General Chat

If you wish to avoid the pantyline in those clinging dresses pm me and I will tell you the secret

ooh 1970's party got to be a disco...think Saturday night fever,flares,platform shoes,shiny tight tops... glitter balls :-D

Drinks: Campari and soda and yer party seven and how about Harvey Wallbanger? always a fav.;-)

and what about a few games? car keys in a bowl?;-) :-0

I remember cooking Carbonnade od Beef for a dinner party in 1975. It was beef cooked in beer, with a topping of French bread coated with Dijon mustard. I was complemented on the tenderness of the meat, then I realised they had only helped themselves to the bread topping, not the beef! :-D

Some ideas from a 1976 Marks & Spencer Cook Book which someone gave me as a wedding present and was never used !

Starters – Vol au vents, Cheese straws, stuffed tomatoes, Spiced grapefruit, Farmhouse pate, Kipper pate, avocado with prawns.

Mains – Paella, Boeuf bourguignon, Beef Stroganoff, Kebabs , Goulash, devilled kidneys

Desserts –Lemon Meringue pie, Jam Roly poly, creme caramel, pear in red wine

And definitely blue nun to drink
:-D

Don't forget the Babycham :-D

Didn't we all drink Harp lager then as well? It was the era of the Hoffmeister bear too.

Thank you all for your suggestions please keep 'em coming.

My mouth is watering already, Don't quite know where to fit in the cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks , with the cheese board at the end I guess ;-)


Mayfield

Don't know about swinging sixties - I was a young mum but the seventies were very good!!!

Oooh yes.....I had a gold lurex cat suit.......quite the thing it was!


Boy, we knew how to live didn't we? ;-)

Seem to remember Steak and Chips with Mushrooms or Duck - not sure about the l'orange.

Vera

I went to a Pippa Dee party and fell for a 'granny style' nightie, I wore it several times as a dress until dancing at a dinner dance OH asked me why wouldn't I tell people where I bought it!!!!

When I admitted it was a nightie was the last time it appeared in public!! I was very nearly taken home early.

There were cat suits (Abba style), trouser suits (I have a silk one) friend used the top as a mini dress! Midi dresses. A lot were bright colours. Same colour shirts and ties for men - saw pink shirts for the first time.

Music - Barry White, Captain Hook

Used to wear what we called hostess gowns, I.e. long informal dresses, some with buttons down the front in bright designs, or maxi skirts.

Used to eat steak and chips or scampi, but we also used to have fun with a steak fondue.

Used to have a lot of parties in the 70's.

They were nearly all where you took a bottle...lot of those already mentioned...for a red wine ...Bulls blood...

Glad you mentioned prawn cocktails ,cos that was a favourite starter although one of our favourites was Dublin Bay prawns with tartare sauce and delicate pieces of brown bread and butter...Living by the sea we also had scallops. Which were called queenies as a bed of them was found nearby and the foreign lorries were waiting at the quay to whisk them off to the continent.

Remember going out in more long dresses for every occasion,but did have some big flare trousers...what about hot pants...they were in the 70's as well.
Flower power as well!

Prawn cocktail

Steak - grilled (option of sauce) served with roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, peas, carrots, cauliflower (no fancy veg then).

Pavlova and/or

Black Forest Trifle - very yummy and a change from the gateau

Cheese Board

Wine - can only recall Hock/Blue Nun.

If my fading memory serves me correct Cynthia I shall endeavour to remember suitable attire.

How about a fondue - great time waster and messy with it! ;-)

Errol will give you the info on how the guests should dress.........flares, large collars etc............ I'm sure he remembers them really well..... ;-)


Good job I'm off out now....~~~~~~

Prawn cocktail / grapefruit / melon and parma ham followed by rump steak, mushrooms, tomato and chips, and then black forest gateau (which has been granted protected status :) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9852082/Black-Forest-gateau-granted-protected-status.html )

Liebfraumilch.

My midi-skirt is a must :)

Quiche was thought of as very sophisticated

Menu
Prawn Cocktail
Steak in peppercorn sauce
Baked Alaska

Les Vins
Mateus Rose
Blue Nun
Black Tower
Mouton Cadet

Music
ABBA
Queen

Dress
If it is formal OH MUST wear little black dress or cocktail dress.
If casual, long/mini skirts, Men Jeans and garish looking shirts with “Kipper” ties. Any thing as long as it is bright colours.
Curly hair (both male & female)


Have a great time. Please can I come? I will "bring a bottle" :-D :-D

I have a Fanny Craddock cookery book downstairs.

Will have alook in it when I go downstairs to see if there is something in there to inspire you. I know she bakes something in a big heap of salt which she keeps especially to do this.