Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/2/2/9/1782/38
Title
Commencement dinner bill
Date(s)
- 31st October 1782 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Cook at Jesus College between c. 1783 and 1786.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A bill for food served at the Commencement dinner on 2nd July 1782, includes: stewed eels (9s 6d); 4 fowls (8s); 4 lobsters (5s); cauliflowers and greens (1s 6d); potatoes (1s); strawberries and cream (7s 6d); pickles (6d); lemons (6d); codling pie (4s); a dish of peas (1s 6d); lemon pudding (4s); a dish of beans (1s 6d); a ham (9s 6d); pigeon pie with eggs (4s); chine of mutton (6s 6d); fricasse of rabbit (3s 6d); goose (4s); calf's head (5s 6d); 2 fowls (4s); tongue (3s); salmon (2s 6d); Tarts (1s 8d); salad (1s). Signed by S. Gurkin.