Southern-style Appetizers

Appetizers

Recipe By :Barbara Blumenfeld

1 Cup Parmesan Cheese -- grated

1 Cup Miracle Whip®

1 Cup (tall Can) Artichoke Hearts -- chopped

1 Small Can Water Chestnuts -- drained and chopped

Mix all ingredients and bake in glass pie pan in 400 degree oven for 15 minutes or until firm. Serve in chafing dish. Use crackers as dip.

Baked Grapefruit

Recipe By :Michele Buck

Section 1/2 grapefruit as usually prepared: Sprinkle brown sugar over top. Tablespoon of maraschino cherry.

Dot with butter. Put under boiler until sugar begins to cook and edges turn slightly brown.

Black Olive Dip

Recipe By :Pat Branch

2 cans black olives

2 cans Old El Paso Green Chilies

3 Tomatoes -- Peeled, chopped

4 onions -- chopped

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 teaspoons olive oil

3 teaspoons wine vinegar

garlic powder

salt and pepper

Mix all together.

Blintz Hors D-oevre

Recipe By :Barbara Blumenfeld

2 loaves White Bread -- sliced long way

1 Pound Cream Cheese

2 Egg Yolks

½ Cup Sugar

1/2 Pound Butter -- melted

Sugar and Cinnamon

Sour Cream

Cut crusts off bread and roll thin. Cream together cream cheese, egg yolks and sugar. Spread creamed mixture on bread, roll length wise like jelly roll. Mix together melted butter, sugar and cinnamon and roll each log in mixture. Harden for a few minutes in refrigerator. Cut in 1" pieces--freeze if desired. To serve bake until golden brown at 350 degrees 15 to 25 minutes. Serve with sour cream. Source: "Nita Levin"

Cheese Log

Recipe By :Barbara Blumenfeld

3 Ounces Sharp Cheddar Cheese

8 Ounces Cream Cheese

1 Teaspoon Worstershire Sauce

1 Onion

Fish or Tuna

Mix all ingredients together and form into two logs. Roll in chopped nuts. Refrigerate and slice thin. Serve with fancy crackers. Source: "Marion Levin"

Cheese Ring

Recipe By :Phyllis Brackin

1 16 Oz Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

1 Medium Onion

1 Clove Garlic -- minced

1 Cup Pecans -- chopped

1/2 Cup Mayonnaise -- Hellman's

1/2 Teaspoon Tobasco

Mix together place in a mold to make ring.

Stuffed Celery

Recipe By :Michele Buck

Celery Stalks -- 2 " pieces

1 Underwood's Deviled Ham

1/4 Cup Roquefort Cheese

1 Tablespoon Cream Cheese

1/4 Cup Green Pepper -- chopped

Clean and cut celery stalks in 2" pieces. Stuff with Underwood's Deviled ham, Roquefort, cream cheese mixed, and chopped pepper.

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms

By Sylvia Burson Rushing

1 stick butter

1 cup Philadelphia cream cheese

1 can white crab meat

(½ - 1cup fresh crab meat)

Thicken with bread crumbs to stuff large mushrooms. Serve with lemons warmed and tied with cheesecloth to squeeze juice to taste.

Or leave off head chunks and serve in Fondue to use as French bread dip.