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1980s meal ideas...

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dcb · 29/03/2007 20:13

we're arranging a "1980s" style dinner to celebrate this year's eurovision with friends. so far we've decided on dessert - a choice of black forest gateaux and arctic roll. ideas for starter and main - breaded garlic mushrooms and chicken kiev - although fairly similar. can't serve seafood so prawn cocktail is out. any iideas gratefully received. also alcoholic drinks - no blue nun or liebfraumilch please.......

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southeastastra · 29/03/2007 20:14

my mum loved cooking chicken chasseur in the 80s!

rowan1971 · 29/03/2007 20:15

Avocado vinaigrette.

AnnabelCaramel · 29/03/2007 20:15

What you've suggested is 70s rather than 80s - 80s was all poncey little things with kiwi fruit!

tribpot · 29/03/2007 20:16

Wasn't chilled red wine popular in the 80s for a while? I was a bit young for that sort of thing!

harpsichordcarrier · 29/03/2007 20:17

Avocado, all fanned out

Califrau · 29/03/2007 20:18

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dcb · 29/03/2007 20:18

ok so maybe late 70s early 80s - but you get the picture.........

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harpsichordcarrier · 29/03/2007 20:18

and star fruit
and one kumquat, that you were never sure was garnish, or part of the meal

BettySpaghetti · 29/03/2007 20:18

Bottles of Sol with a chunk of lime in the top?
Bottles of Hooch?
Shit Australian lagers like Castlemaine?

harpsichordcarrier · 29/03/2007 20:19

Grolsch
Oranjeboom
Asti

BettySpaghetti · 29/03/2007 20:20

Just realised all of my suggestions were alcoholic ones, no food .

In my defence it was the decade I could drink legally and went to uni.

tribpot · 29/03/2007 20:20

Delia does a fab Beef Bourguignon which she says was popular in the 70s, when people went to bistros. It is tops, totally recommended.

harpsichordcarrier · 29/03/2007 20:23

moussaka. everyone ate moussaka. iirc

harpsichordcarrier · 29/03/2007 20:23
JanH · 29/03/2007 20:24

Irish coffee, in those special glasses with handles!

Whizzz · 29/03/2007 20:25

Nouvelle cuisine....little bits of not very much arranged artistically

harpsichordcarrier · 29/03/2007 20:25

aha! yes, you had to pour the cream on the top over the back of a spoon
I had forgotten that.
and Elizabeth Shaw mints

JanH · 29/03/2007 20:26

Chicken or scampi in a basket?

southeastastra · 29/03/2007 20:27

i could drink an irish coffee now yum

Califrau · 29/03/2007 22:28

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Dottydot · 29/03/2007 22:29

Crispy Findus pancakes with Babycham??!

fireflyfairy2 · 29/03/2007 22:39

A tin of meatballs, tipped up onto a bed of Smash from a tin

Boiled potatoes with a tin of chicken soup poured over them!!

Or was that just Ireland in the 80's?

QueenofTwee · 29/03/2007 22:41

Sapporo

black russians and tequila parties (Uni)

Mexican food from 'Break for the Border' in Soho

willywonkasEgghunt · 29/03/2007 22:41

Lambrusco wine in all its glorious shades, is just like fizzy pop. Pot Noodle appetiser anyone...

QueenofTwee · 29/03/2007 22:41

profiteroles