Using a themed menu at a milestone birthday celebration is a great and creative idea. I can almost hear them ordering now: I?d like the hip replacement, dentures, and heartburn with a smidge of Osteoporosis for dessert.
If that?s what you have in mind, the names for the food and beverages are endless: Calcium Supplement, Tums, Pepto Bismol, Preparation H, Denture Cream, Bifocals, Help! I?ve fallen and I can?t get up, etc.
Not exactly what you are going for? Here?s some other suggestions:
Try finding inspiration from the most popular TV shows of the 1960?s to create dishes such as Flipper fish sticks, Mayberry R.F.D. apple pie, Bonanza steak kabobs, Hogan?s Heroes sandwiches, and Brady Bunch snack mix.
Create a menu based on the top movies of 1969 such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Easy Rider or True Grit. Or, use more recent movies centered on aging like On Golden Pond, The Bucket List, Grumpy Old Men or Driving Miss Daisy.
Or, plan the menu around an actual bucket list: Pudding in a Cloud for skydiving, seafood dish for swimming with sharks, or a Chinese dish for visiting the Great Wall of China. You could even purchase custom fortune cookies with age-related words of wisdom inside.
Here are some sites that might give you some ideas:
