as the holidays are here i like to have stuff on hand for get togethers but don't want full meals thing i can serve just as a ok lets snack but it's not a meal. what do you serve for unexpected guest? or for the expected ones. snack type finger foods.
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Posts: 1199 | Location: WNY | Registered: Nov 19, 2006
We've eaten at step-son's two weeks in a row (DGSs birthday and Thanksgiving). They served cheese trays with crackers and fruit trays purchased at Whole Foods.
I did not hear one complaint.
With or without any problem that keeps you from spending a long time in the kitchen, I'm with Indexlady...if friends (and family) cannot accept..it...
Indexlady, I'm so sorry that you are feeling poorly.
Sierra, I usually keep some gourmet cheese and crackers around so I can put together a quick cheese plate if guests show up unexpectedly. Add a small bowl of olives and one of nuts and you have a pretty complete cocktail party menu.
Costco had a nice box of prosciutto/cheese and salami/cheese rolls that held three individual packets, so you could open one at a time.
As to things on hand -- cheese and crackers, usually some kind of tea bread in the freezer, sometimes palmiers in the freezer (savory and sweet) to bake off as needed. And sometimes I have cheese straws that I can bake quickly.
I can generally throw together a snack tray with cheese or cheese curds, crackers, baby carrots, celery, radishes, olives, pickles and sometimes a sweet cookie or bar.
Posts: 2128 | Location: Midwest | Registered: Nov 29, 2007
