1970s theme buffet ideas please

[sandalsinthebin]

Having a 1970s themed night with friends we all grew up in the 70s so thought this would be fun! I don’t have bags of time for prep so looking for ideas for snacks and nibbles to buy / make easily and relatively cheaply. Thinking along the lines of cheese footballs. Already got some 70s sweets.

[WhiteDust]

An orange cheese and pineapple hedgehog. (Cubes of cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks stuck in an orange.)

Trifle. Homemade.

Cheese fondue with Melba toast

Melba toast & pate

Chicken in cream sauce vol-au-vants

[WhiteDust]

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4876945

[sandalsinthebin]

Thanks Whitedust! What a great link

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

Black Forest Gateau
Prawn Cocktail obvs
And for drinks Blue Nun, Black Tower, Babycham and Cinzano

[Crikeyblimey]

For a buffet you’d need devilled eggs, cheese and silver skin onion / pineapple hedgehog, twiglets, Black Forest gateaux for pud, mushroom and/or prawn vol-au-vents and if you’re posh you need a poached salmon deforested with cucumber ‘scales’.

[Crikeyblimey]

Ffs - decorated not deforested!!

[sandalsinthebin]

Thanks for all the ideas this is going to be so kitsch

[cdtaylornats]

Bottles of Snowball
Mateus Rose

[Orangedaisy]

Blancmange (?sp)

[Orangedaisy]

Prawn ring

[Orangedaisy]

Ooo and a rice mould

[NorthEndGal]

Jello salad

[Flicketyflack]

Vol au vonts 😁

[samlovesdilys]

I want to come!!!

When you make the pineapple/cheese hedgehog you will make the middle a grapefruit wrapped in foil, won't you??!!

[sandalsinthebin]

The hedgehog has to be the centrepiece. I need to look up what a rice mould is it sounds very tacky and therefore perfect for my buffet

[TheFaerieQueene]

I’ll just leave this here.

[sandalsinthebin]

Faerie that’s so monstrous yet also alluring

[MadisonAvenue]

Angel Delight as a dessert.

[ChicCroissant]

I think the cheese and pineapple on a stick and the vol-au-vents are compulsory for a 70's theme. Also small sausage rolls.

The c&p on a stick/hedgehog does take some cutting and cocktail-sticking time though, I did it once and was surprised how long it took!

[TyneTeas]

Cracking thread about blancmange recently

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3551358-When-did-you-last-blancmange?pg=1&order=

[MooseBeTimeForSnow]

Arctic Roll
Vienetta
Ice Magic (I’m sure I read recently that you can still get this)

[Mrsjayy]

Mounds of sausage rolls i remember lots of sausage rolls At parties, don't get rubbish booze it will spoil it maybe a snowball but Blue nun is so sharp it cuts your face in 2

[elephantoverthehill]

Sugar or 100s and 1000s sprinkled on buttered sliced bread triangles, mini rolls and a good staunch fruit cake.

[Chocmallows]

A bowl of sweet and a bowl of sour onions on cocktail sticks.

Paper umbrellas in drinks, sugar around rims.

[Mrsjayy]

Tinned salmon sandwiches were a big thing at our new year parties no mayo though mixed with some salad cream or butter