90s PARTY FOOD IDEAS 😋 3 Ingredient Appetizer Recipes!

If you're looking for holiday appetizer ideas, you've come to the right place. Today I'm sharing my favorite 3 ingredient appetizer recipes from the 90s! These are the very special foods we always had at holiday gatherings and potlucks when I was a kid. 90s party food ideas aplenty!
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PICKLE ROLLS
1 - 8oz block of cream cheese, softened
6 to 8 slices of thin deli ham (rectangular shaped works best!)
6 to 8 whole dill pickles
Drain pickles on paper towels. Blot moisture from ham slices with paper towels. Spread each ham slice with cream cheese, reach almost all the way to the edges. Place pickle on short end of ham slice. Roll and chill. Slice when ready to eat. You should be able to get 5 or 6 slices out of each roll.
RUMAKI
1/2lb bacon
1 - 8oz can whole water chestnuts, drained
1/4c of your favorite bbq sauce
Preheat oven to 375. Cut each slice of bacon into thirds. Wrap each smaller slice of bacon around a whole water chestnut and spear with a toothpick. Place on baking sheet and brush each appetizer with bbq sauce. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, brushing with additional sauce halfway through.
BUGLE DIP
1/4c port wine cheese spread
1/2c sour cream
1/4tsp paprika
pinch of onion powder (optional)
Bugles (for serving)
Mix port wine cheese spread, sour cream and paprika until well combined. Serve dip with Bugles or corn chips.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:05 Pickle Rolls
6:55 Rumaki
12:21 Bugle Dip
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[@cooking_the_books]

Have you tried any of these recipes? Let me know in the comments! ❤

[@ski-yq9ur]

I love the Rumaki. My father made it in the 70's and used half chicken liver and water chestnut in each one. The sauce was Teriyaki, not BBQ. Also, the Bugle dip looks great.

[@Patricia-lg8vg]

our family has made the pickles with budding corned beef around the pickle and cream cheese. 🙂

[@user-kh9jv8cx3l]

Yes, I have made the ham, pickles, cream cheese apps for years. And the rumaki with the chicken lovers. YUMMY!!!!

[@user-kh9jv8cx3l]

Correction: Chicken LIVERS?!

[@TimetravelingArchaeologist]

I make the bacon wrapped water chestnuts, but I do mine with a blend of Heinz chili sauce, brown sugar, and a little bit of mayo. They are absolutely delicious. I bake them unsauced until they are mostly rendered before I add sauce, bake a bit longer, sauce again, and then finish off. This minimized the burning of any sugared sauce mixture and allows the bacon to crisp up better.

[@cathlynballard8409]

On party nights, we kids were relegated to the playroom with an older/teen “babysitter.” We were served our very own appetizer tray: it consisted of the ends, sloppy ones, smushed ones, slightly burnt ones, ripped crust ones, and outright mishaps shaped into bite-sized things on a cocktail pick. We were none the wiser and we gleefully polished off every morsel while playing Twister, The Barbie Game, or Charades. ❤

[@kristinwright6632]

Twister! Or for me the Dating Game. Or cards. Canasta or Gin Rummy were favorites.

[@alexandrakennedy2000]

The sloppy ones & the ends are always the best bc they have extra good stuff inside!! I always felt so special as a kid, like my mom/grandma made those ones just for me. 🥰

[@tracyhenderson5116]

I love this! 😂

[@agodlyhome]

I think I know what your grandmother's "Bugel dip" recipe was. This dip recipe is an older recipe that was very popular at one time. 8 ounce package of cream cheese, 5 ounce jar of kraft Old English spread in the glass jar, 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 tsp garlic powder

[@ashleyhoots]

I remember that as a kid. That’s what we would eat with it.

[@MayimHastings]

I remember that, too! Now i want to make it to see if it stands the test of time. Thank you for that! Happiest New Year 💚🙏🕊

[@urbinae99]

So, I just picked up my phone and "googled" Bugle Dip" and WoW recipes (all very similar) popped up..... Good Luck

[@07laines07]

I remember that as being the base for most cheese balls in the 70’s and early 80’s as well… it’s a good foundation for a lot of yum cheesy stuff.

