1960's/70's cocktail party snacks? Any suggestions?

treac

I did a selection of vol-u-vents for starters at a recent dinner party and used different tubs of sandwich fillers for the fillings. The coronation chicken ones were very popular!

Olliebeak

Bread finger rolls (aka Bridge Rolls) cut across and then halved with egg mayonnaise spread on them - dusted with a little paprika.

TUC/Ritz crackers with pate spread on them.

anguk

Brandy Snaps!

I always thought they were so grown up and the height of sophistication when I was a child, I haven't had one for about 30 years!

Frith

Oh, I'd completely forgotten about the celery sticks!! My gran even had a china pot which looked a bit like celery (except it had a face on it) saved specifically for serving celery sticks!

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Pitlanepiglet

Cor someone was posh if their cheese and pineapple hedgehog was half a melon! Ours was a potato!!

Melon boats were quite "in" for a while - small wedges of melon with a slice of orange on a cocktail stick with a cocktail cherry on the top. You can make them easy to eat by slicing down through the flesh.

carolinosourus

Hi all!

My friend is having a Christmas eve eve (23rd) gathering for some friends and I wanted to take along some 'cheesy' retro snacks, like cheese and pineapple.

Does anyone have any ideas for things like these which will travel well (as I have to cart them across London on the tube) and are easy to make?

TIA

Caroline

Pink.

Hi Caroline,

As the thread below yours is on the very same subject I've added your post to it to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Seakay

dates stuffed with:

cream cheese
stilton
marzipan
walnut halves

miniature cheese scones

cheese straws - Mum uses to make mainly straight ones and then a few rings made with two sizes of round pastry cutters. Used to serve bunches of straws with a ring around like a napkin ring.

Hootie19

rosekitten wrote: »

and dont forget the Martini and the punch bowl

nor the fruit bowl for all the car keys :D:D

timmmers

Cocktail sausages and silverskins on sticks

Prawn rings

Quiche

Breadsticks

Pickled Walnuts (not everyones taste)

Twiglets

I'm going to have a go at making these things they are selling at Aldi soon...doesn't look too hard http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_12183.htm with a little cheese in there I bet savoury ones would be cool too.

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