Thank all of you for the great 60s appetizer ideas. Helped me create a swinging Mad Men party menu.

[ohiosmith]

[Duer 157099]

1. Oh that is going to be fun

not very gustatorily satisfying, but fun.

Cheeze Whiz on Ritz crackers.
Cocktail weiners wrapped in Pillsbury cresent dough.
Lots of green olives with pimento.
Anything with Jello. In fact, everything with Jello. But call it aspic or something fancy.
Shrimp cocktail, of course.


I'll keep thinking.

[ohiosmith]

2. Cool! Thanks.

[cbayer]

3. What I remember is

Cocktail wienies wrapped in dough

Lipton onion soup mix made into a dip with potato chips

Chex mix (you had to make it yourself)

And I think melted Velveeta with a can of Rotel tomatoes as a hot dip (but that might have been later)

And, of course, fondue was huge.

[ohiosmith]

6. Good ones!

[IcyPeas]

4. whiskey sour

http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink4308.html

ha ha the poster above said cocktail weiners -- Matthew Weiner is the creator and executive producer of Mad Men

[ohiosmith]

7. Mmmm! Whiskey Sour. Good catch on the Weiner!

[Ptah]

5. Fondue! Blacklight posters!

HOT cheese!

Burnt lips!!



Add a poster, and you're good to go!

[ohiosmith]

8. Great idea. Now I gotta find the fondue pot. I may have sent it to Namimbia.

[surrealAmerican]

60. They did need our fondue sets.

... but, for some reason, I thought this was more of a '70s fad than a '60s one.

[sharp_stick]

96. I've got one

we got it for our wedding, in 2003 believe it or not. Just tell me where to bring it.

[hifiguy]

11. Definitely fondue.

That was tres chic back in those days.

[Moondog]

9. Onion dip - the kind that uses an envelope of

onion soup mix, and a pint of sour cream. Ruffles, or something like them, to dip into it. Or, if you can find them in the cracker section, something called "Bugles".

To go upmarket a bit, get some faux caviar (typically white fish, or even salmon roe), smear some chopped up hard boiled eggs on top of a Ritz cracker, top with some "caviar".

Shrimp cocktails were big too. The bigger the shrimp the better. They must be chilled. And bottled "cocktail sauce" is fine. The red stuff. With horseradish in it.

Oh, and it was hard to go wrong with Ritz crackers.

[ohiosmith]

15. Excellent!

Love the Bugles idea.

[pamela]

77. Don't forget the chip 'n dip!

If you are crafty or have a crafty friend, you could probably tranform a plate and bowl to look like Pete's chip n dip. You should serve Utz potato chips though.

[AnneD]

97. Soft cream cheese...

or neufchatel with a can of drained crushed pineapple (small can) mixed and let set a few hours to marry. Shrimp cocktail, Ritz crackers, cocktail wieners in sauce or pigs in a blanket, a bowl full of Ruffels and lots of cocktail fixins' (Mimosa's, Sours, Old Fashioned, Rob Roy's, Slo Gin Fizz, Tom Collins, straight ups, and regular Martini's but NO Margaritas please). Plenty of ice. Jello is too low rent but a nice coconut cake would be nice.

That should do it....Now where is my invite!

[snacker]

104. Great suggestions!

I have great memories of each of those...

[Lionessa]

10. Nut covered cheese balls and sickenly sweet Swedish Meatballs

served with little toothpicks.

[ohiosmith]

16. Oh yes! Anything on toothpicks works.

[Lionessa]

56. Anything Cher "cooks" in Mermaids.

[Bertha Venation]

112. Yeah!!

[pipi_k]

12. Pot brownies?

[ohiosmith]

23. If only!

[Duer 157099]

13. Here, try this for inspiration:

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

[ohiosmith]

17. Great site. Thanks!

[deucemagnet]

21. This!

The salmon mousse garnished with items of an unfortunate shade of green will make you the envy of Mad Men party hosts everywhere!

