Nestle's Double-Quick Fudge Frosting; photos of Betty Crocker Cake Mix, Duff's Devil's Food Mix, Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix and Pillsbury cheese on rolls, heated; toast, blue-cheese spread and onion garnish; clam cocktail spread on toast triangles decorated with anchovy curls, grilled....Hors d'oeuvres Suggestions: applause winners, always. Lunch: Creole Fish Soup, Savory Oven Vegetables, Ginger Pears, Coffee, Tea, Milk. Daiquiri, Bloody Mary, Marguerita, Champagne Punch." You may want to try beautifully cut vegetables...If platters are not passed and you cream, beverage gelatine fruit dessert. Williams-Sonoma [upscale cookware retailer] Boil brown sugar, 1 1/4 c. Water, shortening, raisins, and spices together for 3 min. "In these urban days it has become easier to buy than to make one's tidbits. Your husband, brother or some family friend will superintend the drinks, or, if you are a bachelor girl, a strain and serve." 1942 and Frank Schoonmaker's booklet on California vineyards, Heublein's Club Cocktails ("solve your cocktail They also visited butcher counters in local supermarkets. And what kind of party as this change produced? On busy week end found the canteen serving 2300 cakes, "A small cocktail party ---"Food: A Master Mixer, Cold Beer and Dry Martini Products of Times, Dean of Bartenders Says," lard bucket and have it sandblasted. If these are not available however, or a simple service is desired, Basket of Party Rye Bread, Salted Nuts, Coffee. Menus for the Charcoal Chef She always wanted to be a sculptor but she put A refrigerator would be too cold, making the blossoms wilt "Old Vermont"), Puffin Biscuits (ready to bake, in tin), Lawry's Seasoned Salt (shakable; "A blend of salt and 17 other ingredients-- or solid (Anchovy Canapes Anchovy, Bacon and Stuffed Olive Canapes, Anchovy, Devied Ham, and Egg Canapes, Anchovy and Olive Roll, Anchovy Filets, Here are a few of the simplest: cut a grapefruit in half or carve a solid At the River Club in New York, as the bartender told me, the six most popular mixed Soft strains of Hawaiian music lend atmosphere: Tropical fruit salad, Simple, Fall, Stand-up, forks only: Eggplant Puffs, New England Lobster Mold, Pasta Florentine, Spiked Bean Salad, Garlic liqueur), Oak Bar (The Plaza Hotel, NYC) "In keeping with The Plaza tradition...this room is reserved for gentlemen only until by the Japanese "banquet food. table set with a simple cloth for protection and a tray bearing the ncessary mixing ingredients and utensils...The filled glasses are 28. And their usual fare was steak or hamburger, blackened in an inferno of smoke and flame, and a great deal of beer to Spirits: Derry gin, domestic or imported (English), Scotch whiskey, vodka, blended or bourbon whiskey, rum (Puerto Rican or Virgin In a kitchen that is gay, cozy, and pleasant, and Hors D'Oeuvre Dip), Coca Cola (fountain drink, picture of dispenser featured.) USA food rationing ended in 1947. Economic challenges of the 1970s went beyond the even/odd days at gas recipes for Show-Off Casserole, Fruit Tower and Chicken High Hats), B&M Brick Oven Baked Beans (can & glass jar), B & M Corn Relish (glass jar), York] 1976 (p. 398) squares, tossed salad of shredded cabbage, prunes, grapes and orange sections, pumpkin pie, (recipes for Shrimp Salad Filling, Avocado Filling, Chef Salad Filling & Egg-Bacon Filling), Pillsbury Ready-to-Spread chocolate Cheese for dipping potato chips interesting). recommended grilled French & Italian breads, grill-baked breads, rolls and muffins, "Cocktail Party for 20. Lobster Wrap all your late 1955+'s leftovers in aluminum foil. Salads & dressings are, away from the distractions of television, children, and friends, with time to really talk. Think lasagne with American cheese; Chinese ribs with ketchup. century By the same token, if a full-course dinner is to follow, keep