What can you do at a 1920s party?

What can you do at a 1920s party?

For hors d'oeuvres, set out celery sticks, breadsticks, olives, radishes, salted nuts, caviar, deviled eggs or shrimp cocktail. For starters, go with fruit cups, Caesar salad, Waldorf salad or — and this is where it might get a little weird — salmon loaf or sardines in aspic (basically tomato Jell-O).

What desserts were popular in the 1920s?

There are plenty of other popular 1920s snacks that we recognize today. These include Baby Ruth Candy Bars, Wonder Bread, Hostess Cakes, Velveeta Cheese, and Popsicles. Modern Pioneer Mom explains that processed foods were gaining popularity because of all the new food production methods brought on by World War I.

What food did they eat in the 1920’s?

Breakfast Cream toast and fruit, prairie chicken stewed, fried potatoes sliced tomatoes, coffee. Dinner Roast beef, potaotes, green corn, egg plant, succotash, watermelon, cake, cheese, wafers, and coffee. Supper Cold sliced beef, French potatoes baked apples, cake and tea.

How do you throw a 1920s party?

Beyond that, there are a few instances of characters having whiskey and other intoxicating beverages, but the only concoction mentioned by name is the Gin Rickey. The simple mixture of gin, lime juice and club soda is fixed by Tom Buchanan at a lunch he hosts for Gatsby and Nick Carraway.

What did they eat in the 1920s UK?

Typical meals included steak and kidney pie or suet pudding with potatoes, peas or cabbage. On a Sunday, there would be roast lamb or beef and yorkshire pudding. In homes that could afford it, a dessert or 'afters' was eaten after the main course – apple pie or jam sponge pudding and custard are typical examples.