Is Black Forest Cake/Gateau...

monster · 10-01-2009, 02:59 PM

....a cake that screams 1970s? If not, what is? My friend who has decided to make her entire house/life 1970s is coming for lunch on Weds and it's her birthday.....

dar512 · 10-01-2009, 03:01 PM

Red Velvet? Seems like rainbow cake was popular then, too.

monster · 10-01-2009, 03:05 PM

I don't think red velvet cake made it to the UK. it seems popular here right now. What is rainbow cake?

limey · 10-01-2009, 03:07 PM

Definitely a UK 1970s sophisticated dine-out at a Berni Inn experience!

Sundae · 10-01-2009, 03:16 PM

I've posted before about a restaurant called The Dolphin in Leyton, which was like a perfectly preserved 70's restaurant. I went there with a South African friend, so he didn't get my sheer joy (prawn cocktail! Mattheus Rose! sweet trolley!) but he certainly enjoyed the food.

If you can get patterned carpet, you're well in.
If not, make creamed mushrooms with special mushrooms. You'll see patterns everywhere.

ETA
My 70s menu:

Prawn cocktail
no need to use English prawns (ie shrimps) but use shredded lettuce and Marie Rose Sauce made from salad cream & ketchup decorated with cayenne pepper
OR
sliced melon decorated with cayenne pepper

Ideally roast
Ideally pork or beef. Yorkshires must always be served.
Also acceptable - chicken kiev, steak & kidney pie, chops
Please note the above are only acceptable if guests turn up unexpectedly. Roasts should always be available.

Sweets
As mentioned above.
Black Forest Gateau. Offer with cream. Because it's not sweet enough.
Sherry Trifle. Should have enough alcohol content to render the guest unfit to drive without recourse to any liquers.
Fruit Trifle - tinned fruit where the only identifiable items are grapes and cherries, and neither taste as such.

Served with - Matteus Rose, Hock or Blue Nun.

Pie · 10-01-2009, 03:45 PM

My memory of the food of the 1970s mostly consists of mixed frozen vegetables. :shudder:

Cloud · 10-01-2009, 04:00 PM

german chocolate cake?

dar512 · 10-01-2009, 04:22 PM

Rainbow cake. There's another kind of rainbow cake, but it's a newcomer.

Pico and ME · 10-01-2009, 06:07 PM

Ambrosia Salad

monster · 10-01-2009, 06:08 PM

Thanks, Dar.

What about german chocolate cake, cloud?

sg, that's great but I'm only doing cake 70s style. the rest will be whatever i can throw together from the fridge/freezer in the hour I have after skating class

(Likely to be extrememly loaded baked potatos Brit-style). There are four of us usually. This week it was lentil and barley soup followed by apple crisp. Week before was chicken pizza made on the grill outside followed by Brownies, before that chicken salad (Brit translation: chicken mayo and grapes and some other stuff) and accompaniments followed by cupcakes.

monster · 10-01-2009, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Ambrosia Salad

As far as I can tell that's still all the rage....timeless if you will..... plus, how the hell am iIsupposed to stick birthday candles in that?

Also I'd probably barf trying to make it (not that anyone would be able to tell if I stirred it in well enough....)

Pico and ME · 10-01-2009, 08:36 PM

Aw shoot, just saying it could be extra...I love the stuff.

monster · 10-01-2009, 10:10 PM

with or without monster barf? :p

Clodfobble · 10-02-2009, 12:00 AM

7-Up cake.

DanaC · 10-02-2009, 05:22 AM

By rights there should be advocaat.

10-01-2009, 02:59 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Is Black Forest Cake/Gateau... ....a cake that screams 1970s? If not, what is? My friend who has decided to make her entire house/life 1970s is coming for lunch on Weds and it's her birthday..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2009, 03:01 PM	#2
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Red Velvet? Seems like rainbow cake was popular then, too. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-01-2009, 03:05 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I don't think red velvet cake made it to the UK. it seems popular here right now. What is rainbow cake? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2009, 03:07 PM	#4
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Definitely a UK 1970s sophisticated dine-out at a Berni Inn experience! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-01-2009, 03:16 PM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've posted before about a restaurant called The Dolphin in Leyton, which was like a perfectly preserved 70's restaurant. I went there with a South African friend, so he didn't get my sheer joy (prawn cocktail! Mattheus Rose! sweet trolley!) but he certainly enjoyed the food. If you can get patterned carpet, you're well in. If not, make creamed mushrooms with special mushrooms. You'll see patterns *everywhere. ETA My 70s menu: Prawn cocktail no need to use English prawns (ie shrimps) but use shredded lettuce and Marie Rose Sauce made from salad cream & ketchup decorated with cayenne pepper OR sliced melon decorated with cayenne pepper Ideally roast Ideally pork or beef. Yorkshires must always be served. Also acceptable - chicken kiev, steak & kidney pie, chops Please note the above are only acceptable if guests turn up unexpectedly. Roasts should always* be available. Sweets As mentioned above. Black Forest Gateau. Offer with cream. Because it's not sweet enough. Sherry Trifle. Should have enough alcohol content to render the guest unfit to drive without recourse to any liquers. Fruit Trifle - tinned fruit where the only identifiable items are grapes and cherries, and neither taste as such. Served with - Matteus Rose, Hock or Blue Nun. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-01-2009, 03:45 PM	#6
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	My memory of the food of the 1970s mostly consists of mixed frozen vegetables. :shudder: __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-01-2009, 04:00 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	german chocolate cake? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-01-2009, 04:22 PM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Rainbow cake. There's another kind of rainbow cake, but it's a newcomer. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-01-2009, 06:07 PM	#9
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Ambrosia Salad

10-01-2009, 06:08 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks, Dar. What about german chocolate cake, cloud? sg, that's great but I'm only doing cake 70s style. the rest will be whatever i can throw together from the fridge/freezer in the hour I have after skating class (Likely to be extrememly loaded baked potatos Brit-style). There are four of us usually. This week it was lentil and barley soup followed by apple crisp. Week before was chicken pizza made on the grill outside followed by Brownies, before that chicken salad (Brit translation: chicken mayo and grapes and some other stuff) and accompaniments followed by cupcakes. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2009, 08:36 PM	#12
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Aw shoot, just saying it could be extra...I love the stuff.

10-01-2009, 10:10 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	with or without monster barf? :p __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2009, 12:00 AM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	7-Up cake. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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