Recipes for a successful party: '60s California Dip & international variations - Click Americana (2024)

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What was a popular meal in the 60s? ›

Dinner: American palates became more sophisticated thanks to Julia Child, but many 60's meals were still dominated by convenience foods like this terrifying olive,celery and cheese jello salad. Buffet dinners of beef stroganoff, green beans amandine and flaming cherries jubilee were popular.

Chicken and dumplings, pot roast, casseroles, fried chicken and biscuits were just a few of readers' favorite dishes that are as popular now as they were in 1963, but few of us are killing the chickens we eat.

Alongside sugar, the use of artificial additives in food became a hot topic. The 1960s had seen a surge in the use of synthetic ingredients in processed foods, ranging from colorings to preservatives. However, landmark studies and reports began to question the safety of these additives.

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 ...

Pringles, Pop-Tarts, Doritos, Starburst, Chips Ahoy!, Gatorade, Sprite, and Ruffles all debuted during the decade, and fast food came into its own with McDonald's.

Tang was an extremely popular drink during this decade, and Ocean Spray beverages also emerged in this decade. Spaghetti-Os, Gatorade, Diet Pepsi, Doritos, Taster's Choice, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Campbell's Chunky Soups and Pringles.

From Waffles to Cronuts. And during that World's Fair, the most influential item of the year: the Belgian waffle. “It was a tidal wave," says Bill Cotter, author of *The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair: Creation and Legacy, "*and everybody had to have a waffle stand by 1965.” Sound familiar? Ah yes, the cronut craze.

In 1962, Pepperidge Farm founder, Margaret Rudkin, launched Goldfish crackers in the United States, and they've been filling the hearts and bellies of kids and adults ever since.

Surprisingly, weight-loss diets in the 1950s and 1960s were not too dissimilar from today's diets. In the 1950s the focus was on minimising carbohydrates, and in the 1960s it was on low-fat, low-calorie meals.

New processed foods sold during the decade included Coffee Rich, Cremora and Coffee-Mate, Green Giant frozen foods, Pet Ritz Pie crusts, Wundra Instant Flour, Maxim and Taster's Choice instant coffee, Carnation Instant Breakfast drink, Baco's, Chunky soup, Shake 'n Bake, Spaghetti O's and the first frozen bread dough.

What was the fad diet in the 1960s? ›

Grapefruit diet. This one has been popular on and off since the 1940's, but saw a resurgence in the late 1960's. Basically, you eat grapefruit, black coffee, and small amounts of salad and lean meat. It was very calorie and nutrient deficient, and was suggested for anywhere between 7-21 days.

For a one hour party, typically 4 – 5 bites per person would be appropriate. For a two hour party, because people will eat more the first hour than the second, you'll still need the 4-5 bites and also about 2-3 more per person for the second hour so a total of 6-8 bites per person.