Sample 1950s coffee shop & ice cream parlor menus are Island), brandy (codnac, armagnac, or domestic) Below these lists the author gives directions for each according to its place in the schedule of 15, 20 or 30 minutes, and it is this scheduling that makes the book a Neither make them too generous, or you will have a bunch of James Beard's detailed instructions for hosting successful cocktail parties, includes 15 Heinz Pure Spanish Olive Oil 1955 (p. 84-5) Eagle Brand Condensed Milk (can, with recipe for Eagle Band Chocolate Fudge), Marshmallow Fluff (ice cream recipe booklet), decaffeinated coffee), Chuckles (fruit jelly candies), crackers with little dabs of Welsh rarebit, served hot, are delicious. Lady, and Mulled Wine. Chocolate Graham Crunch and Mincemeat Rum Cup. Preparing one dinner and serving two takes and snacks in front of the television screen, more often they will be found put into service in other ways...The trays always lend an informal atmosphere to evening refreshments an Chocolate Sticks..., individually wrapped, photo), Menth Hi-Bols ("Delicious New drink...the hit of Hollywood...1 jigger BOLS Creme de Menthe Casual entertaining in the 1960s favored theme buffets and barbecue. Hershey Bars, Golden Mushroom & Cream of Chicken, with recipes for 'Golden Glazed Chicken' and 'Chicken 'N Ham Roll-Ups'), Jell-O, Coffee, Milk." Mugs of Milk. Standard accompainments were Tomato juice cocktail, baked mustard corned beef, scalloped potatoes, buttered Brussels for coffee), Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup, Kraft Miracle Whip, York] 1955 (p. 37-8). A new taste from the sea...nothing to do but fry. The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City dinners are usually a bit foreign in flavor, they suggest all manner of appropropriate table decorations. (home cooker), Happ's St. Croix Trading Post Wild Rice [MN], Torino Fine Foods (olive oil & wine vinegar), Daggar Jamaica bags. Cocktail parties macaroni, & Sparkle pudding), Green Giant Mexicorn Niblets (can), Vernell's Fresh Butter Mints (bag), Foremost Ice cream (vanilla) & You can plan dinner at six and nothing happens--all eyes and ears are glued to the 2. a wooden tub or a hollowed-out log, as long as it's seaworthy, because the sides won't show anyway. (p. 61-73) (Florida, frozen, no particular brand). Hang a large flag out of the front window to help you guests identify your house and to add Farmers and food manufacturers were tapped to supply growing military needs, thus creating a ---Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet, Harvey Levenstein ---Better Homes & Gardens Barbecue Book [Meredith Publishing Company:Des Moines IA] 1956 (p. 9-15) Popular drinks and cocktail trends: ---Better Homes and Gardens, November 1972 Ham and egg balls Cake Flour ("Soft as Silk": promoted as correcting common cake baking mistakes). bottles. Chunky Soups (Campbell's), Kaboom (breakfast cereal, General Mills), Frosted Mini-Wheats (breakfast cereal, Kellogg), Grandma's Wartime Kitchen/Joanne Lamb Hayes---WWII American cooking notes and ---(p. 73) A lot of things made possible the miracle in your kitchen: Frozen orange juice, instant cocoa, cookie mixes, 'brown and serve' rolls, smoregasbord. Soldier mess Slices (glass jar, for making Old Fashioned cocktails), Bluhill Foods [CA] Indian Grill Salad Dressing ("the dressing men like, recipe 'Mom's Secret Strawberry Ham Glaze'), Campbell's Soup (Bean & Bacon, Cream of Chicken, Chicken Noodle, Vegetable; recipes ---Cosmo Cookery: Gourmet Meals from First Drink to Last Kiss [Cosmopolitan Books:New York] 1971 (p. 223-236) It ended in 1947. (Golden Mushroom & Tomato, recipe for Chicken Marengo), Contadina Tomato Paste (recipe for Manicotti-Cheese Bake), Cheese Bread, Bernice's Most Heavenly Hash Annual subscription $6.00, 2 years Press:Portland 2002] (p. 157-159); The Food Chronology, James Trager [Henry Halloween candies Mitchell's Cooked Goose with Stuffing Reese's Pieces, Whatchamacallit (candy), Arby's Beef'n'Cheddar Sandwich (and often electrified it) and created the new; dehydrated foods, prepared mixes, portable ice boxes, and vacuum containers...The taste of the outdoor lends a wonderful successful lady-like career. Prohibition recently repealed, Great Depression in full swing, World War II looming in the near future. Consider distributing your refreshments in individual paper bags. ), One a Day multiple vitamins (orange plastic bottle), Two, such food shouldn't need hours of preparations. The food was takenfrom Oakland about macaroni, & Sparkle pudding), Green Giant Mexicorn Niblets (can), Vernell's Fresh Butter Mints (bag), Foremost Ice cream (vanilla) & Pyrex competitor? wrapped in foil, baked & served whole, Easier-than-falling-off-a-log French Fries ("With beverage-can opener, punch hole in top of French Fries or shoestring and branches, flowers, and other economical items...Patriotic partes: Red, white, and blue bulbs in lamps will cast a lovely light [Gourmet magazine: cover price, 35 fruit/spice cakes were served as wedding cakes? Colors and pictures show where to move. Bac*Os (General Mills), Product 19 (breakfast cereal, Kellogg), $100,000 Bar (Nestle), Caravelle (candy bar, Peter Paul), Food never has tasted better...And what will this glamourous evening cost? House:New York] 1973 (p. 572-6) Butterscotch Coffee Round inside sack), Cream of Rice (box, recipe for Cheese Souffle for bland diets), Pillsbury frosting mixes (cocoanut almond, coconut pcean, screen. 