"Ophelia" wrote:
>"ChattyCathy" wrote:
>>Ophelia wrote:
>>> "ChattyCathy" wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK I looked at wiki.
>>>>
>>>> Appetizers are what we refer to here as "Hors d'oeuvre" or "Horse's
>>>> doofers" as my Dad used to jokingly refer to them <g> IOW, 'finger
>>>> food' that is generally served before one even gets to the dining
>>>> table.
>>> ]
>>> Ahh thanks for that
>>
>> If I have to be absolutely 'correct' about this - Hors d'oeuvre can also
>> be food that is eaten with the 'minimum of cutlery at the table' (what do
>> they call cutlery in the USA - flatware, maybe? Can never remember...)
>>
>> Anyway, can't imagine eating either of their lettuce appetizer offerings
>> anywhere other than sitting at a table with a knife and fork and a napkin
>> on my lap - so they might as well have put those two under 'Starters',
>> IMHO. Same goes for the Gnudi; to me that's a starter, not an appetizer.
>
>I've never had anything called an 'appetizer' so I wasn't sure what it was.

Sure you have... an appetizer is the same as foreplay.