[@ladyflimflam]

As a newlywed in the early 90s I made pickle rolls with deli roast beef and german mustard spread on after the cream cheese and diced red onion thrown in. They were like cold rouladen.

[@Tropicalpisces]

That's what I'm making this year .. rouladen 🥰

[@rosezingleman5007]

Yes. When I moved east and got married I traded the ham for beef, added roasted red pepper, chopped, to the cream cheese, or added horseradish to it.

[@knemetz80]

I make them with dried beef and a little horse radish in the cream cheese

[@mirandamom1346]

My in-laws always served clam dip at their Christmas party. One year I was asked to make it. I was amazed to hear that it was canned clams and cream cheese. Nothing else. Can I add hot sauce? No. Horseradish? No. Soy sauce? Certainly not. So I mixed together the can of clams and cream cheese as directed, and it was delicious (scooped up with plain potato chips)! Sometimes simplicity works. 🙂

[@homeonthefrontrange3276]

Omgosh my mom used to make that.. I might need to revisit it

[@emmasnell1467]

My gfs family does clam dip too! Omg with a lot more seasoning such as fresh garlic and worcestershire. I was shocked when it was eaten up in a matter of minutes this past year

[@julie9589]

Bittersweet memories for me: My mom was a great hostess and the holidays were one party after another with dozens of guests. My family is spread out now, I never married and mom and dad gone. But I have wonderful memories and these apps bring it all back. 😊❤

[@kenzienomc]

I'm loving the comments on this video - everyone has memories of these recipes but "slightly" different! We used 2 slices of ham on our roll-ups, and my mom's version of the water chestnuts was to coat the bacon in brown sugar before wrapping them. I remember seeing them come out of the oven and being told I couldn't eat them for AN HOUR because "the caramel will burn your tongue right off". 😂

[@alexandrakennedy2000]

In mid-Michigan we opt for the ham rolls with green onion instead of pickle. Its a tradition for my MIL to bring a truckload every year! 🎄❤️

[@BacktheBlue60]

I'm a michigander and have always used green onions. 😊

[@devinmelancon4901]

My family has made the pickle rolls for decades, except we use canned asparagus instead of dill pickles. Because asparagus is much thinner, you simply roll them tighter. If anyone finds the tartness of the pickle too much, try it with asparagus instead 😊

[@frang58]

I hate dill pickles; asparagus sounds like a good substitution.

[@mollysidney1963]

I think picked asparagus would be a nice choice also.

[@mollysidney1963]

Pickled asparagus.

[@lisaj2491]

I look forward to your videos every Sunday. They really lift my spirits. I too love vintage recipes. Thanks for all your hard work to bring us these videos. Merry Christmas!

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you for your kind comment. I'm so glad to hear that my videos lift your spirits! Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@mitomom4947]

Such a great video! Pickle rolla on Christmas afternoon party time!! Merry Christmas, Anna 🎄

[@yazarc]

I can’t believe you didn’t do the classic block of cream cheese with shrimp (or Krab) with Heinz chili sauce dumped over the top. Served on a ritz!

[@cooking_the_books]

I am allergic to shellfish, otherwise I would!

[@e.urbach7780]

Oh, we did pepper jelly poured over the block of cream cheese, served with Ritz crackers. So good! Depending on the pepper jelly you get (like, jalapeno peppers or hot peppers) it can be really spicy or not, but the cream cheese cuts the spice.

[@cooking_the_books]

@@e.urbach7780 I love the cream cheese & pepper jelly combo!

[@GussieWondriska]

I love this! Making it for Christmas.

[@annettefournier9655]

Anything wrapped in bacon was fancy to me as a kid. ❤

[@donnarion1147]

Ahh... I grew up in simpler times - only two ingredients! ;-) The "holiday" appetizer I remember is the old Lipton onion soup mix, blended in to sour cream as a dip for chips. As I said, simpler times. I do remember later though (I had already left home by this point) my mother making little hotdogs in a super simple barbecue sauce in chafing dish. It was 1/2 cup each of ketchup, brown sugar and bourbon. Bring to boil, reduce heat and add two packages cocktail hot dogs. I'm pretty sure she used the ones called Little Smokies. Keep warm and serve in a chafing dish (or crockpot). This recipe is definitely old enough for your channel - early 1970s!

