Vintage Cocktail Drink Recipes for the Cocktail Hour Once you start you can't stop, the best in vintage cocktails from the 1940's

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Along with tasty Hors D' Oeuvres and swinging Night Clubs,  came the cocktail. So darken your smoke filled  rooms, open the bottles, shake the ice, put on some Cuban mood music, and let your swinging cocktail party begin.   The cocktail era from 40's, 50's and 60's.. Unlike then, now you may not drive while drinking or else, you'll take little ride "up the river"!  Taxi please........... Served below are the best cocktail mixers and Hor d'Oeuvres for your Bridge Party to please every palate.  These tasty cocktails will work well for any vintage festive occasion celebrating the 1940's, 50's, and 60's

While we are still standing, let The Vintage Chicks bring you...........We were sober in Kanas City. COCKTAIL'S FROM THE 1940'S, 50's, and 60's!

You can't have a proper cocktail party without the Hors D'Oeuvres First the colorful, tasty foods on tiny, crunchy foundations, make the canape assortment.  It takes ingenuity and an eye for color to make up a set of smart canapes.  Add to the tray or platter, a few pickles, stuffed olives, bits of welll seasoned vegetables, some wrapped in bacon and grilled, some vegetables or fish tucked in a cornucopia of cheese, and you will have a plate of Hors d'Oeuvres that will make the Cocktail Hour truly enjoyable.  We know you will enjoy the following canapes.

Canapes from the past!

Roquefort Olives Hollidaysburg, Pa Recipe 20 to 24 large stuffed olives 1 jar Roquefort cheese spread 1 cup chopped walnuts 1/4 teaspoons salt Morning of party. Drain Olives.  Dry well or paper towel.   Turn cheese into bowl, roll olives in cheese, use knife to coat well.  Drop olives into nuts, mixed with salt.  Coat all sides well.  Whip out shape into round balls.  Chill until party time. Guacamole Spread Hollidaysburg, Pa Recipe 1 large ripe avocado 1 tsp Worcestershire 1 tsp. lime or lemon juice 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. finely grated onion 1/2 tsp. garlic salt 1/8 tsp cayenne Morning of party. Cut avocado in 1/2, remove seed, pare.  Sprinkle immediately with lime juice. Mash well.  Add rest of ingredients.  Mix well.  Refrigerate covered.  Party time.  Arrange in small bowl, surrounded with Melba Toast, have butter spreaders ready. Serves 6

Two bread rounds with caviar spread over entire surface and a mound of savory egg yolk in the center, topped with a bit of green pepper.

Two bread rounds with caviar spread over entire surface and a mound of savory egg yolk in the center, topped with a bit of green pepper.

Two oblong slices of bread with a strip of cream cheese, a strip of pimento and an anchovy fillet placed side by side.

Two round crisp crackers, toasted and spread with cream cheese and decorated with caviar and hard cooked egg slices, laid overlapping.  A stip of pickle over the center.

Two oblong slices of whole wheat bread spread with mayonnaise on which is placed a slice of Swiss cheese, on this arrange a stuffed olive slice in the center, and a little mound of anchovy paste on either side of the olive.

BACONETTE --  Spread slices of uncooked bacon with peanut butter, Roll tight, fastening with toothpick.  Toast under broiler flame until bacon is done.  Serve by sticking toothpicks around larger apple.

Two bread rounds toasted on one side and topped with crumbled egg yolks on one half, caviar on the other, and a strip of pimento down the center.

Two oblong crackers spread with liver sausage mixed with mayonnaise, garnished with sliced stuffed olives and tiny pickled onions.

Two potato chips with grated carrot on one half, an anchovy on the other, cream cheese down the center

Vintge Cocktail Drink Mixer's  from the 1960's

Alexander Cocktail 1 pony Creme De Cacao 1 pony Distilled Dry Gin 1 pony Sweet Cream Shake well with crushed ice, strain into No 9 or 10 glass

Old Fashioned Cocktail Prepare and serve in Glass No. 5 1 lump cube sugar 1 or 2 dashes Cocktail Bitters 1 dash seltzer Muddle sugar until dissolved 1 jogger Rye, Bourbon or Scotch Whiskey Cube of ice Garnish with twist of lemon peel, 1 slice of orange, 1 maraschino cherry. Serve with highball spoon.

