On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:53:12 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:


> I always thought hor d'oeuvres was was almost interchangeable with
> canapes, mostly finger foods to nibble on with drinks.... before you sit
> down at the dinner table.

I've always thought of hors d'oeuvre as being 'finger foods' too - and not
really 'sit-down' food (as I've said in a couple of other posts in this
thread... and when I typed in 'Appetizer' on a wiki search, it redirected
me to 'Hors d'oeuvre'. Maybe the authors of the article are confused too?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appetizer

and Julie provided another link:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Difference..._and_appetizer

<quote>

The only difference is what country you are in. They are the same thing,
but it's commonly called a starter in strongly British or formerly British
colonies, and commonly called an appetizer in other countries. To make
things really confusing, an appetizer is called an "entree" in New
Zealand, and the main course is called a "main". (But in the USA, the word
"entree" is used to mean the main course!)

</quote>

Here, have a entree, um, I mean an hors d'oeuvre, no make that an
appetizer...

;-)

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