[@loriloristuff]

My mother made a dip when she had no Lipton or Mrs. Grass's onion soup mix, that was about 1/2 cup minced onion with the juice, an 8 ounce package of cream cheese, and milk to thin to dip consistency. I add a grinding of black pepper to mine, but it's really optional. When I was a young military wife, the big thing was the cocktail hot dogs or meatballs in grape jelly with a couple hits of Tobasco. Sound icky, really yummy.

[@donnarion1147]

@@loriloristuff Oh yes! I had forgotten the meatballs in grape jelly. It was surprisingly good (or at least I thought so at the time).

[@theblindredneck747]

I’ve definitely eaten onion soup mix mixed with sour cream as chip dip.

[@cydkriletich6538]

Oh, thank you for the Little Smokies recipe! I am planning on bringing it to an early Christmas community dinner we’re having this week, and I can’t for the life of me remember how my mother (who passed at age 97 in 2019) made it. I do know she used either or both crushed canned pineapples and apple jelly. I can’t find a decent apple jelly, so I found a delicious peach jam made with Amaretto (perhaps my favorite liqueur) that I’m going to use. It was delicious! Honestly, I don’ think you can go wrong with Little Smokies and just about anything! Happy Holidays! 🧑🏼‍🎄🎄

[@cydkriletich6538]

Anna, those electric skillets were so handy! I’ll bet your mom and I are about the same age. My mom always used an electric skillet for so many meals. Surely they must still be available, just not as popular as they were with my mom’s generation of housewives and moms. I think an electric skillet would be perfect for keeping an appetizer like Rumaki warm. Happy Holidays! 🧑🏼‍🎄🎄

[@Ave43able]

I've made the pickle rolls and bacon water chest nuts EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE for as long as I can remember. This year is no different. Love them!

[@terrij2410]

Yes bacon water chestnuts have been a staple since the early-mid 90’s. Some apps are truly timeless. I know in my early 20’s I felt very sophisticated making them lol 😅

[@nemo7782]

Rumaki has been around a long while. I have it in a cookbook from 1966.

[@keturahpadgette1093]

I made the pickle rolls with prosciutto and Boursin cheese once because I happened to have that on hand. It was unbelievably good! It's the only way I make them now.

[@BitsyP]

OMG Boursin makes everything better! I might have to try this, never would have thought to use it but my mouth is watering now!

[@jetlaggedchef6806]

You're the most real cook on KZbin and I'm 100% here for it! Love your recipes. I think I need a 90s theme party with all these appetizers!

[@cooking_the_books]

Aw thank you so much! I am pretty much the same IRL as I am on KZbin. 😄

[@ninabooker2904]

I’m 15 years older than you but I too remember these party appetizers. Definitely a Mid-West thing, good times. I thought of another one while watching you. Meatballs, a jar of chili sauce and a jar of grape jelly in the crockpot. Yum-O ! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@cooking_the_books]

We made those same meatballs in my middle school Home Ec class! ☺

[@07laines07]

In the south east we did meatballs, tiny smoky sausages chili sauce and grape jelly…

[@blessedgirl717]

Looked up bugle recipes and this one looked like the color of the dip it contained 8 oz cream cheese softened , 1/2 cup yellow onions chopped, 1/3 cup tomato salsa, 1/4 cup ketchup, 3 tbsp mayonnaise, and 1 tsp garlic powder, and salt and pepper seasoned to taste. It’s called bugle cheese dip but may not be the original. Going to send to my brother as he loves bugles.

[@yoohootube]

One of the bugle dip recipes called for Western salad dressing which was a favorite of mine back then!

[@staceyn2541]

Try Bugles with green onion dip! It was my favorite snack in the 80s. :)

[@jenn4youtube]

“The chef’s treat” is now in my vocabulary. Thank you

[@donnakenny9345]

My sons had an international food night at school and a classmate brought the ham/pickle rolls and said it was a Polish dish. I never knew it was a midwestern thing. They tasted great.

