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Dinner themes of the 1950s Desiree Endlich
Hawaiian buffet lunch or supper
For table decorations -Lemon leaves -Ferns -Pineapple -Bananas -Flowers every where -Each guest gets a leiThey play Soft strains of Hawaiian
music
Hawaiian buffet lunch or supper
They eat Tropical fruit salad -Avocado sections -Orange slices
- Whole ripe olives-On a bed of shredded lettuce -Lime or lemon dressing
Or Chicken curry-Browned rice -Toasted whole almonds- French-cut green beans-Sautéed banana quarters-Hawaiian pineapple cake
Pink and BlackAt the Pink and Black Dinner they would wear Girls
- Poodle Skirts & Pony Tails- Bobbie Socks & Saddle Shoes
Boys- Leather & Slicked back hair- White t-shirts & cuffed jeans
The music they would listen to-Elvis
-Jerry Lee Lewis -Nat King Cole
- Chuck Berry -Little Richard -Buddy Holly
Pink and Black
To the music they would do dances like- The Jitterbug
-The Stroll -The TwistThey would eat and drink
- Root Beer Floats - Milkshakes - Coke in the Bottles
- Cheeseburgers and Fries
Mother Goose Party
Children are to come as some character form Mother Goose Little
-Miss Muffet - Wee Willie Winnie - And more The mother of the child having the
party, dressed as the Old Woman in the Shoe, welcomes the little guests as they arrive
http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.teenmag/1950_history.html
Mother Goose Party
They eat -Creamed chicken -Mashed potatoes -Buttered peas or carrots -Lettuce sandwiches cut in animal or
flower shapes -Ice cream -Sponge cake -Cocoa
Backyard Barbecues
This took place after WWIIMany of the returning GI's married and
settled in the suburbs. - They showed off there houses and
backyards by having barbecues- men proudly did the grilling- Women did the planning and prep-
work- http://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddec
ades.html#1950s
Backyard Barbecues
The wives based there work off of -magazines and cookbooks -James Beard's Complete Book of Barbecue & Rotisserie Cooking
-was one of the "bibles" consumed by American home barbecue
They served- Anything & everything -With flaming gusto!
Work Cited
"The Food Timeline: popular American decade foods, menus, products & party planning tips." Food Timeline: food history & historic recipes. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddecades.html>.
Dinner and a Murder Mystery Games Complete Party Kits. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://www.dinnerandamurder.com/>.
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