shower for me and 1for women. I can’t imagine how are it was to take a shower.

@rosiebottom3870 Жыл бұрын

In those days working class people only bathed once a week. They would have a daily strip wash at the sink. They didnt have plumbed in baths at home. I was born in 1963 and our home had no bathroom. We used a zinc bath in front of the fire. And our toilet was outside.

@marycherry2001 10 ай бұрын

How did these women eat 14 courses while wearing corsets? I'd be full after 2. Especially after cocktails. And that's without a corset!

@johnking5174 Ай бұрын

It was common back then for you not to eat every item on your plate. Also when ordering the kitchens didn't pack your plate high with food, portions were smaller and easy to eat. Also unlike now where we munch down our meals in fast time, they took their time to eat. People in first class could sit down to eat at 7pm and not be finished until 10pm.

@LD-tk7qf 11 ай бұрын

Rich people are different

@donovandelaney3171 Жыл бұрын

My Heaven better be Titanic or I’m going to loose it.

@RoseDawsonworld Жыл бұрын

so sad that all this luxury was swallowed by the ocean

@EmilyGloeggler7984 Жыл бұрын

It saddens me to see such rich food options and luxuries pastimes denied to the second and third class, as if they were unworthy to eat or use such. If I had a choice to travel on the Titanic, and didn’t know what was coming for them all, I definitely would want for my husband and I to be private promenade first class passengers.

$@jamesfracasse8178$

@jamesfracasse8178 Жыл бұрын

I would want to travel 🧳 in the comadore suit on A Deck 2:45 !

@andrewfusco7824 Жыл бұрын

They weren’t denied anything. Higher ticket price, more options. That’s how it was then and that’s how it is now.

@MrPh30 Жыл бұрын

The second and third class food options were better than other ship lines . One level up , and it was usually more food better food than many of them had at home .

@Nunofurdambiznez Жыл бұрын

what?? no one was "denying" anyone of anything.. it's just a matter of money.. just like in today's time.. if you have the money, you get the goods.. it's that simple.

@kate_cooper Жыл бұрын

You get what you pay for. You can have nice or you can have cheap. It’s the same now, do you think Travelodge serves the same food as The Ritz?

@cynthiataylor2092 Жыл бұрын

Oxen tongue yummy

@MICCHAN12199 Жыл бұрын

忘れていたけど、日本人も搭乗していて助かったのだけど、その後に散々非難されて不遇の人生を送った人がいたのを思い出した😲 中国人の暴挙のせいで紳士に努めていた日本人が非難の的となり生きていることが恥といった扱いをされて、死んでくれたら良かったのか!? 何とか生き伸びて帰国出来たのに、非難した人に怒りを覚えたね😡

@lowcomp9638 11 ай бұрын

As a Japanese person, I appreciate your comment.