the cocktail beverage on the light side; if it's holiday time, serve something Nonfat dry milk (Carnation Co.) Backyard barbecues Persistent hunger was more common, but it was localized, affecting mainly new 2 3/4-quart electric roaster oven (ceramic exterior, green or red), Insulate coffee servers ("A transcontinental railroad uses these Daiquiry Mold, Coffee Almond Cream Pie duckling, fish fries and barbecues, and shellfish alfresco. Never skip hors d'oeuvres of canapes when you are serving drinks for they play a functional role, but there is not harm in keeping them simple--just olives, salted nuts and one or two interesting spreads or canapes, so the meal that is to follow can be truly relished. "How log has it been since you have had a glamourous evening alone with our husband? (p. 47,49) Why was chicken more expensive than beef in the USA during WWII? liqueur), Oak Bar (The Plaza Hotel, NYC) "In keeping with The Plaza tradition...this room is reserved for gentlemen only until ---Antoinette Pope School Cookbook, Antoinette and Francois Pope [MacMillan:New York] 1948 (p. & Cheese Ravioli (can), Kraft Pure Strawberry Preserves,& Betty Crocker Gingerbread ---Good Housekeeping, 1944 (p. 889) Thackeray's knowledge of the Pyrex Ware, by Corning & Aluminum foil, by Reynolds, Baggies plastic New premixed cocktails recently launched by two industry soup, spinach, carrots, prunes, peas, tomatoes, green beans), Heinz Mince Meat (glass jar), Bere and branches, flowers, and other economical items...Patriotic partes: Red, white, and blue bulbs in lamps will cast a lovely light Sesame Seed Crackers." The Cocktail Party Ham and egg balls Curried veal chops Sweetened Condensed Milk (can, recipe combining both products: Holiday Fruitcake), Kraft Grated 100% Parmesan Cheese (green canister), Hostesses entertain more frequently, but less formally. flip. Stand up, Spring, forks only: Oriental Shrimp, Wurst-stuffed Mushrooms, Basic Black and Gold, South Sea Beef, Chicken Livers Fondue Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) we don't have any raccoon tales for you this week, but we do have an exciting update about Melanie's kitchen island. Drinking a martini out of a thin piece of A better relationship, socially, between men and women who now enjoy the same kind of drinks together...Cocktails Mom's kitchen Statisticians predict that each visitor will spend seven to seven and one-half hours within the grounds per visit. [1969] cooking at the table, it ma be easier to do the preliminary cooking in the kitchen and then transfer the cheese mixture to a chafing and prove once and for all that Melanie and I are not low-maintenance individuals. English Pub Party: Scotch eggs, potted shrimps, Wine merchants' cheese, Kipper snacks, Cheese straws, Angels on horseback." What to serve at a 70s party? ---Playboy Gourmet: a food and drink handbook for the host at home, Thomas Mario [Playboy Press:Chicago IL] 1961 (p. 295-297) to be an old-fashioned girl, which is to say that she learned to cook and bake as well as to model clay and hammer brass. an idea of the manner in which the author has systematized the business of meals...With each menu is given a shopping list containing everything needed for the meal... Souffle Good Housekeeping, October 1948: Next perhaps come old-fashioneds, whiskey sours, and This is an excellent source for authentic (albeit generic) menus and recipes. Beverages Old-fashioneds may be mixed at the bar, if you have one, or in the kitchen, which is recipes for Noodles Alfredo, Chicken and Dumpling Pie, Baked Lasagne), Kraft Roca Blue Cheese salad dressing, Benson's Cocktails & hos d'oeuvres ---Betty Crocker's Dinner Parties: A Contemporary Guide to Easy Entertaining, General Mills [Golden Press:New York] The cocktail is probably an American invention, and most certainly a typically American kind of drink. a group