The 1980 cookbook that said to arrange grapes in a smiley face pattern really got me thinking

I pulled my mom's old 1983 Better Homes and Gardens snack section off the shelf last weekend and it said to arrange grapes in a smiley face pattern, which is apparently how people plated things back then, so has anyone else seen those weird vintage instructions and tried them just for fun?

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spencer_sanchez674h ago

Oh man, that takes me back! My grandma had a cookbook from the same era that said to cut bananas into coins and stack them like a tower, which seemed so fancy back then. I actually tried the grape smiley face for a party once and my friends thought I was losing it, but the fruit was gone by the end of the night. Those old plating ideas are goofy but they kinda make food fun in a way we don't do anymore.