Yesterday I talked about the 1956 musical High Society and today I am following up about the cocktail and canape that I made to go with it.  I knew something champagne had to go with this movie which was a good call as that champagne was drunk quite a bit by the characters.  I found a cocktail for a Champagne Fizz in a 1953 little spiral bound book called A Guide to Pink Elephants which includes 200 of the most requested mixed drinks.. The recipe is super simple just put a few ice cubes in highball glass and add the juice of one lime and a teaspoon of simple syrup.  Then just fill with chilled sparkling wine or Champagne and garnish with a slice of lime.

In the mid century there was nothing fancier then a cheese ball so I made mini Blue Cheese Balls to go with the cocktail. A few quick things I will mention before getting on to the recipe.  First I would try and use a decent quality of blue cheese as it is the main flavor in the appetizer.  When I first tested this recipe, my grocery store was out of the normal blue cheese I buy (I rarely use it so I splurge a little on it when I do).  I used a cheaper version which ended up making the cheese balls much to salty and not having that same great blue cheese flavor. I almost did not attempt another try but I am glad I did. Second you can easily convert this into one large cheese ball instead of making little mini ones. Just follow the directions and form it into a large ball before rolling it into the walnuts.