In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:29:20 -0600, Christine Dabney
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
> <snip>
>
> >So, I know you all have some great appetizers that partner well with
> >cocktails. I am wanting your tried and true things, not just
> >something you clipped from the paper or saw online. I want the
> >things that are lapped up early on...that are gone an hour or so into
> >a party.
>
> Christine, I have a number of tried-and-true do-ahead hors d'oeuvres
> that might be of interest. I won't post all the recipes here, but will
> list a few (plus a small description if the name of the recipe doesn't
> seem to do the trick) - lemmeno of any are of interest ("finished off"
> means finished in the oven/skillet):
>
> creamy crabbies (buttered bread rounds pressed into tiny muffin tins,
> toasted, add crab mixture - can be frozen, refrigerated, finished off)
>
> baked asparagus with proscuitto (finished off)
> cheese truffles
> crabmeat gratin
> flatbread spread (mondo easy)
> grape tomato blossoms (grape tomatoes stuffed with a boursin
> cheese/genoa salami mixture)
> marinated shrimp
> seviche
> pepperoni and asiago cheese pinwheels
> pork satay with peanut sauce
> roasted garlic cheese toasts
> reuben casserole (crowd pleaser - feeds a crowd)
> smoked salmon on sourdough toast rounds with capers
> stuffed cucumbers
> swiss cheese spread
> walking tostada
> wild mushroom and brie toasts
> tequila and lime cured gravlax (an old favorite - takes 4 - 6 days
> prep, but is the last word in do-ahead)
>
> That's just for starters <g>
>
> Lemmeno,
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> --
> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
> old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
> waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
>
> -- Duncan Hines
>
> To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Hmmmm, you want to be in charge of my Dead Spread? I had Pastorio
lined up and then he went and croaked on me! One of your spreads would
dazzle the hell out of my mourners (all four of them) and would only
enhance my reputation. ("A woman with a reputation as an early riser
can sleep until noon.")

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