Seventies dinner party - ideas needed!

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We are having cheesy footballs first to nibble, then prawn cocktail for a starter, pavlova and black forest gateaux for dessert.......but I am stuck on the main course.

Anyone got any ideas??

Babycham = excellent. Or Snowballs? Tried Campari and soda last week for first time (inspired by ks) - tasted like battery acid.

Beef bourginion will slowcook though, won't it (?never done it myself) so should be nice and tender anyway.

But my vote is still for TWO fondues - none more 70s...

Prawn cocktail, oh, you're doing that! Spag bol? Oh, cam said that! Coq au vin will be revolting won't it? Ewww! Sounds fun, let us know what you have. If I was at my mum's I could look in her 70s Cordon Bleu cookbooks, they're marvellous period pieces!

Coq au vin's gorgeous! Or do Nigel Slater's coq au reisling. In fact, you must serve German wine.

Oh yes, wine in raffia bottles! Mateus Rose!

Scary number of dishes that I cook regularly

My choices would be:

Prawn Cocktail
Steak Diane (might be a bit expensive though)
Black Forest Gateau.

Wine is tricky as 70s popular wines are boak. Raffia bottles are a good idea though, so that would make you think of Rioja or Chianti.

Oooh, now steak diane brings back memories of working as a waitress when I was 18 and steak diane being flambeed at the table. Class.

I make Beef Bourginogne quite often (well, 2 or 3 times a year). I just use cheap stewing beef and cook it for 2 - 3 hours. It's easy-peasy. Substitute chicken for beef and you have coq au vin, but it doesn't need to cook for as long.

Oh, now you've said flambe what about crepe Suzette?

I love steak diane - haven't had it for years though - too expensive to buy fillet steak for the kids. When I was a WM and DS was

Gammon and pineapple!

G & P, we had that last week!

havent read all this thread but you have to have an orange cut in half with cokctail sticks stuck in the back like a hedgehog with pineapple, cheese and sausage on.....

Scampi & chips in a basket!

Have to have candles in raffia bottles too - so you may have to drink some beforehand.

Can you have a power cut halfway through?

Hope you've got G-Plan furniture and bean bags