Remember when Mom made yummy dips and spreads as appetizers when having a party? Here are a few retrieved from an old recipe box from 1976. These quick and easy recipes for snacks and appetizers will delight family and friends.
Take the stress out of entertaining with inexpensive, and easy to prepare, make-ahead appetizers that everyone will enjoy. The Hot Appetizer Pie is an especially substantial appetizer that is good for a hungry group and a perfect appetizer to carry to someone else's party.
Crab Spread Appetizer
An easy and tasty spread for crackers for the party table was a staple for many occasions including the Super Bowl. A hearty multi-grain, wheat or rye cracker is recommended for this easy to prepare appetizer.
Ingredients
- 12 oz package cream cheese
- 2 T Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 T mayonnaises
- 2 T grated onion
- 6 oz crab meat
- 6 oz chili sauce
- Parsley flakes
Directions
- Soften cream cheese
- Add Worcestershire sauce, mayonnaise, grated onion
- Gently blend ingredients together
- Mix ½ crab meat into mixture
- Shape into ball, log or square on serving dish
- Pour chili sauce over top
- Sprinkle remaining crab meat over top
- Sprinkle with parsley for decoration
Hot Appetizer Pie
This yummy make-ahead appetizer is good hot or at room temperature. Family and friends will be hovering around this delicious appetizer from the 1973 edition of Three Rivers Cookbook published by the Child Health Association of Sewickley, Inc. This holiday recipe can be made ahead and refrigerated, then popped in the oven just before the party.
Ingredients
- 8 oz package cream cheese
- 2 T milk
- 2.5 oz jar dried beef, cut fine
- 2 T finely chopped green pepper
- 2 T finely chopped onion
- ½ t crushed black pepper
- ½ C sour cream
- ¼ C chopped walnuts
Directions
- Soften cream cheese and blend with milk
- Add all other ingredients except nuts
- Pat mixture into 8” Pyrex pie plate
- Sprinkle walnuts over top
- Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes
- Place pie plate on a colorful platter and serve with crackers
Oriental Vegetable Party Dip
A simple and tangy dip to serve with a vegetable platter. Use colorful vegetables cut in bite-size pieces to satisfy all the veggie lovers.
Ingredients
- 1 C mayonnaise
- 4 t soy sauce
- 1 t ground ginger
- 1 T grated onion
- 1 t vinegar
- 2 T or less of milk (depending on consistency of dip)
Directions
- Mix first 5 ingredients together
- Stir in milk for the right consistency for dipping
Some good dipping vegetables:
- Broccoli
- Carrot sticks
- Celery sticks
- Sweet pepper strips
Enjoy the Super Bowl Football Game with Family and Friends
Invite friends to a house party, and have fun with appetizers and snacks that are straight out of the 1970s. Get out the Simon & Garfunkel albums, play a game of charades and have a blast at your party.
Add a crockpot of hearty soup or chili and hot sausage sandwiches to the party menu as an easy and inexpensive way to compliment the appetizers and to satisfy a hungry crowd.
Barbara Shema - Barbara Shema is a freelance writer and artist from the USA currently living in Europe to teach English as a foreign language.
