Hors D’oeuvres History
The French lay claim on hors d’oeuvres, their answer to teasing appetites before a meal. A translation for “outside of the main work,” hors d’oeuvres are a variety of savory snacks served at parties and other social engagements, catching the eye and tantalizing taste buds without quite satisfying hunger. Serve just a few for guests to munch on while gathering before dinner, or have multiple selections for an event without a meal.
History
The French borrowed their hors d’oeuvres from the early Greeks and Romans. Wealthy Athenians served an array of five small dishes containing garlic, fish and other morsels on a platter to begin a meal. The Romans started their extravagant banquets with sausages, eggs, shellfish, vegetables, herbs and olives. These are some of the foods used in hors d’oeuvres today. Traditional feasts also included wine or mead passed around at the beginning of the event, much like modern-day practice.
Misconceptions
Appetizers are not hors d’oeuvres. Appetizers are the first course in a meal while seated at the table. They, too, are used to whet the appetite, but should not be filling. Serve appetizers with a fork and knife. Eat hors d’oeuvres with a fingers or a toothpick. Appetizers are usually just one item, while hors d’oeuvres are multiple bite-sized samplings passed around on trays or spread out on a serving table with other selections.
Prevention/Solution
For cocktail parties, serve hors d’oeuvres with alcoholic beverages in a modern society that frowns upon over-imbibing and drinking and driving. Offered all at once or in waves, these snacks absorb alcohol while giving guests a more social atmosphere as they mill about. Drinking on an empty stomach allows alcohol to pass through the body faster, creating more rapid intoxication. Fat is not alcohol-absorbent, so offer a variety of food choices.
Significance
Merchant mariners are credited with inventing the cracker. Harder than bread and more suitable for life aboard a sailing vessel, crackers were kept on board to repel hunger when there was nothing else to eat, no catch in sight and little or no refrigeration. Modern use for crackers has expanded to hors d’oeuvres as the ideal companion for cheese and for spreads made of fruit, vegetables and seafood. If you don’t know how to serve it, put it on a cracker.
Variations
The Italian answer to hors d’oeuvres is the antipasto plate, filled with a selection of meats, cheeses, olives and vegetables. Look to sliced crusty bread instead of crackers as the companion and catch-all for Italian snacks and appetizers. The Russian zakuski is also closely linked with the French hors d’oeuvre for its tradition of serving a variety of dishes on a separate buffet table before the rest of the meal.
Source: http://www.ehow.com/about_5418378_hors-doeuvres-history.html
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