Day 48 #100DaysOfOldDays
A friend gave me this little book a couple of years ago because she knows I love delving into the past and I also love food and cooking.
I wasn’t born into a posh family; dinner parties didn’t happen in our house. I didn’t know what a dinner party was until I was well into my 20’s.
However, I’ve had a few dinner parties down through the years and I love to experiment with food. I contemplated throwing a 70’s dinner party but after looking through the dishes in this little book…I’m not so sure I have the culinary skills to pull it off. My dinner guests would usually expect to be served pasta dishes, curries, one-pot meals, salad dishes, and ice-cream for dessert.
The effort it must have taken to put these dishes together. The detail and presentation involved. This is like something out of MasterChef!
Today we’ll look at some of the canapés from this little gem of a book. These creations have me respecting the 70’s housewife in a whole new light!
As you can see, the images are ingeniously captioned by the humorous author, Anna Pallai.
I found a recipe for the next one – if by any chance you fancy giving it a go! Sardine Egg Canapés Recipe.
I have absolutely no idea what’s in this goldfish bowl!
I found a recipe for these party cheese balls. Here you go, if you want to make an impression on some of your cheesy friends! Party Cheese Ball Recipe. I’ll pass, thank you!
I have no words for the Worcester Beef Croúte. Thank you Esme Salon for finding me a recipe for this. See it HERE.
Lucy’s drawing of a young woman wearing an apron. A very chic 70’s housewife indeed!
Cock HERE to read about some of the starters the 70’s housewife served her dinner party guests! Some of them look more like desserts!
And HERE we look at some of the visually attractive main courses and desserts!
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LOL! Yes, we had fabulous dinner parties in the 70s. We would have theme nights. One month would be Chinese food, another Mexican and another Greek etc. So much fun. We would take turns hosting. And we all worked full time too. No take out, all homemade. Then in the 90s we had “appe” nights. Everyone would bring an appetizer and we would nibble all evening while drinking wine and catching up. Also fun and not much work for anyone. I recall having a tapas dinner party for the girls in 2012. I guess the pandemic put an end to dinner parties. Hope they come back soon.
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Pre-covid, a couple of friends and I did Come Dine With Me. That was fun! My last one was Spanish…the tapas went down well.
We got very competitive. I blogged about it, and I recently thought about resurrecting those blogs. They were a bit long-winded and too detailed.
I like the sound of an “app” night. Sounds good!
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We made vol-au-vents, … or Hors d’oeuvres, better known as horses douveries as one of my Sisters called them. Buy a can of chicken in white sauce, perk it up with salt and white pepper, buy jus-roll vol-au-vent pre cut pastry and Bobs your uncle. If you put a piece of parsley on it was considered ‘chic’. Make some Ritz crackers with cream cheese blobbed beautifully and a shred of smoked salmon on top you were showing off. Dress it with a sprig of dill and you were a hostest of great acclaim. The 70’s buffet was where Stepford wives came into their own. Great memories Gloria.
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I’ve made the vol-au-vents that way Ellen. Quite nice too. 👌 They must have spent hours upon hours preparing the buffets. I’m sure there were short cuts too.
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I miss a nice flaky vol-au-vents
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Hi there. Love this and was intrigued and found a Worcester Beef Croute recipe for you should you wish to try it out on secrets-of-self-sufficiency dot com
I have tweeted
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Thanks Esme. I’ll check it out and add the link! 😀
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Thanks so much
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