We always try to surpass ourselves when we have to meet guests at the festive table. In search of unusual recipes, the cookbooks of mothers and grandmothers are dug up ’, new dishes are invented, recipes of different cuisines of the world are searched for on the Internet - you really want to surprise everyone with something unusual and exotic! Are the works of the hostess and the gratitude of the guests equivalent? It is unlikely, because you can often hear from them only modest: "Thank you, everything was very tasty." We suggest you make a festive menu for a snack table with simple, tasty and at the same time spectacular dishes that do not require special efforts from you while preparing and at the same time suitable for a special occasion.
A very important, and sometimes dominant place at the solemn meal is occupied by snacks. In cooking, this word refers to any cold dishes, with the exception of soups, which should stimulate the appetite of dining guests. Cold table dishes are traditionally divided into two large groups: finished products (pickled, pickled, salted, smoked), which are served in their natural form, without mixing with other products, and dishes prepared for a particular celebration using cold or heat treatment. Cold appetizers on the festive table are represented by a variety of salads, aspic and stuffed with vegetable dishes, meat dishes and semi-finished products (sausages, canned food, ham, aspic, jellies, etc.). The fish group includes herring, jellied, smoked and stuffed fish, canned food, caviar, egg dishes, pastes and sandwiches are separately presented.
Cold snacks on the festive table are selected in accordance with the financial capabilities of the host party. If you can make the table expensive groceries - ham, caviar, smoked meats - wonderful, but also monotonous. With a more modest budget for the proposed lunch or dinner, you can get by with inexpensive products, but you need to bet on serving a meal - serving and decorating. Even canned or stewed inexpensive fish can look attractive, for example, fish in oil can be decorated with slices of lemon, and fish in tomato sauce with parsley and onion. As for vegetables, homemade marinades are great as cold appetizers on the festive table. Good homemade vegetable caviar, pickled asparagus beans, eggplant, or bean salads such as the Greek Appetizer. If during their preparation in the season of preparations the recipes and technology were maintained, then they will decorate the holiday table with bright colors and tastes of summer.
It’s especially worth talking about “smorgosurburdet” - this is exactly what the Swedish cold table is called correctly. The reception is usually organized when there is no way to put all the guests at the table. For example, an average Russian family can spend such a dinner in a country house in a garden area. The buffet for the set of dishes is no different from the usual diner, but small portioned dishes that are convenient to take with your hand or skewer are especially popular. This is a variety of sandwiches, salads in tartlets, vegetables, fish, deep-fried meat, stuffed eggs, potatoes, tomatoes. Seafood is very attractive: shrimp, mussels, crabs. Snacks on the buffet table can be selected any, since there are no restrictions on etiquette.
Cold snacks on the festive table, like desserts, can be prepared in advance, 2-3 days before the celebration, which can significantly relieve the hostess. Directly on the day of the reception, only a hot dish with a side dish is prepared, which cannot be dispensed with, but there is no need to make a few changes.
Snacks on the wedding table, if the celebration is held at home, it is better to cook the usual ones so as not to spoil the celebration with failed culinary experiments. You can emphasize the special solemnity of the event for which guests were invited with the help of the table setting. Buy a ceremonial service in white or themed colors of a wedding, pick up beautiful woven napkins, a tablecloth, make more efforts to decorate your dishes - and you will convey the atmosphere of the holiday.