Dining on the Supersonic Concorde

Max, you probably found every possible concorde reference in your research, but you reminded me (days later) of an obscure SFO airport museum exhibit "Supersonic Transport". SFO museum has exhibits spread across its terminals, best airport museum, goes 100% unnoticed. Beautiful vintage SST models, french AND british placeware sets, flight attendant uniforms. https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/supersonic-transport

Flying on the Concorde was extremely uncomfortable. It was basically a giant fighter jet that they strapped a passenger fuselage onto.

The river cruises are a steal compared to the 3-hour Concorde trip

I've had free Caviar that an old lady I work with made from sturgeon eggs from the sturgeon her sun speared in Lake Winnebago. I was not a fan.

I’m the farthest thing from an authority or expert on caviar given that I have never had a chance to try any, and at this point in my life that’s not likely to change. However I feel like I should mention that caviar spoons are always things like ceramic or wooden in material composition, because supposedly you’re not meant to ever let it touch metal of basically any stripe. Hopefully you still have some left over to try it in the manner prescribed, and sadly my most memorable sources of this information are things such as Charles Emerson Winchester from M.A.S.H. I was exposed to reruns of that show frequently growing up as it was a favorite of my parents. Gladly for me it turned out to be a favorite of my own, rather than a hated memory as I know has happened to many people who were forced to endure the same things repeatedly throughout their childhood and teenage years growing up.

My parents got to take the concorde to the UK at one point when I was a kid. I was sooo jealous. My dad, being over 6 foot, said it was pretty tight.

A travel agency I often used in Scottsdale, AZ, in the 80s created European tours that left from Sky Harbor on the Concorde in a direct flight to Heathrow. Because, as I understand it, SuperSONIC flight over the continental United States was illegal at the time, they were trapped in that hot tin can all day, before they zipped across the Atlantic. The best smoked salmon I've ever had was in Washington State in the early 70s. Our neighbors caught the fish themselves and had it in their smokehouse over apple wood within 24 hours. It was succulent. They gifted us 20 pounds of it every year.

I see how it is, Max. You'll make a dish from the 70s, but not the 80s when I asked you to do a dish for Chernobyl. 🤭 (I'm purely joking. I just remembered it and thought it would be funny to joke about it.) Also, I wouldn't fly on Concorde. I'm heat intolerant. Ick. 🤢

My mother's best friend, Irene Myers was a flight attendant on the Concorde for 6 years. She spoke 7 languages and had seniority on Pan Am, so was perfect fit. She adored being crew on the flights. Her home was NYC, but she was also married to a Brit, Peter Myers of Myers of Keswick fame, wonderful British food store in Greenwich Village. I think she did 2-3 back and forths, then was off for a couple of days, either in London or NYC. When she stayed in London she would pick up products that were not available in the U.S. to help stock the store. I always knew when Irene was back because my mother would do cocktail hour and suddenly there were copious 1 ounce jars of Beluga caviar, Scottish smoked salmon, foie gras, foie gras mousse au truffle an Dom Perignon Champagne as well as other things like lobster. All of this was leftover from the runs because there was so much food passengers never ate the whole menu. It was divvied up by the crew. No, I have no idea if this okay, but she had the route for 6 years starting in the mid 70s and there were always goodies at my house when she flew back. Yes, the lobster, veg and meats were started on the ground then finished and plated on board. She said they had 2 convection ovens and there was stove top. There were a number of galleys on the plane, equipped with work spaces, fridges and metal tray cart containers, silverware, glassware and china cabinets. They did have clients who stole heavily!

We saw the Concorde pretty up close at JFK before a flight, ages ago. It was a gorgeous design, and I wish it had been viable. 3:59 - Or, as it was defined in the movie "Mame" with the immortal Rosalind Russell: Fishberry jam. 12:31 - My two sisters and I are among them! As very small children, we visited our dad's family in Spain via ship: SS Independence from NY and the Constitution on the way back. On our first flight, we were all nervous, especially our mom. My friend and her mother came with us JFK and this started a tradition with all of us: at the bar, my mother confessed to my friend's mom how nervous she was. My friend's mom fished a quarter out of her bag and gave it my mom. "You owe me a quarter," she stated. "You have to come back." We have done this for each other before a long trip ever since.

I'm imagining that sauce over a simple French omelette. Perhaps with a croissant on the side...

The Concorde Cake is really tasty!!!! The recipe is in Lenortre's Desserts and Pastries. It is one of my favorite recipes to make! Fun video Max!

my in laws flew on the SST once, they thought it was noisy.

Straight-up Beluga caviar is actually illegal in the US, so the types you find in Stateside retailers are always hybrids.

May I ask how much the plates and cutlery were?

If you do a video about lobster, you may want to start your research here: https://umaine.edu/lobsterinstitute/

I remember seeing the Concorde at JFK in 1999 on a stop over. Definitely did not fly on it, but I was a little underwhelmed on it's size. Long and skinny. I wonder if there is a Concorde in the aviation boneyard in Arizona?

Max, the imagined photo of you riding the Concorde reminds me of the photo of Jack Nicholson at the 1921 New Year's Eve party at the end of The Shining - fascinating but kinda creepy!