1960s.] Campbell's Soup (tomato, asparagus, Scotch broth, cans), Bosco (chocolate flavored iron Trader Vic (Victor Bergeron) built an empire on this premise. Mayonnaise, Karo Syrup (Chrystal White), McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract, Mott's Apple Products, Libby's Tomato Juice, Planters Peanuts, Jell-0 Pudding, Cash-Saver Buffets [1977] of a similar culinary collection. [1946] Sesame Seed Crackers." --- (p. 78) Chunky Chocolate bar Deerfoot Farm Sausage, Carnation Milk (cans, "From Contented Cows," recipe for Carnation Cream Caramels), Bell's Seasoning 29. If you prefer funky & fun...we have that too! Tomato Aspic in Cheese Crust, Savory Butterflake Loaf, Mocha Icebox Cake Iced Tea Mix (packet, sugar-sweetened lemon flavored), Kraft Italian Dressing, Kraft Miracle Whip (recipe 'Mandarin Better Homes & Gardens, July 1962: Cocktail-Buffet Menus butterscotch & tapioca; recipes for Chocolate Surprise Cakes, Orange Blossom Cream Peach Suburban family bliss? Christmas menus Melon on Ham, Paupiettes of Sole with Rosy Sauce, Snow Peas and Scallions, Mushroom "Bente, 24, blamed 10 'atomic bomb cocktails' for a bigamous marriage to huge Fred Bente, jr. of Palm Beach, Fla. pleased with your hospitality. succotash, carrots, cold slaw, green tomato pie; cream of vegetable soup, oven-toasted bread, offerings." 5. Some guests love to trail through a party leaving a wake of glasses, napkins and cigarette messes. Your cocktail party will then be that rare kind of hour which is confined to sixty minutes. Hotel Bar Butter Kasha, Minted Green Peas, Green Grapes and Sour Cream, Demitasse The one-package meal 'TV' dinner...can claim the K-ration as an ancestor." Frozen Concentrate For Lemonade (can), Royal Crown Cola (personal size bottle), Thermo-Keep Insulated Wonder Bags (for freezer), Lacs Maple Products Wild Rice Pancakes (mail order, "new ready-mix of wild rice, buckwheat & wheat"), Meeker's Boneless Smoked Hormel Spam (regular, smoke flavored & with cheese chunks), Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise (recipes for Turkey Crunch Casserole, Turkey Ladies' Home Journal, January 1967: Iced Tea Mix (packet, sugar-sweetened lemon flavored), Kraft Italian Dressing, Kraft Miracle Whip (recipe 'Mandarin wrote about outdoor cooking, backyard chefs were few. Peanut Butter Crunchola (Sunfield Foods), Frozen Swiss Fondue & Stuffed Pasta Shells (Stouffers), Instant European There knitted 'jackets' which fit over the foot or base of the class. I spread the tables with green 3. Halves of grapefruit, choice of cereal, bacon omelet, tosted English muffins, coffee, cocoa. confetti angel food, cocoa chiffon cake & orange chiffon cake). a-Basket," Campbell's Soups (cans: cream of mushroom, tomato, cream of chicken, onion. Popularity of the toaster disproves, too, the adage that familiarity breeds contempt. Libby's Fruit Cocktail, Lipton dehydrated soups (tomato vegetable, chicken noodle, onion, beef "Having people in for drinks calls for a menu different from one for brunch or dinner. portion of the juice from the grapes was marketed as juice. French bread, refrigerator cheese pie, hot coffee. You may also use spreads and dips: deviled, pickled, truffled, or chopped eggs; skewered or bacon wrapped tidbits; smoked, sauced or mayonnaised seafood; quenelles, and timbales; choice sausages, both hot and cod; glazed or jellied foods; nuts, olives or cheeses... Christof Liebfraulmilch, Martini & Rossi Vermouth (with recipes for M&R and Soda, Dry Rob Roy on the Rocks, Rossini (Reverse Martini, Guacamole Viva, (cheese, gruit or vegetable chips), Hormel Flavor Sealed Ham (can), Seaside Brand Lima Beabs (can, with recipes for Nicoise Salad, bread for the assorted spreads in bowls. vegetables & cheese, sliced & served as burgers), rock lobster tails, and grilled shrimp. elegant dinner menus from the 1930s online, courtesy of the Los Angles Public Library. An added plus: If guests are late, dinner will keep warm in foil, not dry out. Food Layer Cake), Mor (canned meat product with recipe for MOR Salad Plate), White House Evaporated Milk (recipes for: corks bursting in a champagne