[@rw8873]

Shaking my head the whole time. As a born East Coaster from the Finger Lakes area of NY, we had none of these except the electric skillet! 😃 We did mini sausages in grape jelly/bbq sauce, the wine cheese and nut ball w/ Ritz crackers and such like. Wishing you a Merry Christmas - thank you for your hard work and delightful laugh/smile. 🎄(also a huge ALDI fan!)

[@electricimani]

I love this idea of recreating your childhood faves from memory. cooking without a recipe is so fun!

[@sebeckley]

I love bacon wrapped dates. My tapas place serves them with a red pepper sauce. Also amazing if you stuff the date with goat cheese or an almond.

[@cooking_the_books]

I also love bacon wrapped dates! and goat cheese. and almonds! Ok now I need to go out for Tapas. 😂

[@e.urbach7780]

Oh, I know those bacon-wrapped dates as "angels on horseback"! I like stuffing some cream cheese inside the date, where the pit was, and then baking the bacon-wrapped dates until they are heated through and the bacon is crispy. Haven't made those in years, but they are so good!

[@melissalambert7615]

I'll stuff dates with goat cheese or even a small bit of sharp cheddar. Great little snack.

[@natewrites7803]

The ham and pickle slices are also called "Frog eyes." My mom made "Mock Rumaki" which was just for us kids, rumaki but swapping out the liver for a green pimento olive. She also baked the rumaki twice. Once to render most of the fat off, then the second time with the sauce which was ketchup, brown sugar and a little yellow mustard.

[@cooking_the_books]

Ooh I love the idea of an olive! 😋

[@sunnybrook311]

I’m a midwestern girl and I LOVE the pickle rolls!!!

[@user-qt3pd1dl8l]

Love your vintage recipes, I am 63 years old and love the recipes I grew up on

[@amyschmelzer6445]

We make the pickle rolls with dried beef. I like the Armour brand that comes in a jar. It’s super salty but we like it that way. I cut the pickle into spears to account for the smaller diameter of the dried beef.

[@-LivingProof]

I've never had the pickle roll ups like this. I'll give it a try though. I've only had pickle roll ups using salami, cream cheese & a baby/petite pickle. Another favorite is the chipped/dried beef cream cheese ball with scallions. Yum! You're such a joy to watch! I always catch myself smiling at some long forgotten memory while watching you make the vintage recipes 😊 thanks!

[@aprilhampton6298]

I was 15 in 1990. Good times! I'm not a fan of water chestnuts but I do love to wrap bacon around pineapple and bake it.

[@bettywales6874]

This one really brings back the memories! The pickle rolls never disappoint. Back in the 60s my mom used Buddig beef for these, both with and without the pickles. I've also had slices of salami rolled with just the cream cheese. People just can't stop eating them! There are almost never any leftovers.

[@onelazysusan]

It takes real effort to use today’s tissue paper-thin Buddig beef! Still deciding if it’s worth it

[@five_pennies]

My family also makes the pickle rolls, but we use a green onion instead and call them ham roll ups. I'm definitely trying them with pickles this year! My favorite most nostalgic party food though is sausage balls. It's just Bisquick mixed with breakfast sauage, (the kind that comes in a tube like cookie dough) shredded cheese, and just enough buttermilk to get it to a biscuit dough consistancy, shape it into little balls and bake. Some people eat them with yellow mustard but I like them plain. My nana was also the experimental/measure with your heart type, when she taught me how to made cornbread it "this much cornmeal, this much buttermilk" not a measuring cup in sight, but it turned out perfect every time, and to this day I can't explain to someone how to make it without actually making it.

[@staceyn2541]

My worst kitchen failure was making those little sausage balls! I could not get them to stick together and not be dry. I blamed the sausage for being too lean. I added milk, I added water, I added butter. It just would not come out right. I still don't know what went wrong. It was pretty traumatic. Nearly 45 years old then, and I was undone by sausage balls.

