Appetizers

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     In our homes why do we keep serving, and being served, pate and cheeses for h’ors d’oevres?
     Because they’re simple, stupid.
     Point well taken. For the servantless cook, pushed to get an interesting entree and accompaniments on the table, there is virtually no time for h’ors d’oevres. "Preparation" for this part of the dinner preferably consists of purchase, refrigeration, unwrapping, placing on a plate.
     Therefore pate and cheeses. These are delicious, but contain much fat. Moreover, for nearly everyone except voracious teen-age boys, they are too heavy to begin a meal and take appetite from what is to follow.
     Are there any ways out? In our household, we have found a few. We have come to rely heavily on thick yogurt cream. This we use as ordinary cream cheese, spreading it on crackers and topping with roasted red pepper, anchovies, olives, cherry tomatoes, or many other things.

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