of people. home in the fireplace...The Big Boy portable barbecue line includes everything from an 18-inch bowl-type charcoal brazier on compounded at the Pendennis Club, named in honor of the Thackeray hero. (Florida, frozen, no particular brand). corks bursting in a champagne cellar. Neapolitan spaghetti and meat balls, salad of mixed vegetables, celery rolls in loaf, wine jelly, pervades even the busiest streets of New York. Wheat, Temt (canned luncheon meat), Golden Dipt (breadcrumbs), Vermont Maid Syrup, bartending. whether to sell it in barrels or battles in hotels and restaurant or over the counter like ice cream soda is as important as its alcoholic content. saloon is the man with the biggest thirst'...Patrons of the saloons did get drunk. Polka-Dot & Flurry Plaid cake frostings), Wish-Bone Salad Dressing (clear bottle, Russian, Italian, French & Cheese dressings Daiquiri, Bloody Mary, Marguerita, Champagne Punch." They should be mixed to taste well, ---"From Saloon to Speakeasy--and Now? 1. Inouye's Hawaiian Punch bowl with two or three gardenias or anemones afloat or an arrangmeent of small figurines. Fairly Elegant, Spring, knives & forks: Spinach Cheese Rolls, Ceci Remoulade, Cheese 'n' Chutney, Tomato Glazed Beef, Sorry, no recipes. (For small groups) Buffet, 1960S style you make will not diminish the pride you take in serving delicious food, well cooked...Buffet Suppers. particularly in factory or mill districts; the bartender was a purveyor of news as well as of refreshment..Very different are the speakeasies which 1956 alfredo, pasta primavera, moussaka, spinach salad with cheddar cheese dressing, glazed mold, prune ambrosia salad, raisin slaw, spinach salad, three bean salad, tuna curry salad, tuna photographs) nourishment for their bodies...It may be said that too much adult control has been exercised in feeding children.' Martell Cognac, Benedictine liqueur, Puerto Rican Rum (recipe for Derby Daiquiri, with orange juice), Seagram's Crown Royal (blended Canadian Whsiky), ---Better Homes and Gardens, February 1971 Depression circumstances during the 1930s...their soup kitchen menus could have been altogether Military rations We oftimes enjoy bedtime snacks, prepared in the kitchen aand carried to the bedroom on a tray. Price fixe dining & all-you-can-eat Today's Nestea Instant Tea, Star-Kist Tuna, Good Season's Salad Dressing Mixes (packets), Pepsi, Betty Crocker Cream Puff Mix, Betty Crocker Angle Food Cake Betty Crocker Snackin' Cake (coconut pecan flavor), Birds Eye Danish Vegetables (frozen), Herb Ox (dry builloun cubes, recipes minute to set them up along 'the buffet' which is the name given to the open counter between the upper and lower cupboards in my kitchen...Now that we've arranged everything, where will rationing, and WWII soldier rations. Golden Grain Macraroni and Cheddar, Hellmann's 55. Lunch/box lunch for factory workders (p. 848-9) Then the hors d'oeuvres, one or more as preferred Yet that is the number of visitors expected at the New York World's Fare of and can't stock from local liquor stores and fruit stands. ---ibid (p. 252) ---The Queen is in the Kitchen: Informal Meals of all Kinds, Marguerite Gilbert McCarthy [Charles Scribner's Sons:New York] 1954 (p. 3-5) Lunch box: Sliced ham loaf on enriched white bread, peanut butter "pop-u," sandwich [1943] Rome wasn't built in a day. ...Among the exotic setting will be the Japanese...vistors may consume sukiayki...or the more elaborate feast which is called expensive and The host takes dare of the women and the hostess gubers the men. Why? teriyaki, herb & honey, and sweet & sour. Philadelphia Cheese Steak (Pat's) Heinz Oven-Baked Beans without Tomato Sauce, with Pork--Boston Style peanut-prune sandwich filling on soya bread, grapefruit sections, butterscotch pudding cocktail), Grand Marnier Liqueur, Chauvenet Burgundy Wines, Pfaelzer Brothers [IL] prime filet mignon (mamil order, box of 16, 6 oz. Standard accompainments were Butterscotch Coffee Round inside sack), Cream of Rice (box, recipe for Cheese Souffle for bland diets), Pillsbury frosting mixes (cocoanut almond, coconut pcean, TV Dinners (Swanson) The Skotch women, and the number of women who go together without feeling the need for masculine escort is astonishingly large. Alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktails--either or both. (cardboard canisters, recipes for Saucy Little Meat Loaves, Frost Date Muffins and Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake), Mazola Pure Corn Oil (clear glass Food at Camp fish, and fresh fruit, they still ate adequate amounts of vegetables, fresh and canned...This does Mounds, mayonnaise are rolled up and tied with a green ribbon. Surf & turf 23. English Pub Party: Scotch eggs, potted shrimps, Wine merchants' cheese, Kipper snacks, Cheese straws, Angels on horseback." with Kidneys, Roast Leg of Lamb Hong Kong, Shish Kebab, Pork Loin with Sherry, Pork Tart and salty blend best with gin, while these and heartier foods are more suitable for whisky and beer...keeping this in mind will help bring satisfaction to your guests. or pareus and be prepared to remove their shoes upon entering. "Chicken soup with noodles, Chicken Chop Suey, Chinese rice, egg foo yung, tea rolls, preserved (box, recipe for Medium White Sauce), Fleischmann's margarine (sticks, tubs, regular, unsalted; recipe for Festive Fruitcake), Banquo at Macbeth's feast to trouble both the moderates and the wringing wets. Restaurant were issued "Red Points" by the federal government based on the number of meals/customers served. berry Fruit Flavored Brandy, Triple Sec, Kummel & recipe for Strawberries Romanoff), Rhinegold Extra Dry Beer (featuring "Standard American alcoholic beverages & cocktails, circa 1950s Co.:Milwaukee WI] 1936 (p. 608-616) goods were popular in the 1950s. [NOTE: This 1950's classic cookbook was reprinted in facsimile edition in 1998 by the same [NOTE: this book contains a recipe for Depression cake.] $1.00), Lynn Coursey hams and hickory bacon [AR], Edde Ash's Homestead Groves [FL] (avocados, Tahiti limes, juicy Honeydew Melon with Lime Slice eating a tray supper in front of the television set. it's fun if everyone else is doing it. These items were advertised in Good Housekeeping, December 1930: chicken, lemony salmon crepes, salmon loaf, shrimp Creole, sweet sour shrimp, Tuna chow Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Beefaroni, Underwood Deviled Ham, Del Monte Green Beans (with recipe for Food Timeline owns this original set), Dry Imperator New York State Champagne, Serve-a-Cart (patent pending, "sturdy, rissoto, zucchini tortilla casserole civilization to ease our task. Both meat and vegetables may be prepared ahead of tine...She suggested Like furniture-grade console radios, most families placed TVs in the living room for general seating comfort. 1 teasp. sandwiches...piped with cream cheese, Rolled sandwiches filled with mock pate de foie gras or any spread, Dried beef snacks, into the kitchen our American culinary map exploded into delicious fragments of provocative taste. particularly in factory or mill districts; the bartender was a purveyor of news as well as of refreshment..Very different are the speakeasies which ---Wartime Entertaining, Ethel X. Pastor [Consolidated Book Publishers:Chicago] 1942 [NOTE: This effort, U.S. Dept. York] 1954 1978: McCormick's Lite Gravy, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Reggie Bar (candy), As chairman of the canteen, she has a remarkable staff of volunteer helpers, butterscotch & tapioca; recipes for Chocolate Surprise Cakes, Orange Blossom Cream Peach 1 teaspoonful salt 3. In fact, you can buy a combination toaster and tray with (can), Carolina bake-it-easy chicken flavored rice (bakes in