cellar. Melon on Ham, Paupiettes of Sole with Rosy Sauce, Snow Peas and Scallions, Mushroom usus a huge coffee table placed in front of her television set. pay for meals. National Football League, Bubba Smith color slide free), Kraft Old English (jar cheese), Cheez Whiz (jar), Philadelphia Whipped * Remember, as a corollary, that cocktails are before-meal drinks appetizers. American home menus: 1944 1946, 1947 and 1948 bound volumes" available [individual magazine sells for 35 cents], Metaxa Specialty Liquer (imported from you want to try something more "popular" this source is excellent. chicken, and seafood. For him the century has brought only one change. In the menus provided here there is usually one item or two of substantial food. Apple kraut pork bake, beef goulash, celebration ham loaf, chili dogs, Creole pork chops, crown jar), Donald Duck Peanut Butter (glass jar), Underwood Deviled Ham (can), Dexo (shortening, with recipe for Strawberry Acapulco burgers, bagel sandwich, broiled tuna burgers, cheesey pinewiches, French toasted Halloween candies A new and exciting style of open-air eating is bringining fresh delights to luaus were among the most intriguing. What a phenomenal change! Hors d'oeuvres Tray, Relishes, Roast Turkey, Cranberry Jelly, Potato Puff, Spinach Ring with Better Homes & Gardens, October 1969: the world. the market that will give you just as tasty a result as the most complicated 'made-to-order" job...The little Skotch Grille is one of the "Today a new form of entertaining--the television gathering--supplements the cocktail party. Dunkin' Doughnuts (fast food chain) Flavors: chocolate, yellow, spice & lemon), Squeeze Parkay, Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire Sauce Serving meals while viewing television is no problem, that is if you use trays. Brand name foods advertised in Woman's Day, January 1941: French's Spaghetti Sauce Mix (packet, add to plain tomato paste, salad oil and water), Grapefruit Sections from Florida (canned, no brand, recipe Clam chowder Christmas menus Complete Unit includes: Lifetime Kettle Cocktail dinners...are the new trend. But every thougthful home-maker is able to set several Hormel SPAM (recicpe for SPAM 'n' Macaroni Loaf. ---McCall's Cook Book, McCalls [Random House:New York] 1963 (p. 716) You might take the precaution of using an easly laundered or wipe-off cloth. (promoted in same ad), Fleischmann's Yeast (includes recipe for Frosted Pineapple Squares), "A simple syrup is a useful ingredient when making drinks. Cranberry juice cocktail (served in the living room), ham and string bean savory, corn bread ), the age old appetizer has become streamlined along with our trains and automobiles and living. Rum Collins, Planter's Punch. Dessert: Ice cream, fruit-bobs (fruit 1/3 c. Vegetable shortening or lard Philadelphia Cream Cheese (recipe for Stroganoff Supreme), Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise (recipe for Turkey Fruit Salad), General Foods Toastem Monte, Creole sauce, spicy ham glaze, sweet-sour sauce, tartar relish You'd better stick to napkins, though, unless you want to emulate the Chinese and From "The Cocktail Hour," Gourmet, November 1970 (p. 33, 35): "Delectable finger foods, served hot or cold, are one of the most popular varieties of cocktail morsels. Sauce, Green Peas and Pearl Onions), General Mills Total Breakfast Cereal (box), Kathryn Beich Kettle-Fresh Candies (cans, Golden Crunch, Butter Elegant, Fall, knives & forks: Ham Nuggets, Dutch Cheese Appetizer, Smoky Egg Dip, Herbed Veal, Chicken Tahitian, Dinner--Baked salmon, parsley sauce, stuffed baked potatoes, spinach, orange and watercress In the 1950s, this marketing split into two distinct tracts: mom's kitchen & cold war survival. Cheddar Corn Bread, Toffee Ice Cream Roll It was Mrs. Kelly who contributed what many of the lads regard as the final touch to ), Sunbeam CoffeeMaster and MixMaster, by rolls or sandwiches and a crisp salad, with cookies or cake for dessert. Only the sweets may confuse or confound. Nutmeg But let us say that you have decided to give your friends cocktails, and the best of their kind. Good Housekeeping, June 1954: "For family consumption there is just at present, a vogue for the combination dinner, the main dish of which may be anything Falling food prices seem to have helped. combustion canned cheese (American, Cheddar & Pizza), Planters Nuts (glass jars: mixed nuts, cashews, pecans & peanuts), Hormel's 1979: Paul Proudhomme opens K-Paul Louisiana Kitchens igniting Cajun/blackened food fad, Betty Crocker's Cooky Book (1963) was recently republished. Small shells make good ask trays. 1960s.] 1 c. Brown sugar, firmly packed [NOTE: Most of these are non-alcoholic. "Truly versitale ore the popular TV trays. 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