[Sca-cooks] a small meal, need additions

[iasmin at comcast.net]

Within the next few weeks, I need to cook a small meal of snacks for guests. Earlier this month I asked if anyone could remember the location of the recipes for potted mushrooms or mushrooms in pate, which I have subsequently found in the German corpus (I was looking in a completely different location). I'm trying to pick a few dishes, but create them in quantity. Right now I'm leaning toward:

- Mushrooms in Pate (German, late period)
- Crab in Pate (English, late period)
- Adobo (Spanish, late period)
- Pasta and Green Sauce (Italian, late period)
- Shortbread (English, uhmmm...I forget *grin*)

By the choices, I'm obviously not married to any culture. I'm looking to find some very small number of additional dishes to flesh this out. It's likely I won't have much space to serve this (buffet/party style), possibly as little space as a card table. But I do have access to a considerable amount of equipment to assist me (the entire baronial hoard of serving dishes, including four large chafers and at least two portable roasting ovens). Other than a portable cooler or two I can bring with, I will have no refrigeration.

I need something to serve the pate on. These were special requests and I hope to make them for the first time this week to test out the recipes I've translated. I also need....something. Something else. A pickled dish? Something as simple as olives? I'm not sure. Suggestions anyone? I'd appreciate some thoughts.

Iasmin