Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:31     Subject: Re:50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rumaki, Oysters Rockefeller, stuffed mushrooms, chicken liver pate, clams casino


Yes this plus deviled eggs, aspic.
My mom was a 1950s housewife from outside NYC. I still have her NY times cookbook and joy of cooking from the late 1950s. They are full of stuff like this. I think of pigs in blanket as more down market, but meatballs in the little toothpicks is more high end. My mom had a beautiful brass chafing dish she would serve them in for parties. I think she did either a bbq sauce or a Swedish meatball cream sauce for them for parties.


I don't think I have EVER seen a brass chafing dish. What a special piece! I hope you still have it.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:30     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Anonymous wrote:Tomato aspic. I made it for a party where everyone brought a 60s/70s appetizer and found that it tastes better than one might think. I left out the onion because I hate onions. Beware that your kitchen will look like a crime scene during prep:

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/tomato-aspic-recipe


My mom’s always asking me if I want her aspic mold! It is green plastic from the 1950a so I’m sure it’s a nanoplastic disaster.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:30     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Pigs in blankets served on ashtrays.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:29     Subject: Re:50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Anonymous wrote:Rumaki, Oysters Rockefeller, stuffed mushrooms, chicken liver pate, clams casino


Yes this plus deviled eggs, aspic.
My mom was a 1950s housewife from outside NYC. I still have her NY times cookbook and joy of cooking from the late 1950s. They are full of stuff like this. I think of pigs in blanket as more down market, but meatballs in the little toothpicks is more high end. My mom had a beautiful brass chafing dish she would serve them in for parties. I think she did either a bbq sauce or a Swedish meatball cream sauce for them for parties.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:27     Subject: Re:50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Anonymous wrote:Warm spinach dip in a hollowed out pumpernickel loaf, with the bread cubes for dipping.

Cream cheese/ parmesan/ artichoke dip with triscuits.

And hell yeah shrimp cocktail!


Yum! I remember all of the above appetizers from large family gatherings in the 1980s. We def were not WASPS though - just plain old east coast UMC folk.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:08     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Oysters Rockefeller
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 18:05     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Tomato aspic. I made it for a party where everyone brought a 60s/70s appetizer and found that it tastes better than one might think. I left out the onion because I hate onions. Beware that your kitchen will look like a crime scene during prep:

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/tomato-aspic-recipe
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:58     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Whole steamed artichokes with hollandaise and melted butter for dipping

Beau Monde dip and ruffled potato chips

Quiche

Cheese balls or cheese logs with Triscuits or Ritz

Stuffed cherry tomatoes




Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:34     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Pecan halves toasted in the oven with butter and salt. I still make these. We were more Southern than Adirondack tho.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:33     Subject: Re:50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Speaking as someone who isn’t rich, is from another part of the country, and doesn’t entertain, I would imagine they might serve:

caviar
oysters rockefeller
shrimp cocktail
canapés
devils on horseback
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_on_horseback



Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:33     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Pp here. YES to chicken liver pate. With sweet gerkins. Yes to clams casino.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:32     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Manhattan’s. Vodka Gimlet. Olives. Knorr Leek Dip with vegetables (crudite). Boursin or Brie with carr’s water crackers. Parents built a house in the adirondacks in the 1970s. No pigs in blankets or meatballs. Please…
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:27     Subject: Re:50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Rumaki, Oysters Rockefeller, stuffed mushrooms, chicken liver pate, clams casino
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:27     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Triscuits! A WASP favorite
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 17:26     Subject: 50s/60s/70s era fancy appetizers?
Blue Diamond almonds in a flavor...BBQ maybe?