1970's party food?

Question

We are having a 70's themed party and would like some ideas for typical food for a buffet, apart from cheese and pineapple on sticks!

Answer 1

Prawn cocktail, cocktail sausages, cheese an pineapple, mini pork pies, mini quiche, scotch eggs, oh, and of course, Blue Nun wine!!

Answer 2

Prawn cocktails.

And you will need Mateus Rose wine!

Answer 3

First, the 70's was "my" era, and I don't remember EVER eating cheese fondue, or cheese & pineapple on sticks!  (Los Angeles area)..... Make some brownies with a little oregano in them (for texture, not flavor, to be like Alice B. Toklas brownies)....  onion dip & chips  ...rumaki ...  jello molds were still popular (although not as popular as in the 50's, when our parents always made them) ...  Mac & Cheese ... pizza ...  Come to think of it, most of the basic foods we eat now are what I made then!  Hamburger Helper was popular, but I never made it, but you could do a casserole.  I DID have fondue pots with hot oil, with dishes of tempura batter, to dip veggies, fish & meat in and cook yourself (but never a cheese fondue) - and made chocolate fondues for dessert with fruit, marshmellows & ladyfingers .....

Answer 4

fondue , gouda cheese balls, vienna sausages in bbq sauce, tom collins (alcoholic drink),quiche , chex mix,peach daquiri,Molded-Cheese Pineapple, Herbed Roast Beef, Chutney Fruit Sauce, Mustard Cream, Parker House Midgets, Seafood Salad Souffle, Tiny Tim Pecan Tarts, Coffee, Tea; Dilled Relish Tray, Crisp Crackers, Buffet Glazed Ham, Sweet-Sour Mustard Cream, Button Biscuits, Meatball Miniatures, Cherry Tomatoes,Pretty Party Pate, Melba rounds

HAVE FUN !

Answer 5

EVERYBODY had a fondue pot in the 70's.

Answer 6

There's a TV programme on Tuesday BBC2 The supersizers go seventies. They live the lifestyle and eat food from the seventies for a week. So I hope that helps you.

Answer 7

rum balls...hmmmm...

do a google search for 1970's appitizers

Answer 8

Finger Sandwiches, fondue pot., deviled eggs...ect. Food hasn't changed that much since than. Have fun.

Answer 9

Finger sandwiches filled with colored cream cheese(use food coloring for different colors).

Macaroni-tuna salad

Potato salad(don't forget to add chopped green peppers)

Town House or Ritz crackers with french onion dip.

Fried chicken wings

Deviled eggs

Don't forget to add ginger ale to the fruit punch.

Answer 10

Sausage roll, mussy peas, nuts and crisps

Answer 11

Well if you're having the cheese and pineapple sticks you must also have silverskin onions - the tiny ones, and baby beetroots, bowls of fresh rice with peas and sweetcorn mixed through and bowls of fresh fruit salad made using pimms with the fruit juices. Have a lovely party!

Answer 12

sorry but the fondue didnt reach our area until the mid 1980's in fact I had one as a wedding present in 1990!

No one has mentioned Scotch Eggs - they were deemed to be very special party food because they took so long to make (no you didnt buy them from the supermarket).

Dont forget iced party biscuits with holes in the middle (no one ate the brown ones) and iced gems.

Also it was still the era of big trifles

Answer 13

Aw - My first thought was the cheese and pineapple sticks!

Mini sausages on sticks, Ritz biscuits.

If you're having sweet things, those little French Fancies.  They remind me of the 70s and the cherry bakewells.

Answer 14

Try here:

http://retro-food.com/

Answer 15

If you can find a Watneys Party Four it wont matter.

Answer 16

This site has a great list of foods that were typically served at parties in the 70's.  

http://www.robinsweb.com/70s/70s_party_f...

Reading those sure brought back memories!

70's Appetizers:

Deviled eggs

Stuffed celery (usually stuffed with peanut butter or tuna salad, cut into bite size pieces.)

Green and Black Olives

Jiffy Pop Popcorn

Cocktail Weenies served w/ tooth pick and a dipping sauce

Cocktail Weenies wrapped in dough and baked

Lipton Sour Cream n' Onion Dip w/ chips

Classic Chex mix

Cheese doodles

Frito's

Lays Potato Chips

Doritos

Pringles Chips

Bugles

Cheese and Cracker platter

Chicken Drummies w/ BBQ or Sweet n' Sour Sauce

Crab Rangoon

Veggie Platter with Hidden Valley Ranch Dip

Fruit Platters, make balls out of various melons, served in a carved watermelon.

