Thursday, December 24, 2009

Retro Party Snacks and Appetizer Recipes?

I'm having a shower with a retro 50's theme and I'm looking for appetizers or other snacks popular in the 50s and 60s -- like Rumaki, Perfection Salad, celery with cream cheese, etc. Any other party ideas for this theme would be appreciated too.Retro Party Snacks and Appetizer Recipes?
Fruit cup


Broiled grapefruit


Melon ball cocktail


Sea food cocktail


Pastry snails


Dried beef rolls


Silver dollar hamburgers


Bacon wrap-arounds


Herring-Appleteaser


Dips %26amp; chips/crackers: Lobster Newburg spread, Guacamole, Deviled Ham-Cheese Dip, Hollywood dunk


Canapes: Deviled ham, savory mushroom, hot cheese puffs, minature pizzas, hot clam


Cheerios cocktail snacks (something like Chex Mix)


Decorate your appetizer tray with celery trunks, stuffed cucumbers, grape clusters %26amp; fruit kabobs.


Stuffed pecans or walnuts


Salted almonds


Filled Celery (with Roquefort and cream cheese)


Tidbits in blankets (surround cooked shrimp, oysters, stuffed olives, pickled onions, watermelon pickle, sauteed chicken livers, skinned grapefruit sections, dates stuffed with pineapple with thin strips of bacon, secure them with toothpicks. Broil them under moderate heat until the bacon is crisp.)


Glazed shrimp


Garlic olives


Sardine and bacon rolls


Marinated mushrooms


Cheese balls


Sausage and potato rolls


Ham and egg balls


Pineapple fingers and bacon


Broiled stuffed mushrooms (stuff with bread crumbs, shad roe, shrimp)


Shrimp puffs


Deviled eggs


Cheese for dipping potato chips


Barbecued short ribs


Toasted Tuna


Cocktail kabobs (button mushrooms and cocktail franks cut in half marinated in French dressing)


Broiled shrimp


Mix Trix (like Chex Mix)


Pumpernickel squares (crab meat, chili sauce, curry powder, mustard on pump)


Deviled almond rolls


Party pinwheels (dough, leftover meat, moistened with chili sauce, baked)


Cocktail knishes


Filled cream puffs (store-bought puffs filled with hot chicken salad, creamed shrimp, creamed turkey, served in a chafing dish)


Broiled mushroom caps


Baby pizzas (use English muffins!)


Sea-food celery (stuff flaked crab %26amp; mayo into cut celery. Garnish with paprika.)


Stuffed eggs (deviled eggs)


Sardine surprise (sardines mashed with hard cooked egg yolks, anchovy paste, dry mustard, butter, %26amp; spices. Served on squares on pumpernickel)


Ham rolls (boiled ham %26amp; liverwurst)


Dunks (aka dips): sour cream, shrimp, chive, horseradish, guacamole, pimiento, tunaRetro Party Snacks and Appetizer Recipes?
HANKIE PANKIES





1 lb. ground beef


1 lb. sausage


1 lg. Velveeta cheese


1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder


1 1/2 tsp. thyme


1 loaf little rye bread





Brown ground beef and sausage together then drain grease off. Add thyme and garlic powder to meat. Next add Velveeta cheese (cut into small chunks). Cook this with the meat mixture until cheese is melted. After meat and cheese are cooked together, put on rye bread and bake for 10 minutes or until brown, at 350 degrees.
Cherry tomatoes with centres scooped out %26amp; filled with tuna salad.


Devilled eggs.
Don't forget those deviled eggs.maybe some punch in a bowl.

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