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Cooking & Baking

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Mon Jul 21, 2014, 06:03 PM Jul 2014

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I enjoyed a dinner of tapas recently. I'd like to extend that idea - I love the idea of a Christmas season gathering that includes cookies, fruit cake, petitfours, tea, crackers cheese, dried fruit and fresh fruit etc. (My kids would drive in for lunch, then head home for the evening). I've never figured out how to make this hearty enough for the men in the crowd. So - what would you add?

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Looking waaaaaay ahead - [View all] hedgehog Jul 2014 OP

Charcuterie? Sentath Jul 2014 #1

We have some vegetarians in the crowd - but they love cheese! hedgehog Jul 2014 #4

Lots of little appetizers The empressof all Jul 2014 #2

Now I'm thinking bagels and lox! hedgehog Jul 2014 #3

Ceviche, carpiccio, smoked fish, peel n eat shrimp, little smoky sausages? flamin lib Jul 2014 #5

a soup? grasswire Jul 2014 #6

Skewers! A variety. Simple, good for a group and lots of options. Kind of fun, too. pinto Jul 2014 #7

Ham and cheese scones - plus a tray of savory things like olives - hedgehog Jul 2014 #8

Meat appetizers, as indicated above. Even just a bit of bacon will make the men in the crowd msanthrope Aug 2014 #9