[@lilkitty1129]

I grew up with Pickle Rolls as well! We used pickle spears and my parents would add prepared horseradish to the cream cheese - YUM! I think these will be making a comeback at my holiday get togethers this year. Thank you for the nostalgic video :)

[@cooking_the_books]

Horseradish would be such a great addition! I might have to try that. There's a local bagel place here that mixes up their own blend of cream cheese with horseradish, black pepper, and thyme. 😋

[@jamesallen01]

I'm totally here for the 90's stuff, even if it's not technically "vintage". It's nostalgic for us millennials! I didn't grow up with any of these, so it's interesting to see what kinds of snacks or appetizers others folks grew up eating. We mostly had guacamole, queso, and salsa. Or pigs in blankets.

[@madzabinga8382]

Interesting! I have always made "pickle" rolls with green olives! I think I need to try pickles. Anna, I made the Tropical cheeseball(with unsweetened coconut) and the Pistachio fluff(aka Watergate salad) for a party on Friday and they were a big hit!

[@cooking_the_books]

Oh I love to hear that you tried some of the recipe I shared! Glad they were a hit. ❤

[@sinaimunoz6934]

I’m from Mexico and I loved you videos and your energy I feel like we are close friends 🤭💖

[@lavonmoffat1634]

Love these ideas. It's always nice to have easy appetizer recipes.

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! I'm always a fan of the fast/easy/delicious genre of recipes. 😋

[@rhondadupras2477]

The ham and creamed cheese is one of my favorites!!!! My Aunt made those in the 80s and I thought she was a genius, lol.

[@lyndakoonce4921]

I never saw pickle rolls before. I'm going to try them. I think I'm going to try sprinkling a little dill weed on a few. The rumaki I had, had brown sugar instead of barbeque sauce on top, but you would have to put them in a pan without the rack, I think. Rack was a great idea! I'm 74, so I remember a lot of the stuff you make. Love it!

[@cooking_the_books]

dill would be a great addition! 😋

[@karensanders4376]

I have made the pickle rolls, but use refrigerated dills. I have also made them with green onion in the center instead of pickle. everyone loves them.

[@moonbeamcottageonmartinicove]

These all look so tasty - and simple! 😋Enjoyed hearing you talk about these in the context of your childhood holiday food. It brought to mind making “finger foods” as a kid with my mom at Christmas time for when we had visitors - two in particular, pitted dates stuffed with peanut butter and then rolled in granulated sugar, and dried beef spread with cream cheese (something like your pickle rolls without pickles) and rolled and sliced to make “pinwheels.” Thank you for sharing these recipes!

[@susananderson8995]

OMG. I love pickle rolls. We are having apps for Christmas Eve. This is now on my list. Thank you for the idea.

[@cooking_the_books]

You're welcome!! I LOVE an appetizer night! 😋

[@heathersmeather]

I’ve got some of my grandmothers written recipes, which I treasure. One of the recipes is “Bar B Q Chestnuts”, which we had every new years. Similar to yours, just the sauce is 3/4 cup ketchup and 1/2 cup sugar. We also baked a little before adding sauce. I remember these and thought there was bbq sauce on them. My mom and aunt said “nope” just ketchup and sugar. 😁 I think the pickle rolls are genius.

[@daynightandsarah]

Loved watching you recreate a recipe you remembered from childhood. It's such a great feeling when you figure it out!

[@annettehicks2338]

We called these ham rolls and we use the zesty dill pickles, yum!

[@One4UT]

We love pickle rolls. We found out about them years ago as Cowboy Sushi! So simple but good!

[@cooking_the_books]

They are a must-have at every gathering in my family!

[@SamBarge1]

My husband made them with baloney instead of ham. But he lived in Winnipeg, where baloney is a food group.

[@Mommee77]

Another favorite at our house was baked rueben dip and the little party rye slices.

[@cooking_the_books]

A good friend of mine makes reuben dip a her signature party app. I absolutely love it! 😋

[@loriloristuff]

I love Ruben Dip with those little party rye slices!

