A 16th Century dinner party held by Ivan the Terrible for 300 guests.
To Start:
Roast peacock in full plumage,
spiced swan,
cranes seasoned with ginger,
guinea fowl with cinnamon,
creamed ducks,
followed by three consommés,
followed by three thick soups.
Main Course:
a whole calf,
a whole sheep,
several quarters of beef,
loins of a bear,
loins of a reindeer.
Dessert:
A huge pudding moulded in the shape of Ivan’s palace, the Kremlin (borne by lackeys clad in white satin liveries edged with sable)
