I'm not sure what hit me today but I suddenly have such a huge craving for yummy aperitifs!! How I miss all the home parties I went to in Paris where my friends would whip up a table full of aperitif delights like in the photo above, complete with glasses of champagne, some anise-flavored liquor or martini! Sometimes this preview to the main dinner course makes the highlight of my night rather than the actual dinner itself! I also prefer the feeling of just lazing there on the huge comfy couch and chatting the night away with friends between yummy bites over a rigid sit-down dinner at a big dining table.
Are you a fan of the aperitif experience too? Is it common in your culture to have
une petite bouffe entre amis before the real dinner party?
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Derrrr....um...I'm from Texas. What are you talking about?
Same here. We don't do that in Wisconsin. What are they?
@BEAUTIFULCINNAMONQUEEN@xanga - I think they are kinda like appetizers..
@NightCometh@xanga - haha i'm from texas too. we either go straight to the entree or have texas sized appetizers and share with a group.
@BEAUTIFULCINNAMONQUEEN@xanga - Looks really hoity-toity to me!
@NightCometh@xanga - @sugar_mama@xanga - Lol, chips and salsa ftw!
According to Google an aperitif is a pre-dinner drink.
Yeah aperatifs are alcoholic beverages that are traditionally sipped before dinner to whet the appetite and let you digest the oncoming meal more easily... I think the phrase you were looking for is hors d'oeuvres. Whatever you call them; appetizers, hors d'oeuvres, or crudites, casually joining friends for some low-pressure grazing is always nice. I have to agree, at family get-togethers, most of the fun is tasting the different finger foods people bring.