[@ohleander02]

My mother sometimes made something similar to these pickle roll ups only she used jarred pickled asparagus and sometimes jarred pickled green beans. Usually with cream cheese and Turkey though. We were not a ham family when i was growing up. Great video! ❤

[@fionafox420]

I grew up just above the West Virginia border in PA, I remember my relatives making mini pepperoni rolls, pizzelles, pirogies, Swedish meatballs, so many tasty memories 😋 I moved to the south, since then, I’ve introduced my in-laws to a whole lot of different foods from my neck of the woods 😅

[@andreagelenter]

My mom would buy port wine cheese spread for "fancy occasions." She had a brown crock with a swing clamp lid. Wish I had that crock, now.. For New Year's one year while we were on our winter break, my friend decided to make rumaki. Just the water chestnuts, bacon, and bbq sauce. She used mint flavored toothpicks. Would not recommend!🤣

[@cooking_the_books]

Omg MINT flavored toothpicks!! I'm dying! 😂

[@mollysidney1963]

Those little brown crocks show up at goodwill's all the time, or they used to.

[@robinsmith5442]

I heard the first ones called "fish eyes" back in the 1990's. YUM!

[@debbrarose9969]

My family uses green onion instead of pickle. Just trim the green part that doesn't fit. Krakus is the ham of choice.

[@yazarc]

My family also uses green onion. I’m from northern Michigan. Maybe it was a regional thing?

[@debbrarose9969]

@@yazarc I'm from northern Illinois so maybe it is regional. I had it once in Iowa and it was made from pickles, but not a whole pickle, only a quarter. I thought those were good too.

[@slavenssarah]

My mom did the bacon wrapped water chestnuts. And that was a special holiday appetizer.

[@912jazmar]

Just found your channel. I love it so much. So cool to see all of the sides and recipes through the decades.

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you and WELCOME! 😊

[@kitschville]

I had those pickle rolls at my first wedding reception in 1988 and my aunt made them for me as a gift! I don't think I've had them since then but I still crave them. I might have to make some! We called them Pickle Pinwheels in South Carolina. They really are delicious! Now you also have me craving Bugles with that dip! Kraft might not make that port wine cheese spread anymore. I spent forever the other night looking for their Roka blue cheese spread (another classic vintage favorite that they also sold in a glass jar!) which apparently is rarely sold and I could only find jars for $17 and up online. It seems like a lot of our great ingredients are dying out.

[@melissalambert7615]

My store still carries the Kraft cheese spread. It's in with the crackers and cheese in a can. My store, top shelf, so look up.

[@katvsdaedreamz8628]

I remember roka blue cheese! I had forgotten about that, sadly they discontinued it in 2020. Now I only see the old english cheese. We used to save the jars as glasses that us kids used for koolaid!

[@redrooster1908]

I catered weddings and big parties in the 80s. Bacon wrapped waterchessnuts were fancy wedding cocktail hour nibbles.

[@bengriffin9830]

Your pinch and dash grandma makes me think of mine! She always made what we call pea salad at Christmas time (“pea salad on earth” 😂). My aunt makes it now and had to figure out measurements for the rest of us to make it, based on how she always had it. Shell pasta, cubes of velveeta, olives, onions, peas, other things I don’t remember. Very mid-century but so good and an absolute tradition in my family.

[@ChrisB-nx4gw]

My mom would make the pickle rolls with buddig beef when it was square. She would use pickle spears and leave them whole. Cheese, pickles and beef. How can you go wrong. Thank you for taking me back in time.

[@cooking_the_books]

Glad my video could help bring back a nice memory. ☺

[@rebeccawebb2298]

I love the pickle ham roll-ups. We ate them in Atlanta, so not just a Midwestern thing

[@WLM596]

I just commented the same.

[@debracoulter1250]

Chuckling at the dip. Asking mom about something that’s such a memory and they have no clue what you’re talking about! We have a toxic trait of making things once and never making them again! I love this video! Thanks for sharing. The pickle rolls are a Christmas staple. ❤😊

[@dianethompson6804]

I've never seen your channel before. Cooking the Books is a hilarious name!!!

[@karendaley3184]

What a fun video! I can't wait to make those pickle rolls. Bugles have been discontinued in Canada! I know, I hear the gasps of horror too.

[@adriennef4637]

My family fills Bugles with spray cheese. Its a total salt bomb but I swear its so addictive!

