What is the best appetizer?

Roll up a green onion inside thinly sliced ham spread with cream cheese. Make 1 inch slices... stab with toothpick and place on plate/tray... serve cold.

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Please post some ideas and recipes for the best appetizers.
Regardless of religion, appetizers should be celebrated this time of year!

So I just tried a new recipe I found on pinterest (which is the devil btw) and it was so good.

2 ingredient pumpkin cookies

1 can (or fresh) pumpkin
1 box spice cake mix

Mix together drop by spoon full on greases cookie sheet bake at 350 for 13-15 minutes

So good they have a muffin like texture and taste like pumpkin doughnuts.

I know that's more of a dessert but I figured it since this post was still going I'd add it here,

stuffed mushrooms

did someone say hoars de vours?

stuffed mushrooms

cheese, good bread, olives, sardines, pepporicinis, good traditional sausage.

Mmmm St. Agur Blue.

Oh... and booze.

I RARELY make this, since crab meat is expensive...but there's something really yummy called Avacado Louis...basically you mix lump crabmeat with a bit of lemon juice, touch of cream, and some mayo (how I make it anyway), and fold into crab meat. I mix it to taste, so depending I may mix in Old Bay, celery salt, etc. Take 1/2 an avacado and spoon this mixture inside, top with paprika, yum!

Sylvia Plath wrote about it in The Bell Jar. She also mentioned French dressing and grape jelly over avocados, which she referred to as alligater pears. I've no idea why that stuck with me so long.

I use crab meat with tiny shrim and a little tinned salmon in a broth of cream, chopped celery leaves and turmeric with ginger or a little curry powder. Its a nice quick bisque, low carb and very decadent.

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce Recipe
Ingredients

Marinade:

1 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 1/2 pounds skinless/boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
About 20 wooden skewers, soaked in water 30 minutes
Vegetable oil, for grill
Lettuce leaves
Fresh cilantro leaves optional
Peanut sauce, recipe follows


Combine the yogurt, ginger, garlic, and curry powder in a shallow mixing bowl, stir to combine. Marinate the chicken strips by gently tossing until well coated. Cover and marinate chicken in refrigerator for at up to 2 hrs.

Thread the chicken pieces onto skewers working the skewer in and out of the meat, down the middle of the piece, so that it stays in place during grilling. Place a grill pan over medium heat and brush it with oil to prevent the meat from sticking. Grill the chicken for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Serve the satays on a platter optionally lined with lettuce leaves and cilantro; accompanied by a small bowl of peanut sauce on the side.
Peanut Sauce:

1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 teaspoons red chili paste
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 limes, juiced
1/2 cup hot water
1/4 cup chopped peanuts, for garnish optional

Combine peanut butter, soy sauce, red chili paste, brown sugar, and lime juice in a blender. Puree to combine. While the motor is running, drizzle in the hot water to thin out the sauce, (may not need all of it).
Pour the sauce into a serving bowl and garnish with the chopped peanuts. Serve with chicken satay.

I make a thing we call the diablito. A focaccio bread, a type of Italian flat bread. Ahi tuna sashimi pieces on top, onion, avocado, and chipotle sauce.

It's Italian, it's Japanese, it's Mexican. All at once. Like a Mexican sushi pizza from heaven.

CHICKEN WINGS SPICY WITH RANCH SAUCE
CHEESE STICKS
CALAMARI RINGS FRIED
WINE AND MUSHROOMS