The art-gallery owner is going to open her "café" again, soon and is looking for small items (hors d'oeuvres, appetisers or small desserts) that can be made and stored (frozen or room temperature) ahead of time and that would require only minimal assembly or reheating.
The main idea is to get people to come into her gallery to look at the paintings so that, maybe, somebody could buy some of them. Thus, she isn't looking for large portions or a big menu. Also, the more "portable" the items are, the better, so that people could actually walk around, viewing the art with their snacks without having to juggle a knife and a fork along with a plate, although a few non-finger-food options are okay.
Those mini quiches that are sold frozen came to mind, but she already has quiche on her list of things that she plans to make (and those frozen ones aren't sold here, anyway). That type of thing would be a good example of what would work well, however: freezable, easily heatable and quite portable.
These items also should be inexpensive to make and not TOO "exotic." For example, although rumaki could probably work in other contexts, it may be too "out there" for many locals (or tourists) and, aside from that, tins of water chestnuts aren't especially cheap here.
Certain fruits, nuts or other apparently common ingredients may also not be good, in this case, for dessert items, due to their cost and/or availability. For example, raspberries are completely unavailable, strawberries ARE available, but a little pricey for something like this (the same for butterscotch or chocolate morsels, pecans, almonds and macadamias), but guava paste, mango, banana, pineapple or papaya would be good choices.
Right now, other than the aforementioned mini quiches, I'm drawing a blank and just keep thinking of things that are too bug, too messy, too difficult not easily storable.
What ideas would you all have?
Thanks!
The main idea is to get people to come into her gallery to look at the paintings so that, maybe, somebody could buy some of them. Thus, she isn't looking for large portions or a big menu. Also, the more "portable" the items are, the better, so that people could actually walk around, viewing the art with their snacks without having to juggle a knife and a fork along with a plate, although a few non-finger-food options are okay.
Those mini quiches that are sold frozen came to mind, but she already has quiche on her list of things that she plans to make (and those frozen ones aren't sold here, anyway). That type of thing would be a good example of what would work well, however: freezable, easily heatable and quite portable.
These items also should be inexpensive to make and not TOO "exotic." For example, although rumaki could probably work in other contexts, it may be too "out there" for many locals (or tourists) and, aside from that, tins of water chestnuts aren't especially cheap here.
Certain fruits, nuts or other apparently common ingredients may also not be good, in this case, for dessert items, due to their cost and/or availability. For example, raspberries are completely unavailable, strawberries ARE available, but a little pricey for something like this (the same for butterscotch or chocolate morsels, pecans, almonds and macadamias), but guava paste, mango, banana, pineapple or papaya would be good choices.
Right now, other than the aforementioned mini quiches, I'm drawing a blank and just keep thinking of things that are too bug, too messy, too difficult not easily storable.
What ideas would you all have?
Thanks!
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