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

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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>.

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