I was just invited to a 1950's cocktail party & am supposed to bring a 50's style appetizer. Any suggestions??

Question

I would prefer something classically 1950's, but still easy to prepare. Best would be something I could prepare the day before, so it also has to travel well. Thanks!

Answer 1

Swedish meatballs
Cocktail weiners in sweetish sauce
Chex party mix
Little chicken salad sandwiches on white bread (cut the crusts off for sure)
Dates stuffed with cream cheese.

Answer 2

These are suggestions right out of a book I have called : Favorite Brand Name Fabulous 50"s Recipe Collection
1. Mini cocktail meatballs ( made with Lipton Recipe Secrets onion or beefy onion soup mix
2.Crab Puffs Nutty bacon cheese ball
3. Artichoke and crab meat party dip
4.Mini sausage quiches
5. Stuffed mushrooms
If you want something really classic, and super easy to do, make this. Original Ranch Snack mix:
8 cups Kellogg's Crispix cereal
2 1/2 cups small pretzels
2 1/2 cups bite-size Cheddar cheese crackers
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 packet ( 1 ounce ) Hidden Valley Original Ranch Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix

Answer 3

Make Over 200 Juicy, Mouth-Watering Paleo Recipes You've NEVER Seen or Tasted Before?

Answer 4

California Dip
Mix 1 package dehydrated onion soup mix with 1 to 2 cups commercial sour cream. Heap in bowl. Nice as dunk for potato chips. Makes 1 to 2 cups.

Tuna Dunk
Cream 1/2 cup soft butter or margarine with 1/2 cup chopped stuffed olives and 1 can chunk style tuna (1 cup). Makes about 2 cups. Stand out 2 or 3 old fashioned glasses full of radishes, with tuna dunk and toast close by. Or arrange tuna dunk in a bowl, on a large round try, with Melba toast around it, then a final ring of bright red radishes.

Sundae-Style Cheese Appetizer
Place 1, 2 or more 3 oz. packages cream cheese (one atop another) in a small shallow dish. Over cheese pour bottled steak sauce (about 1/4 bottle per package of cheese). Arrange on a tray with butter spreaders. Guests spread their own on crisp crackers.

Crunchy Holiday Mix:
A day or two ahead, if desired, heat oven to 300 F. Melt 1/4 cup butter or margarine with 1/4 cup salad oil. Place 1/2 cup shelled Spanish peanuts, 1 cup ready to eat bite sized shredded wheat, 1 cup ready to eat bite sized shredded rice, 1 cup read to eat doughnut shaped oat cereal and 1 cup thin pretzel sticks in shallow pan; pour butter mixture over all; then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon seasoned salt. Bake 30 min., stirring carefully every 10 min. Cool. Store in covered container until serving time. Makes about 4 1/2 cups.

The two most popular and classic 50's appertizers are pigs in blankets and hot cheese puffs, but that won't be any good because they're hot. Shrimp cocktail is also another 50's thing.

Answer 5

cucumber sandwiches. or those little pinwheel things that have cream cheese and green olives rolled up inside.

Remember what ever you choose that the 50's were all about the idea of "home made" things were not purchased at the store as ready made as we do now. There were very few things that were pre- packaged, for example: salad dressing was made at home, there weren't any packages that you just add sour cream or oil and vinegar to. As long as you make the hor de vors at home I think you should be fine.

Answer 6

Fruit cup. Serve cold in individual container or place any combination pf fruits in hollowed-out orange halves. Fruit on individual plates that have a lettuce leaf bed.

Fresh Strawberry Plate. Large red strawberries with hulls and stems intact in a ring around a mound of snowy confectioners'
sugar, on individual plates. Dip berries into sugar and eat.

Seafood cocktail, shrimp cocktail, crab meat cocktail.

To Drink:Cranberry Cocktail. Spiced Cider. Vegetable Juice Cocktails. Fruit juices with garnish served in small fruit juice glasses. Pick one or two fruit juices, make a variety of garnishes, pick up some small fruit juice glasses or throw away containers.

Red Fruit Punch:
Combine and chill:
1 part sugar
2 parts lemon juice
2 parts cherry juice
4 parts cups pineapple or pear juice
Just before serving add: 8 parts carbonated water or ginger ale

Canapes: spread no more than 1/2 hour before serving on toast..
Won't work can't prepare the day before.
However appetizer spreads for crisp crackers, potato chips, corn or cheese chips will:

Cream cheese, a little cream, salt, pepper , onion juice and finely minced chives to taste.

Hollywood Dunk
Combine:
4 parts deviled ham
4 parts horseradish
1 part grated onion
2 parts minced chives
Whipped cream to taste

Dried Beef Rolls
Spread slices of dried beef with white cream cheese with horseradish to taste, Roll up, chill

Answer 7

Gee.... that's a toughie!

Pigs in a blanket? (you could cut them before you bake them).

Answer 8

Maybe summer sausage and hog head cheese. Sardines maybe??

Answer 9

chips and onion dip, stuffed eggs, cut cheese, varied lunch meats, stuffed celery, crackers and american cheese spread

Answer 10

How about deviled eggs...cheap and easy.