For those recommending the Mediterranean apps, can you give examples of what you’d order?

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Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

Shirtless male dancers serving finger foods and appe-teasers on silver platters before the dance off?

Candi, Toni, and Shandra would love this. Emily, Rose, and Jenna would be horrified.

Anonymous wrote:In the summer for women in their 40s, I would cater heavy hors d’oeuvres from a Mediterranean restaurant.

Low sugar and lots of minimally processed food. Prosecco + a signature drink with minimal sugar.

Maybe an indulgent dessert that comes in bite sizes. But it’s a know your audience thing.

As a "late" 40s, this sounds lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

In my WASP upbringing, the olives from the martinis were enough. Maaaaybe french onion dip with potato chips if we are splashing out.

Is this what you are recommending to OP or are you just sharing a "fun" fact about yourself to internet strangers?

I think this poster is trying to make us laugh. Are you familiar with humor?

Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

Shirtless male dancers serving finger foods and appe-teasers on silver platters before the dance off?

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Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

In my WASP upbringing, the olives from the martinis were enough. Maaaaybe french onion dip with potato chips if we are splashing out.

Is this what you are recommending to OP or are you just sharing a "fun" fact about yourself to internet strangers?

Chippendales and dip.

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Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

In my WASP upbringing, the olives from the martinis were enough. Maaaaybe french onion dip with potato chips if we are splashing out.

bonus points for dirty martinis so you have cheese in your olives

Anonymous wrote:I’d make a fancy charcuterie board. Or, a deconstructed one. That’s what we do for book group. Don’t overthink it.

Isn't a charcuterie board deconstructed by it's very nature?

I can promise you hardly anyone will be eating. Everyone is on GLPs and not hungry.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for all this feedback! Yes — was always planning on having heavy apps (was thinking more of the “girl dinner” style) but now thinking of pivoting to Lebanese Taverna catering.

I’m one of the people who said appetizers are not dinner. LT is terrific. (Girl dinner is example of what you shouldn’t do.)

OP here. Thank you for all this feedback! Yes — was always planning on having heavy apps (was thinking more of the “girl dinner” style) but now thinking of pivoting to Lebanese Taverna catering.

I hosted a similar event recently.

The most popular app was Cabrese skewers.

The most popular drink was white wine.

The most popular dessert was lemon bars.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know what kind of piggies are posting here, but you don't have to have a full catered dinner. Just post in your invitation that you are doing "snacks" so people know to eat before they arrive.

Sorry but if it's at 6 and especially if there is alcohol, you need enough food for people to cobble together dinner. It doesn't have to be a main and sides- heavy apps are fine.

What kind of ill-mannered host puts out cocktails at 6 and small snacks for a game night where people are presumably hanging out for a few hours?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know what kind of piggies are posting here, but you don't have to have a full catered dinner. Just post in your invitation that you are doing "snacks" so people know to eat before they arrive.

This again. If you invited someone at 6 and don’t have dinner, you are a bad host. Calling them piggy makes you an extra bad host.

You can make a full dinner out of heavy apps. Unless you are fact a 300 lb piggie.

But I thought DCUM women didn’t eat. Now they’re expecting a full sit down dinner?

I eat and I’m thin. Probably because I eat real food and don’t think appetizers are dinner.

Appetizers can absolutely be dinner. You just eat more of them. When planning for this, have a variety of things (some heavy, some not) to offer. How is a pre-made wrap different from having hummus, crackers and cheese/meat laid out? It's not. One is more deconstructed.

NP here (another thin woman, not that it matters) and saying appetizers can be dinner isn't the problem it was saying that people suggesting dinner are 300 pound piggies is the problem.