After Dinner Cocktail 1 jigger Apricot Flavored Brandy 1 jigger Triple Sec Orano Juice of 1/2 lime Garnish with 1/2 preserved apricot Shake well, strain into glass No. 9 or 10

Angel's Tip Cocktail Use any of the following liqueurs: Creme De Cacao DuBouchett Curacao Benai Liqueur Apricot Liqueur Float cream on top.  Use liqueur glass No. 11.  Put a toothpick through cherry, Place across top of liqueur glass.

Coffee Cocktail Place 3 or 4 cubes of ice in mixing glass. Yolk of 1 egg 1 dash Coffee Drip Liqueur 1 jigger Port Wine 1 pony J. Bavet Brandy 1 barspoon sugar Shake rigorously, strain and serve in a 4 oz. cocktail glass.  Dash of grated nutmeg over drink.

Singapore Sling Prepare and serve in 10 oz glass Fill 1/2 full shaved ice.  Place sliced red and green cherries alternately around inside of blass. Add juice of 1/2 lime or 1/4 lemon 1 jigger Distilled Dry Gin Fill balance of glass with shaved ice. Add 1/2 jigger Cherry Liqueur Add dash of Benai Liqueur Garnich with slice of Torange, Cherry, and peel of cubumber Serve with straws.  Do not stir, or shake.

Big Apple Cocktail Preparation of Apple--Slice off tip--leave stem on and cut small opening on side of top slice of apple to insert small straws--scrape inside of apple leaving 1/4 inch of edge--place apple into sherbet or wine glass.  Decorate with spray of leaves and serve with straws--use following recipe: Place 3 or 4 cakes ice in bar glass Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 bar spoon sugar 1 jugger Slow Gin Shake well--strain and pour ingredients inside apple--place top slice apple over drink and serve. You may also serve the BIG APPLE COCKTAIL with a fruit cocktail inside over which you may pour the above cocktail in which case reduse proportion of ingredient.

Tom and Jerry Use a large bowl.  Take the whites of 6 eggs and beat to a stiff froth.  Add 2 bar spoons of powdered sugar for each egg.  Beat the yalks separately.  Stir will together and beat to a stiff batter.  Add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda.  Stir frequently so that eggs will not separate or settle. To serve, put one tablespoon of batter into Tom and Jerry mug. Add one pony of Queen of Jamaica Imported Rum and one pony J. Bavet Brandy.  Fill up with boiling water or with hot milk if preferred.  Grate nutmeg on top.  Serve with spoon. Drops of vanilla extract, or a little all-spice, may be added to the batter to suit individual taste.

Stinger Fill shaker 1/3 full shaved ice 1 jigger Brandy 1 jigger Creme De Menthe, White Shke well. Serve in No. 9 or 10 glass

Rainbow Liqueur Tray A delightful surprise created for your dinner party. On a silver tray place a given number of liqueur glasses.  Into each glass pour a different color cordial as green creme de menthe, yellow charnette, creme de cocoa, sloe gin, apricot brandy, triple secorano, benai and brandy. Each guest will select his or her favorite color.  The above tray may also be carried out for birthday parties by serving the ordials to match the birthstone color.

Highballs............. can be made with any of the following Sloe Gin Bourbon Brandy Creme de Menthe Furit Liqueurs Gin Rum Rye Whiskey Scotch Whiskey (Over seas brands) All of the above highballs are made and served as follows: To 1 cube of ice, add 1 jigger of liqueur desired, fill up with carbonated water or gingerale.  Serve with small barspoon in glass and a piece of lemon peel if desired.  Use highball glass No. 2

Party Punches...........

Brandy Punch 2 teaspoons Melange Picard 1 jigger Brandy 1 pony Queen of Jamaica Imported Rum Juice of 1/2 lemon Fill bar glass with shaved ice.  Shake well. Serve in glass No. 1 or 4, decorate with slice of orange, pineapple and berries in season.  Serve with soda straws.

Melange Picard Punch For party's of 20 use large punch bowl.  Pour 1 bottle Melange Picard into 1 gallon water.  Add 1 quart Distilled Dry Gin--Juice of 3 lemon--1 can crushed pineapple.  Stir will, place a 6-inch square piece of  ice in bowl and decorate with sliced oranges and Maraschino Cherries.  Serve in 3 or 4 oz. glasses.

Curacao Punch For Juice of 1/4 lemon--1/2 barspoon sugar 1 jigger Curacao 1 pony Brandy Shake, strain into glass No. 1 or 4 filled with fine ice.  Dress with fruit.

Starving for a little of mom's home cooking?  See our collection of vintage recipes gathered together from old tin recipe boxes, stove tops, and even ice boxes.  Anywhere an old recipe would hide, we have looked, now you can do the same.  Go where moms still make homemade meals.

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