[ohiosmith]

24. What the hell is on the pickle slices?

[kcass1954]

37. Looks like maybe a little bit of pimento.

That doesn't look too good - like it might turn your guests an unfortunate shade of green.

[ohiosmith]

39. Think you may be right.

[siligut]

14. Deviled eggs, smoked oysters on crackers, flavored cream cheese on crackers

Chicken livers wrapped in bacon, my mom used to make these. You wrap raw bacon around raw chicken liver and then you bake 'em. Mmmm Manhattans and martinis. Have fun!

[ohiosmith]

18. YUM!

[GentryDixon]

19. Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill.

Do they stlll make it?
We went through a good deal of it. We bought it by the case for $12.00.

[ohiosmith]

20. A buddy's wife was talking about that stuff at our St. Paddy's Day party. I guess it left a lasting

impression.

[Arugula Latte]

22. a few ideas:

-stuffed mushrooms
-celery sticks filled with cream cheese
-Chex mix
-pineapple on a skewer (oooh, very fancy and exotic!)
-cheese balls

[ohiosmith]

25. Good ones.

[mwdem]

26. I would think lotsa booze!

Martinis especially.

[ohiosmith]

28. Yep. Classic gin martinis, Manhattans, whiskey sours.

[mwdem]

30. You got it.

Sounds like a good time!

[Major Nikon]

27. Short list...

Cocktail weenies in BBQ sauce

Jello mold with mini marshmallows and canned fruit cocktail

Cornichons

Deviled eggs

Fondue pot

Swedish meatballs

Cucumber sandwiches

Shrimp cocktail

Cheese roll & ritz crackers

Crab dip

[ohiosmith]

29. Good stuff!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. You forgot the pimiento olives

By the way, almost all these foods are still very much extant in Minnesota.

[ohiosmith]

34. Pimento olives! Check. Minnesota knows how to party.

[Major Nikon]

38. Those go in the martinis

[Lydia Leftcoast]

74. No, no, they go in a relish tray alongside the dill pickles

[Swede]

31. Rye whiskey on the rocks.

[ohiosmith]

35. I make my Manhattans with rye. On the rocks is good.

[OriginalGeek]

81. One of the best times I've had with just the guys

was once going out of town with my boss and the head of another department to meet with the IT people of a company we were about to merge with and we stayed at a pretty fancy hotel that had a couple bars and we stayed up all night drinking rye Manhattans and smoking Arturo Fuente cigars out in the courtyard of the hotel.


I'm gonna build a bar just so I can have bottles of rye and other alcohol on hand in case we ever get to have manhattans and cigars again. I mean, I can have some bottles sitting on the counter I suppose but wouldn't a bar be so much cooler? Yeah, that would be cool.

[applegrove]

32. Gin Gimlets!!

[ohiosmith]

36. Excellent!

[lillypaddle]

40. The little party rye bread

spread with cream cheese, sprinkle dill (dried is fine) on top.

Easy but good!

Flour tortillas, spread with cream cheese, layer thin (deli) ham on top and roll up. Slice into pinwheels and put some salsa out for dipping.

[ohiosmith]

42. Good ones. Like the little rye bread idea.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

41. Was fondue big in the sixties, or was it not until the 70s that it got big?

I remember my parents also being big on pate.

[ohiosmith]

43. Thinking the 60s. Anyway I put it on the menu.

[Kali]

44. dang

we are still eating most of the stuff listed in this thread

well not the salmon loaf mousse

melon balls! I remember my Mom making those...

[ohiosmith]

45. Melon balls! Good. Where can I get male melons?

[Arugula Latte]

48. Just be careful when you castrate them.

They kick.

[ohiosmith]

50. Maybe I'll just get pre-packaged ones.

[peacefreak]

46. A bowl of butter mints

and another of smoked nuts.

