60s Theme Party - What do I serve?

Question

Anyone have any suggestions of what type of food I could serve for an upcoming 60's theme party?

Answer 1

My mom had parties in the 60s all the time....

Here are some easy party foods to try:

Pigs in a blanket

She would take Pillsbury Cresent rolls and spread Cheez Whiz on them, then roll up cocktail size hot dogs in the cresent roll and bake according to the instructions on the can

Rumaki

She would open cans of water chestnuts and take chicken livers get them wrapped in bacon, marinated in soy sauce and then stick them under the broiler.

Deviled Eggs

Peanut butter stuffed celery

Cheese Fondue

(she would use mostly bread cubes, sliced fruit and some veggies)

Pimento olives placed on ritz crackers with cheese and salami

These are the foods I most remember from my mother's cocktail parties in the 60s from photos.

Have fun!!! :)

Answer 2

Make sure you have a big disco ball, and just serve regular party stuff like chips and punch and stuff.

Answer 3

Cookbooks of the period did not emphasize scratch cooking, but rather utilized prepared items together, such as the famous green bean casserole with mushroom soup and canned french-fried onion rings. It was during this decade that the art of cooking began to be less important, people began to eat out more, fast food was invented and became popular.  Working women had less time to prepare and families ate a lot more convenience foods such as box Macaroni and cheese, hot dogs and baked beans, hamburgers and french fries(frozen), any ChefBoy-R-Dee crapola, J-E-L-L-O, instant pudding, minute rice, etc.Most of this stuff is barely edible.  If your goal is to please your guests, try sloppy Joe's, pineaple upside-down cake, the green-bean casserole, and crackers with processed cheese spread and pimento

Answer 4

Beans.

Answer 5

serve condoms and doobies. oh, and LSD.

Answer 6

Make brownies and put some oregano into them (not for flavor; you want the TEXTURE of them - ala Alice B. Toklas Brownies) ....  LOTS of munchies (like pretzels, chips, nuts - or that Chex mixture stuff) ....  

Disco wasn't popular until the mid-70's.  If you're talking EARLY 60's, that's Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Dion, etc...and you could still do 50's carhop/diner type things (ala "Happy Days')

MID-LATE 60's would be the Beatles, and the "British invasion" artists ... plus Iron Butterfly, 3-Dog Night, Jefferson Airplane, etc...and you'd want a more "psychedelic" atmosphere......

Answer 7

Those tacky hors d'ouvres that were popular in the sixties - cocktail weenies and pineapple on sticks, chicken livers wrapped in bacon, jello salad, meatballs with grape jelly sauce (chili sauce plus grape jelly), fondue (if late sixties), celery/cherry tomatoes stuffed with cream cheese.  

If it's early-early sixties, burgers, shakes, fries, and late sixties, 'special brownies' minus the specialness.  

You can find some inspiration (or horrors) here:

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/