Deviled Ham on crackers ir Mini Rye with gherkin on top.

Mini Pizzas (frozen or make your own the toaster oven with English Muffins)

Rumaki 1) chestnuts wrapped in Bacon

Rumaki 2) - Chicken Livers wrapped w/ Bacon

Angels on Horseback (Oysters)

Clams Casino

Guacamole

Salsa and Corn Chips

Cantaloupe slices wrapped w/ Ham (serve w/ toothpick)

Common Crackers: Ritz, Triscuits, Melba Toast --serve w/ "Squeeze Cheese" which is now just called "Easy Cheese".

Salads  --Salad Bars were VERY Popular in the 70's... -- it was all about "choices". Consider making a 'salad bar' for your next 70's party...

Take some bowls and lay them in a nice pattern of your choice, stick some kale in between the bowls for that professional salad bar touch and fill to your hearts content with the following items:

Must haves!

Alfalfa Sprouts and Bean Sprouts!  

Sunflower seeds

Avocado

(Add those 3 items and you'll see a sly smile from anyone over 40... "Oh, yeah...!")

Some more choices: Lettuce, of course, Tomatos, Broccoli, 3 Bean salad, Shredded Cheese, Onion, Celery, Green Pepper, Beets, Garbanzo Beans, Red Cabbage, Bacon Bits, Chopped Egg, Croutons, Olives

Other salads:

Ambrosia Salad

Watergate Salad

Chicken Salad

Cole Slaw

Wilted Spinach salad

Spinach salad (Cold, vinaigrette, crumbled bacon, mushrooms, croutons)

Three Bean Salad

Tuna Salad

Waldorf Salad

Popular Salad dressings in the 70's

French Dressing, Russian Dressing, Ranch Dressing, Thousand Island Dressing Italian Dressing

70's Party Main Dishes

Fondue (Meat, Cheese)

Pizza

Submarine Sandwiches

Monte Cristo Sandwiches (I loved these! I never see these in restaurants anymore)

Beef Wellington (fancy dish)

Salmon cakes

Tacos

Tempura Shrimp

Sukiyaki

Egg Foo Young

Chicken Chow Mein

Spaghetti

Fettucine Alfredo

Lasagna

Swedish Meatballs

Meatballs with a jam or jelly sauce (can be served over rice or w/ toothpicks)

Quiche Florentine

Quiche Lorraine

Pita Pocket Sandwiches

Hamburger Helper (verrry 70's --but would you want to serve this at a party?)

Smoked Sausage (such as Hillshire Farms) sliced, in a crockpot, with apricot jam glaze (serve w/ tooth picks)

Side Dishes:

Macaroni and Cheese

Zucchini Bread

Stove Top Stuffing

Broccoli Casserole

Green Beans Almondine

Candy and Fun Foods for atmosphere:

Twix Cookie Bars

Hershey Kisses

Screaming Yellow Zonkers

Pop Tarts

Non Alc Drinks

Coke, Pepsi, Tab, Sprite, 7 Up, Rootbeer

Hawaiian Punch

Kool Aid

Tang

Old Time Lemonade

Celestial Seasonings Teas

Alcoholic Drinks

Cold Duck Champagne

Sangria

Sweet cheap wines such as Boone's Farm and Annie Green Springs don't exist anymore --use wine coolers

Tequila Sunrise

Harvey Wallbangers

Kahlua n' Cream

White Russians

Black Russians

Daiquiris (Strawberry, Banana, Peach, Pineapple)

Margaritas

Desserts

Chocolate Fondue (dip strawberries and pound cake)

Carrot cake

Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bob's Big Boy Ice Cream Cake

Brownies

Jello and or Jello mold

Pudding served in individual glass cups

Baked Alaska

Cherries Jubilee

Bananas Foster

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Strawberry Shortcake

Coconut Cream Pie

Boston Cream Pie

Cheesecake

Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Chiffon Cake

Yogurt and Granola (considered a dessert or breakfast in the 70's)

Answer 17

Cheese footballs

Vol-eu-vents

Cheese straws

Answer 18

Vol u vents, Ritz crackers and black forest Gateaux