Anonymous wrote:I would consider serving Italian beef sandwiches in a crockpot along with other apps for the guys

Why on earth would you think only men would need more food? Heavy apps aren’t satisfying for most people, including women.

Anonymous wrote:Buy Turkish frozen pies and then bake and cut and serve. Calories galore.

Where do you buy Turkish frozen pies?

mini beef wellingtons

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know people who do not want to eat cured meats, cheeses, and dried fruit and nuts.
That pp is nuts.
Sure don't eat it three times per day, but that is literarily the " appetizers food culture" of Europe that some are fawning about on the other thread.

Do the Europeans eat that as the main part of their meal? No one is questioning this as an appetizer.

No, they don't. My post was directed at pp who said nobody wants to eat cured meats and cheeses, etc.

DP
But that pp said, quoted
This is not a “meal.” It doesn’t qualify in any sense of the word. Plenty of people don’t want to eat fatty cheese, cured meats, and quiche. So they can have a handful of nuts, apricots, and olives?

I think they meant to “plenty of people don’t want it as a meal”; however, I know people who are vegetarian or watching lactose or calorie intake and some cheeses have plenty. You don’t know anyone ?!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know people who do not want to eat cured meats, cheeses, and dried fruit and nuts.
That pp is nuts.
Sure don't eat it three times per day, but that is literarily the " appetizers food culture" of Europe that some are fawning about on the other thread.

Do the Europeans eat that as the main part of their meal? No one is questioning this as an appetizer.

No, someone might put out something like a small charcuterie board if you were visiting in the afternoon, but not for a meal.

You need hot dishes. No one wants a plate of cold meats and olives and nothing else as a “meal.”

The Hawaiian Roll sandwiches are good. Hot dips like spinach artichoke or crab are a good idea. Cocktail meatballs in a crockpot. Even hot appetizers from the freezer section of Trader Joe’s or Wegmans, but HOT APPETIZERS. Not just cold cheese and gherkins.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know people who do not want to eat cured meats, cheeses, and dried fruit and nuts.
That pp is nuts.
Sure don't eat it three times per day, but that is literarily the " appetizers food culture" of Europe that some are fawning about on the other thread.

Do the Europeans eat that as the main part of their meal? No one is questioning this as an appetizer.

No, they don't. My post was directed at pp who said nobody wants to eat cured meats and cheeses, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know people who do not want to eat cured meats, cheeses, and dried fruit and nuts.
That pp is nuts.
Sure don't eat it three times per day, but that is literarily the " appetizers food culture" of Europe that some are fawning about on the other thread.

Do the Europeans eat that as the main part of their meal? No one is questioning this as an appetizer.

I don't know people who do not want to eat cured meats, cheeses, and dried fruit and nuts.
That pp is nuts.
Sure don't eat it three times per day, but that is literarily the " appetizers food culture" of Europe that some are fawning about on the other thread.

Buy Turkish frozen pies and then bake and cut and serve. Calories galore.

On a Mexican theme…

Empanadas are filling-buy or make your own buying the dough and filling it with meat or veggies
Taquitos are pretty easy to do-can make ahead and bake right before everyone gets there
Guacamole is filling too…

I am doing the following for a heavy apps lunch:

Ham and cheese sliders
Crab balls
Deviled eggs
Cheese and crackers
Crudités with homemade dip
Sausage balls
Shrimp cocktail
Olives

Anonymous wrote:Sushi
Empanadas
Samosas
Meatballs
Imari pockets
Bruschetta
Mini tacos
Spanakopita

Please have veggie sushi and samosas and bruschetta

We always get Hebrew National pigs in a blanket. And they go fast. Spanakopita is also really good.