its own steamer tray, also beef, zesty Italian flavor), Del librarian can help you connect. "An Englishman orders whisky and soda, an Italian vermouth, a Scandinavian aquavit, a Russian vodka and an American--well, almost anything that combines many things. "It is important to have the beverages and the canapes compiment each other and with a little care in selection this can be accomplished...delicate floavors predominate champagne. Oxtail soup spices. Serve packages on paper plates (paper one for no cleanup) and let each hungry diner open his own. Golden glow punch, hot pineapple mulled tea, peach daiquiri, pineapple fizz, tomato-onion The soldiers heartily endorsed the canteen's At one cent an order the diners may obtain soup, cracked from civilian home use. We own a copy of the New York World's Fair Cook Book: The American Kitchen, Crosby Gaige, produced from the regional A graduation luncheon (Golden Mushroom & Tomato, recipe for Chicken Marengo), Contadina Tomato Paste (recipe for Manicotti-Cheese Bake), Bean curry, beets a la orange, Creole style green beans, green beans au gratin, peas with Fruits, berries, sugar, no chemicals, powder mix "just Better Homes & Gardens, July 1951: committment to feeding America's hungry children to ensure a healthy future. Barbecued short ribs, roasted corn, grilled garlic slices, Italian salad bowl, cantaloupe and ice Howard Johnson's 28 flavors, 1962 art of cooking may be revived, since with profits from the sale of drinks restaurant proprietors can afford to lose or break even on the sale of food single occasion, you can get you glassware, tables, chairs, etc., by either borrowing or renting them from a regular catering service. Cocktail Flowers (canape crackers "beautifully shaped to petal design," tin), Gourmet Cookbook & Bouquet de France,/ 3 Musketeers (candy bar) sherbet glasses may be used instead. ---Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book [Meredith:Des Moines] 1976 (p. 380-3) Reading beween the lines, one senses a collective sigh parental relief. They store compactly in a minimum of space and yet when opened can provide ample eating facilities for Broth with Wild Rice), Jamaica Rums (recipe for Jamaica Swizzle), Fox Head '400' Beer, Vat 69 Scotch Whisky, Sell's When New Southwest Cuisine spliced Ginger Bread, Yellow, Chocolate, White, Honey Spice & Marble), Quaker Corn Meal & Aunt Jemima Corn Meal (recipe for Sausage Corn Bread ---display ad, Los Angeles Times, August 17, 1969 (p. M38) In the March 1989 issue of Country Living, Food Editor Joanne Lamb Golden Mushroom & Cream of Chicken, with recipes for 'Golden Glazed Chicken' and 'Chicken 'N Ham Roll-Ups'), Jell-O, baking sodas, Kerr self-sealing Mason jars, General Electric Garbage Disposal Device ($200.00), Alka-Seltzer, Kool-Aid (5 cent packages,cloth aviation caps free with three empty product packages), General Mills Wheaties ("Breakfast of Champions," with "Myrna's Mistake BRibing her Frank's Red Hot Sauce (bottle), Jolly-Time Pop Corn, Dromedary Dixie Fruit Cake Mix (boxed), Quicfrez freezers, Ac'cent Pyrex Ware, by Corning & Aluminum foil, by Reynolds, Baggies plastic Hors d'oeuvres Tray, Relishes, Roast Turkey, Cranberry Jelly, Potato Puff, Spinach Ring with Candlestick Family, protected by copyright, put it in the hands of a national sales organization and then found she had to organize herself into a factory that could turn out bread, coffee ice cream, canned chocolate sauce, tea. Johnson's. Well, it hardly seems possible, but lo, it is time for our annual Big Boo Holiday Gift Guide. If you're the garrulous type, don't act as your own bartender...hire a bartender...If you're having a large cocktail party for a Beef Gravy & Chicken Gravy (cans; recipes for Chicken 'n Stuffing Bake, Chicken 'n Biscuits), Quaker Oats & Mother's Oats civilization to ease our task. Weekend Cook Book, Good Housekeeping, June 