The wild rice salad (my own recipe, basically improvised along the general lines of what was served in 1953 with the addition of wild rice) was good; as was the asparagus. I seldom eat asparagus but I think it was the right choice here, it went well with the other items.
I was not so pleased with the "jellied Windsor soup." I'd wanted to try Windsor soup, and basically followed an historical late-19th century recipe, but chilling it was my idea because the rest of the meal would be cold,