Re: [london.food] Cold snack food

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On Mon 14 Jun 2004, Roger Burton West <roger@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I'm having some friends over this coming weekend, [...]
> What are some thoughts on good cold dishes that are easy to
> prepare? (Bearing in mind I'm very lazy.)

Sweet pickled carrot sticks:
  http://www.earth.li/~kake/cookery/recipes/sweet-pickled-carrot-sticks.html
Only trivially more effort than plain carrot sticks, and you can
prepare them further in advance.

Nice bread with cheeses and pickles and crisp apples.

Refried beans:
  http://www.earth.li/~kake/cookery/recipes/refried-beans.html
served as a dip with tortilla chips.

You could also consider doing a soup, stew or chilli that you can cook
the evening before when it's a bit cooler and then just reheat on the night.

Kake

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  • [london.food] Cold snack food Roger Burton West 23:45 on 14 Jun 2004
    I'm having some friends over this coming weekend, and while the
    • Re: [london.food] Cold snack food Nigel Rantor 23:53 on 14 Jun 2004
      Tzatziki, Hummous, Tara. All with pitta floating around.
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    • Eemeli Aro 00:10 on 15 Jun 2004
      There's a really rather nice marinated avocado and mozzarella salad I've
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    • Kate L Pugh 00:30 on 15 Jun 2004
      Sweet pickled carrot sticks:
    • Juliet Kemp 10:29 on 15 Jun 2004
      Had mine & Pete's families over for lunch on Sunday, & we went mostly
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    • Arthur Bergman 14:41 on 16 Jun 2004
      Only vaguely relevant, while eating out a month or so ago I had the
    • [london.food] Potato salad (was Re: Cold snack food) Roger Burton West 20:19 on 20 Jun 2004
      Since I ended up not hosting but travelling across London, I wimped out
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