How to Create a 1930s Dinner Party Menu

How to Create a 1930s Dinner Party Menu
Popular 1930s Dinner Party Foods
If you have a fondue pot in your cupboard or a pasta maker gathering dust in your garage, you know firsthand that food prep is vulnerable to the whims of fashion. We may be getting our recipes off the Internet these days, but in wanting to try the newest gadget or cooking process,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we aren't that different from our grandmothers. Today it may be goat cheese and marinated figs, but whatever the latest food fad happens to be,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in a couple of decades it will become a culinary footnote in the cultural summary of the times. To get a good take on 1930s party foods, you have to explore the trends. They may seem tame today, but back then, they were ohso chichi. Think of them as the food superstars that could make or break a host's reputation:
Devil it Think deviled eggs, deviled ham (or ham salad) and deviled chicken,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and you've got the general idea. Grind it up, mix it with mayo and serve it on a cracker or piped into the hollow of a hard cooked egg and you have elegant finger food. You had to have an ice box or refrigerator to make a gelatin mold,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which made it a dish that required modern technology. Gelatin molds also sported ritzy ingredients like mayonnaise,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], nuts and tropical or seasonal fruits. Our CranberryApple Gelatin Salad is a good representative example. If you were really on the cutting edge of food fashion, you might have served aspic a savory gelatin mold using ingredients like tomato juice,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cream, salmon, crab or minced chicken. The shape was considered unique, and it could be achieved using a simple mold and inexpensive ingredients. In the 1930s,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], gelatin molds and aspics were often ring shaped and served with assorted vegetables in the open center. Rings were also made out of rice and even pasta. Recipes like tomatoes stuffed with chicken salad, bell peppers stuffed with ground beef and mushrooms stuffed with bacon and breadcrumbs were popular. We've got the perfect stuffed tomato dish to show you how it's done. Lamb loaf, veal loaf and salmon loaf were all considered party food. Including ingredients like lobster, squab, oysters, tongue, crab, fruit punch, prunes, peaches, pineapple,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], honeydew melon and orange marmalade in the menu helped gentrify the meal and add that touch of elegant refinement that was so important. A 1930s dinner party menu would probably also have included dishes that mirrored what Hollywood considered sophisticated European taste with items like scones,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], crumpets, cucumber or watercress sandwiches, salmon croquettes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], trifles, tortes and meringues. A smart hostess could also show her sophistication by serving big city menu items like Waldorf salad or curried lamb.
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