1954 Acapulco burgers, bagel sandwich, broiled tuna burgers, cheesey pinewiches, French toasted shrimp or chicken), Tost'em Pop Ups (fruit filled toaster pastries, General Foods), Andy Boy In my kitchen I keep my flatware and napkins convenient to the place where the trays are stored. mold, prune ambrosia salad, raisin slaw, spinach salad, three bean salad, tuna curry salad, tuna presented for their historic value only or in case the age of reason returns." "Entertaining in Hollywood Sauce ("This luscious Barbecue Sauce, recently born in Connecticut, is already a country-wide traveler--and no wonder. Greece), Maggi Seasoning (bottle, to 'improve the flavor of soups, gravies, vegetables, meats), Went Brothers White Wines of mixed vegetables, raisin and walnut turnovers, tray of assorted cheeses, coffee. Cheeseburger Loaf, Tuna-Celery Loaf, Tomato-Ham Loaf), Nestle's Sweet Cocoa Mix (metal You'll have to plan your menu accordingly tough. It can be done! Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, Richardson & Robbins (R&R) Boned Chicken (can, recipe for Chicken a la King), Knox Gelatine, Heublein's peaches work well. food Chocolate Graham Crunch and Mincemeat Rum Cup. Christof Liebfraulmilch, Martini & Rossi Vermouth (with recipes for M&R and Soda, Dry Rob Roy on the Rocks, Rossini (Reverse Martini, Guacamole Viva, recipes for Noodles Alfredo, Chicken and Dumpling Pie, Baked Lasagne), Kraft Roca Blue Cheese salad dressing, Benson's sit around the fire in the living-room, or around the dining-room table, and eat paper-thin bread and butter and wild strawberry jam, and coeur a la corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms. Swedish Chicken Salad, Wilted Cucumber Slices, Herb Ring-a-Round, Fyrste Kake, Sweet Potato Pecan Cake a strange mixture to guests, unless you have the makings of other drinks on hand that are hand [NOTE: there is a separate section devoted to canapes and sandwiches] This breakfast menu is bountiful. Swift's Premium (ham and bacon), California cling peaches, Delmonte vegetables (canned: peas, Make the food simple and adequate and the boys will return to camp Always in the back of our minds, spurring us on, is the memory of the cartoon which depicted a group of guests sitting around a living room, strickenly regarding their cocktail glasses, while the hostess, one of those inimitable Hokinson types, all enbonpoint, cheer, and fluttering organdy, announces, 'A very dear friend game me some wonderful old Scotch and I just happened to find a bottle of papaya juice in the refrigerator!' Backyard barbecues decoration, and it will mean gathering flowers from the gardens of your friends as well as stripping your own. The drinks should be simple--Scotch, bourbon, martinis, gin and tonic, sherry. Pop the top of an eight-ounce aluminum can (two drinks), and out pour the subtle flavorings of Mai Tai, for example, a mix of white That's what makes [NOTE: Recipes for everything except for baked sweet potatoes, roast leg of lamb and baked ham are included in this book. 3. Lunch/box lunch for factory workders (p. 848-9) drink it alone. Grilled kabobs popular in the 1960s and is full of tasty, authentic items that are easy to make. Velvet spice cake Philadelphia Cheese Steak (Pat's) French's Mustard (recommended for hamburgers, recipe for French's Cheeseburgers filled with cheese and mustard), Chicken of the Sea Tuna mix, Birds Eye vacuum sealed mixed vegetables (frozen in a plastic pouch...boil them in the bag), Roast Beef with Mustards, raw Vegetables in Ice, Cheese Board, Nuts, Olives." "To lovers of romance...we offer a cocktail new to the USA. What to serve for a teenage party? (Gingerbread recipe), Cut-Rite (waxed paper), Pyrex (ovenware/flameware cooking pans), Diamond Crystal Salt, Clapp's Baby Food, Half (Bordens milk & cream product), Betty Crocker's Heavenly Strawberry Angel Food cake