70s Theme Party: Retro Food Recipes (2024)

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Just when you thought you could donate your disco albums to your local charity, the '70s scene has returned.

70s Theme Party: Retro Food Recipes (5)

Just when you thought you could donate your disco albums to your local charity, the '70s scene has returned. Whether you're planning a high school graduation party, family get-together, bridal shower or even a birthday party, a retro review of the '70s is the hot ticket. This fun spread allows the host or hostess to mingle or even disco with guests.

Show Your '70s Mugs

When sending your party invitations, ask people to send you a copy of a photo of themselves taken during the '70s. You can use these photos as name tags or to display for fun conversation. If some of your guests weren't born until the 1980s, ask them to send a copy of a photo of a character from a '70s television show or movie (such as Marcia Brady or Vinnie Barbarino). These photos are a great icebreaker!

Test Your '70s Savvy

Your guests will have fun with this party game: Create your own '70s quiz. Collect trivia from news, music, year-you-were-born birthday cards and local happenings during the decade to create a '70s quiz. You may even give the winner a prize, perhaps a tape or CD with a collection of '70s music or a lava lamp!

Here are a few trivia questions to get you started:

  • Name the presidents who held terms in the 1970s.
  • In the television show The Brady Bunch, what was Mr. Brady's first name?
  • Name the two reporters who blew the cover off of Watergate.

"Right-On" Fashion

Look around at your local department or discount store. With the '70s decor back in vogue, you can easily find lava lamps, brightly colored napkins and even '70s music to give your party that unique '70s feel. Some party-supply stores even have paper or plastic disco balls—this is a party you can really have fun decorating. And your guests may even want to wear the current retro fashions or dig into storage for that favorite pair of bell-bottom pants they've been saving.

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70s Theme Party: Retro Food Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What food to serve at a disco party? ›

1 1970s Party Food
  • Cheese balls = disco balls.
  • Devilled eggs = Dig It Devils.
  • Hip Hot Dogs.
  • Peace Potatoes.
  • Boogie Bites.
  • Jive Turkey Sarnies.
  • Peace, Love and Pasta.
  • Funky Fries.

What is 70s buffet food? ›

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'.

What food was at the 70s pool party? ›

Jell-O, rumaki, avocado pie, fondue, deviled eggs, and tequila sunrises took center stage of the culinary scene in the '60s and '70s. Although some of these items have faded away in popularity, others have endured the test of time and been updated to appeal to current-day tastes.

What was 70s hippie food? ›

The cuisine that the counterculture took to in the late 1960s, and then helped introduce to the mainstream in the 1970s, embraced whole grains and legumes; organic, fresh vegetables; soy foods like tofu and tempeh; nutrition-boosters like wheat germ and sprouted grains; and flavors from Eastern European, Asian, and ...

What are the 4 food groups in the 1970s? ›

Popularly known as the “Basic Four,” the guide recommended a minimum number of foods from each of four food groups—milk, meat, fruits and vegetables, and grain prod- ucts (Page and Phipard, 1956). This food guide, with its focus on getting enough nutrients, was widely used for the next two decades.

How to throw a 70's themed birthday party? ›

Include a disco ball and dancing queen balloon decor, plus a tie-dye lava lamp or two. Get creative with any decorations that have bright colors, big daisies, peace signs, Volkswagen bugs, and hearts. It's all about the love, man.

How do you throw a 70s dinner party? ›

Serve snacks with '70s style
  1. Barbecue meatballs.
  2. Pigs-in-a-blanket.
  3. Cheese fondue.
  4. Ambrosia fruit salad.
  5. A cheeseball and crackers.
  6. Deviled eggs.
  7. Pineapple skewers.
  8. Cucumber sandwiches.
Mar 10, 2024

How do you host a 70s disco party? ›

Groovy baby!
  1. Step One: Put Together a Funky 70s Playlist. The simplest way to bring the era to your event is with a groovy 70s playlist, including the most iconic hits of the decade. ...
  2. Step Two: Dress to Impress, 70s Style. ...
  3. Step Three: Give Your Venue a 70s Makeover. ...
  4. Step Four: Serve Up Some Retro Delights.
Jul 25, 2023

What food was invented in the 1970s? ›

1970: Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn is introduced. Agronomist Redenbacher has found a yellow corn that expands nearly twice as much as other brands. In five years, it will be the country's largest-selling brand. 1970: Hamburger Helper is introduced.

What was one of the most popular hors d'oeuvres to grace holiday parties of 1970? ›

The cheese ball is the ultimate '70s party appetizer — and this classic chive and green olive cheese ball is sure to be a hit. Just roll that bad boy into a ball and serve it with crackers, it's really that simple.

What was breakfast in the 70s? ›

Most mothers had “nights”. Breakfast: Spring/ Summer Cereal with milk, orange juice, toast with butter, jam. Winter/Autumn Hot cereal, milk, orange juice, toast. Although weekends could bring pancakes, french toast, sausages, bacon, eggs, omelets.

How do you have a 70s party? ›

  1. Go for Glitz With Disco Decor. Bring back the glitz and glam of the 70s disco with your party decorations. ...
  2. Give Guests the Grooviest Details. ...
  3. Don't Forget the Tie-Dye. ...
  4. Show Them Your Rock & Roll Side. ...
  5. Get Guests to Break Out Their Skates. ...
  6. Set Up a Tie-Dye Station. ...
  7. Give Guests a Dance Floor. ...
  8. Don't Forget the Hippies.
Jan 18, 2023

What food to serve at a 60s party? ›

The Most Popular Recipes of the 1960s
  • 01 of 23. Tunnel of Fudge Cake II. View Recipe. ...
  • 02 of 23. Swedish Meatballs I. View Recipe. ...
  • 03 of 23. Sidecar. View Recipe. ...
  • 04 of 23. Wedge Salad with Elegant Blue Cheese Dressing. ...
  • 05 of 23. Beef Wellington. ...
  • 06 of 23. Cheese Straws. ...
  • 07 of 23. Porcupine Meatballs II. ...
  • 08 of 23. Sazerac co*cktail.
Mar 10, 2021

What fast food was popular in the 1970s? ›

The first Wendy's opened in 1969 and dominated fast food into the 1970s. It was unique thanks to its square hamburger patties and the introduction of a salad bar in 1979. The famous Frosty was one of the original items on the menu in 1969, and is still one of Wendy's best-selling products today.

What was the most popular food in 1975? ›

1975: Pasta Primavera

People were really into creamy pasta in the '70s, when fettucine alfredo and spaghetti carbonara supplanted red sauce dishes that were no longer cool.

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