[@ellingtongriffin5521]

Omg BUGLES! Now it’s a party.

[@StacieT]

I’ve never actually had any of these apps, but they all look great! Ironically, my grandmother was also a fan of that Kraft port cheese spread in the glass jar. Thanks as always for sharing fun ideas!

[@JephLewis]

That "yes yes yes" during the Bugle Dip bit had very strong Nicholas Cage energy. My family was definitely a Salami wrapping for our Midwest Sushi, but I can appreciate the even-ness of the rectangle ham. :D

[@Niamh07421]

still buy port wine cheese for Christmas- a homage to my Mom - had every year and only at Christmas in the 60's and 70's when I took over the holidays- I kept up the tradition in the 60's it came in a brown stoneware crock

[@boit7039]

My MIL’s bugle dip was just softened cream cheese and sweet red pepper relish. Nowadays I cut it with nonfat Greek yogurt to make it a little bit less artery clogging

[@donnastratton8397]

My momma made the ham/cream cheese rolls a lot growing up. They were a staple at baby showers, etc. She didn't use pickles in hers, but I've had them at church suppers. Time to make some. Lol. Thanks Anna.

[@The3Storms]

Instantly recognized ma’s pickled pigs on your thumbnail. Oddly enough she didn’t start making them until we left Iowa for Texas, but they’ve been a hit everywhere I’ve offered them.

[@TimetravelingArchaeologist]

I make the bacon wrapped water chestnuts, but I do mine with a blend of Heinz chili sauce, brown sugar, and a little bit of mayo. They are absolutely delicious. I bake them unsauced until they are mostly rendered before I add sauce, bake a bit longer, sauce again, and then finish off. This minimized the burning of any sugared sauce mixture and allows the bacon to crisp up better.

[@juliatepe5760]

I just made the bacon wrapped water chestnuts yesterday for a family gathering. My adult son always requests them. I don't brush them with any sauce before or while baking. We dunk them in chili sauce as we eat them. Delicious and never any left. The other appetizers sound tasty!

[@TimetravelingArchaeologist]

@@juliatepe5760 I'll have to try that without adding ingredients to make a glaze, probably healthier too lol.

[@debbiet.8175]

I've done ham, cream cheese and pickled okra...delicious.

[@Cutenerdywoman]

I kinda remember that dip at parties. recipes were so easy to find. usually in the coupon sections of the paper.

[@au_barb]

My mom, since at least the 1970's, would always make ham and cream cheese pinwheels for any appetizer occasion. She'd mix finely diced green pepper, dehydrated onion, garlic powder, season salt, and worcestershire sauce into the cream cheese and spread it on the rectangular ham slices like you do here. No pickles, just the cream cheese mixture and ham. They were SO GOOD. I haven't had them in years. I'm going to make them this year, thank you for reminding me of them!

[@staceyn2541]

Huh. That is almost exactly the recipe for a standard cheese ball! Sounds like your mom got creative!

[@au_barb]

@@staceyn2541 That is highly likely!

[@spiderbouquet3670]

I was born in 91 and this unlocked some memories for me!

[@janiceflores8922]

We had a variation of the pickle rolls.. we made them with baby gerkins…the little sweet pickles! 😊

[@Mommee77]

With the bugle dip my mother used the kraft old english style jar cheese instead of port wine.

[@karinberonius8799]

They all look delicious!

[@Zenaitha]

My family in California also loves making these with pepperoncini’s!

[@laurasimpson2870]

I love all of these. I think I’ll make some to go with Christmas Dinner.❤️🇨🇦

[@Notlost-lj9qt]

We can get those pickle roll ups at our local grocery store. Haha! We use that thin Buddig corned beef from the little packs. Yum. The rumaki was a great memory! I’d love to see you do a bunch of different kinds of cheese ball recipes from the past. We had a great shrimp cheese ball recipe we’d have for special occasions. Another app that would go with your list would be the crockpot meatballs (with chili sauce and canned cranberry gel and maybe some lemon juice). Super yum!