[ohiosmith]

47. Good ones. I'll have to raid the reception desk at the local Hampton Inn.

[Tabasco_Dave]

49. Celery sticks stuffed with pemento cheese and/or deviled ham.

[ohiosmith]

51. Excellent!

[mysuzuki2]

52. Screaming Yellow Zonkers!

[ohiosmith]

53. I remember those. Best munchie food ever. The more loaded I got, the funnier the shit on box was.

While the front of the package was simple and understated, the rest of the Zonkers box was completely covered with absurdist copy, accompanied by illustrations, informing the reader everything from “how to wash Zonkers” to “how to mate them”. The bottom of the box explained how to determine if it were indeed the bottom: “Open the top, and turn the box upside down. If the Zonkers fall out, this is the bottom. If they fall up, this is the top. If nothing happens, this box is empty.”

World-class illustrators became a part of the Zonkers phenomenon. Airbrush artist Charlie White illustrated the front of the Circus box while Seymour Chwast’s work decorated the rest. White also illustrated a giant Zonkers circus poster, inspired by more of Katz’s copy. The poster was offered on the circus box for “$2.95 to include shipping, handling, and profit.” The circus box ended up being
displayed in the Louvre in Paris.

[Mojorabbit]

82. OMG. I had forgotten these. A favorite of mine in the day. nt

[WCGreen]

84. I was going to add that....

I think it came out in 70 though....

[hlthe2b]

54. Swedish meatballs! (You can "cheat" and buy them frozen from Ikeas--they have the sauce mix, too)

[ohiosmith]

55. No Ikea here. I think our local Glaziers has them. Thanks.

[grasswire]

57. Harvey Wallbangers

Galliano, OJ, vodka.

Grasshopper cocktail. That has creme de menthe and god knows what else.

little skewers of teriyaki beef

rumaki: water chestnut wrapped in bacon, marinated in soy sauce & brown sugar, broiled till crispy.

[ohiosmith]

58. Great stuff. Wallbangers were awesome.

[MiddleFingerMom]

59. NOT Swedish meatballs, but these:

.
.
.
Small meatballs in a brass chafing dish (or Corningware - sniff - if you must) over a Sterno
flame in a sauce of half chili sauce (bottled) and half grape jelly.
.
I remember it as actually being pretty tasty. Made it in the 80's, but it was from the 50's
and 60's.
.
.
.

[ohiosmith]

61. I like your style!

[Mojorabbit]

83. I still make these. They disappear at parties. nt

[rug]

62. Fondue.

[ohiosmith]

63. Done.

[DinahMoeHum]

64. Crab Rangoon appetizers. ie. anything by Trader Vic's.

Faux Polynesian pop/tiki culture was in vogue during the times of "Mad Men"

[ohiosmith]

69. Outstanding.

[amerikat]

65. Fondue!

What? You expect text with fondue.

[ohiosmith]

70. Cheesy idea!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

66. Don't forget to set out some Bridge Mix

Here's a bag but I remember my folks buying it in small candy boxes with cellophane windows...

[ohiosmith]

71. Cool!

[RebelOne]

67. What else but French onion dip.

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/01/real-french-onion-dip-recipe.html

[ohiosmith]

72. Excellent!

[Arkansas Granny]

68. It seems like it was high style to put a spread between slices of bread and then

use a cookie cutter to cut fancy shapes. That was also when salads and desserts made to look like little animals were very popular.



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[ohiosmith]

73. I'm glad I'm not seeing those stoned.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

75. That reminds me: It wasn't a party food, but one of my mother's favorite lunches

when I was a kid was cottage cheese with canned peaches.

[pamela]

78. You could serve foods that have been eaten or featured in the show...

chips and dip (with Utz potato chips)
raw oysters
celery with cream cheese
strawberry milkshakes
Heinekin beer
ham
cheesecake
sara lee cake

There are probably a lot more but those are the ones I remember that were either mentioned specifically or played a role in the plot of an episode.

Have some Vick's cough drops on hand to ease the smokers' coughs and serve french toast with rum on it the next morning for breakfast if anyone stays over.

