RE: New Years Eve request: Fabulous Fifties Cheese and Olive Ball

[Guest guest]

This is a very 50's appetizer, although I remember my mom always making it

in the 70's for parties. Very easy:

 

Fabulous Fifties Cheese and Olive Ball

 

At least 2 kinds of cheese, cubed into 1/2 inch squares (I like cheddar and

pepper jack)

At least 2 kinds of olives, green and black

Small cherry tomatoes (optional)

Chunked pineapple in small cubes (optional)

1 head of purple cabbage (but regular green cabbage OK too--doesn't make any

difference since you don't actually eat the cabbage)

1 package of toothpicks (get fancy ones or colored ones to be festive)

 

1) Plunk the cabbage on your serving plate.

2) Assemble cheese, olives, and cherry tomatoes onto the toothpicks.

Ya'know: cheddar cheese, black olive cherry tomato, next toothpick: pepper

jack, green olive, pineapple and so on in various patterns.

3) Insert the end of the cheese & fruit laden toothpicks into the cabbage.

Make enough of these mini kebobs to cover the whole cabbage so no purple

cabbage leave is visible.

 

You end up with a very festive and cheesy looking (har har) ball o'

toothpick kebobs. Very 1950's spaceage sputnik satellite looking space-age

bachelor pad cocktail party type of appetizer that's pretty fun and very

easy.

 

 

 

rwhitt1212 [rwhitt1212]

Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:15 AM

 

Re: New Years Eve request

 

 

Does anyone have any appetizer recipes they would share. Something fairly

simple. We are invited to a party this evening where everyone is to bring

appetizers for a buffet. Thanks in advance. Robin in NC