[@cookingwithcaryn4867]

I just made the ham roll ups for Thanksgiving. It’s been a staple at our family get togethers since the mid 70s when my mom got the recipe from her hairdresser when we moved to the midwest, so I’m not sure how long the recipe has been around but I will say, take the recipe and double it because they are the most delicious little morsels you will ever have and your guests will love you for them!😁😂

[@cooking_the_books]

Absolutely! They disappear fast! 😂

[@cookingwithcaryn4867]

Yes they do! ☺️

[@VanInhalin]

we did a jar of hot Pace Picante(the thinner og stuff, not chunky) over a warmed block of cream cheese. Eaten with corn chips.

[@dixieAQHA]

80s kid from Kentucky and I feel this so much!! The Bugles with dip in the thumbnail was what had me!

[@mizmerrill]

Your Bugles dip reminds me vaguely of the taco sour cream dip I remember from my childhood. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!

[@GussieWondriska]

Instead of pickles my mom used cooked asparagus with flavored cream cheese and tavern ham. She made water chestnuts wrapped in bacon and used ketchup, sugar and peach baby food. It was cooked in the sauce. We still make them today.

[@Coastalanne54]

Omg the memories.

[@tammyathens2725]

Everything looks so good! Growing up my parents would have large Christmas parties and my favorite appetizer was cream cheese chipped beef balls using the Buddig chipped beef in the packet. We would make tons of them and I could eat my weight in those! Such good memories!

[@cooking_the_books]

I love a good cheeseball! 😋

[@staceyn2541]

My aunt makes that every holiday. She's gone the easy route and just leaves it in the bowl. Not as pretty, but we take any leftovers home and then we fight over them. It's just never as good when I make it myself

[@lh824]

Your recipes brought back fond memories of pre-aduthood parties! If memory serves me, I believe that the specks you recall in the Bugle Dip might be a touch of cayenne? Thanks for resurrecting these forgotten "treasures!" BTW, the recipes were not limited to to the Midwest... I hail from Alaska 😊

[@MelodieQueenLadyPohorsky]

I just love your genuine enthusiasm and joy as you share these wonderful retro recipes! Food memories of growing up are my happy place too! Thank you 😊

[@cooking_the_books]

Such a kind comment. Thank you!! ☺

[@giannidescalzo2101]

Love those pickle things, so Midwestern lol. They're also really good with a layer of that chipped beef in a jar that you can get at most grocery stores.

[@smiller6925]

Our variation is Buddig dried beef. Same cream cheese but thin pickle spear. They are long and skinny. We cut them in half and arrange artfully. And after all that work, they are gone in 15 minutes. lol

[@jenniferinher60s]

Love your posts! Our “Bugle Dip” was simply squirting Cheez Whiz into each bugle 😂 but it felt rather fancy! I’m going to try each of these since our daughter (born in 1990) will likely love each of them when she visits for Christmas!!

[@07laines07]

I have found 5 different Bugle dip recipes and every one is different and the cute part is nearly all say something like this is how my family made it… That’s so cool that different families had different recipes for Bugles… I remember they were cheaper than regular potato chips and I guess that’s why they were so popular from the 60’s on. I know I just liked having them as finger hats before popping them in my mouth when I was a little kid 😂😂

[@macsarcule]

Hooray! Super fun!!! 💜❄️❄️❄️✨

[@bradleybohn8115]

Yes, 100% my mom would make something similar…I grew up in Michigan. We would use one 5oz jar of Kraft Old English, one 5oz jar Pimento Cheese, & one 5oz jar of Roka Blue. Couple dashes of tobasco and a little garlic powder and onion powder.

[@porridge301]

The last recipe sounds like Fireside cheese dip.

[@stephaniedeverell6672]

Our dip had the cheese in the jar but not the port wine one. It also had Mayo and deviled ham. Always served with Bugels.

[@lauraharlow1749]

Nice and easy ideas! I hadn't heard of any of them, but they will be worth a try when I need a quick appetizer! Thank you so much! 😊❤

[@cooking_the_books]

You're welcome! ❤ Thanks for watching!

[@AvidbivA]

Love your videos. Love your laugh. Its just like hanging out with my bff. 😊

[@thewholebucket897]

Pickle rolls in my house were made with dried beef. It was crazy salty but tasty as can be.