I'm ridiculously excited about the return of Mad Men.

[Bucky]

79. You HAVE to serve the guys Old Fashioneds and the ladies Gimlet Martinis

Also, everyone should sleep with everyone else and then sneak out the next morning in their underwear without making eye contact

[Doremus]

80. You'll need some proper dishes.

[image][/image]

We sold a set of Howard Johnson's plates to Mad Men producers a few months ago. The woman said they were using them in the 5th episode this season. We'll be watching for sure!

[GoCubsGo]

87. Melamine would also be appropriate.

I'm sure one could find some at the local thrift store.

[GoCubsGo]

89. Grasshoppers.

Or, at least grasshopper pie.

[WCGreen]

85. Shrimp Cocktail.....

[ohiosmith]

90. On the menu. Thank you!

[RushIsRot]

86. BBQ Sauce Mini Sausages

These BBQ Mini Sausages are great for snacking. The barbecue sauce is made with a combination of grape jelly and chili sauce

[ohiosmith]

91. Sounds delish!

[Myrina]

94. OMG, my parents did those! But ...

... used currant jelly instead of grape. I could never bring myself to try it.

[LynneSin]

88. Here you go....

[ohiosmith]

92. Now that's a spread to die for, or due to.

The balls must come from mighty big fish.

[lillypaddle]

105. fish balls?

Poooor little fishies!

[Myrina]

93. Little 'pigs in a blanket' cocktail weenies and/or a fondue ...

[ohiosmith]

95. Added to the menu. Thank you!

[pamela]

98. ooooh. Here's a spoiler menu item from Sunday night's episode...

baked beans

[ohiosmith]

99. Thanks a lot! No need to watch now.

[DiverDave]

100. We used to love this

meatballs and rice (we called em depth charges,young kids imagination)

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup uncooked regular white rice
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
1 cup water
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

DIRECTIONS:

Mix meat, rice, 1/2 cup water, the onion, salts, garlic powder and pepper. Shape mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls into balls. Melt 2 tablespoons shortening in large skillet; brown meatballs. Drain off fat. Stir together remaining ingredients; pour over meatballs. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 45 minutes. If necessary, add small amount of water during cooking.

Enjoy!

there is another sauce that uses pineapple, sweet and sour like.

[ohiosmith]

101. Sounds perfect.

[cliffordu]

102. Fondue.

[ohiosmith]

103. On the menu. Thanks.

[spinbaby]

106. Here ya go

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/10PM/index.html

Source of the pickle thing above.

[ohiosmith]

108. Hey that's cool.

[abbeyco]

107. Rumaki

Chicken livers, water chestnuts wrapped in bacon. I hate these things but they were favorites of my mom & dad. Crushed pineapple and cream cheese on Ritz Crackers, or deviled ham spread on Ritz Crackers.

Sounds like you're gonna have a great, swinging party!

[ohiosmith]

109. The swingingist!

[crunch60]

110. Gooseliver Bonbons

Mash gooseliver to a paste, add bits of crumbled crisp bacon; roll into a tiny ball. Roll in chopped ripe olives. Serve in little paper bonbon cases.

[ohiosmith]

113. That sounds great.

[Hangingon]

111. Check the Mad Men home page.

http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/party-guide

The have a party planner.

[ohiosmith]

114. Cool! Thanks!

[geardaddy]

115. pictures!

[ohiosmith]

116. Too intense!

[geardaddy]

117. Uh oh!

So, did your guests come as specific characters?

[ohiosmith]

118. The party is Sunday. Knowing the guests as I do, they will not want any aspect of their behavior

documented.

[geardaddy]

119. lmao

Sounds like my kind of party!

[Texasgal]

120. Cold cut plate

rolled up ham, turkey and roast beef with some cherry toms and some pickles and olives in the middle.

Don't forget to garnish EVERYTHING with fresh parsley! LOL!