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What do you call this plate of food...?

261 replies

Lostinbooksandcoffee · 15/06/2020 12:43

When you have a selection of various foodstuffs? For example:
Crackers, cheese, ham, boiled egg, hummus, crudités, pork pie or sausage roll, grapes.

Basically, a little bit of everything. I've seen it called a 'picky plate' or 'snack plate' on FB etc. I've also seen it mentioned on MN how they detest the saying.

So, I'm just curious what you call this type of meal?

OP posts:
justjessie · 15/06/2020 12:45

Canapés. - pronounced can-apes.

Or

Crudités - pronounced cruddites (like luddites)

LesLavandes · 15/06/2020 12:45

A picnic!

Lamazey · 15/06/2020 12:46

A plate of bits

getdownonit · 15/06/2020 12:47

Nibbly bits Smile

poorbuthappy · 15/06/2020 12:47

Snacky platter in our house.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 15/06/2020 12:47

Lunch. Or tea. Depending on the time of day

InfiniteSheldon · 15/06/2020 12:47

Graze plate

TheQueensCousin · 15/06/2020 12:47

S'mores board.

HillieBoliday · 15/06/2020 12:47

A buffet? party tea? smorgasbord?

yikesanotherbooboo · 15/06/2020 12:48

'Cold tea' or a cold collation
'

Squishedpickle · 15/06/2020 12:48

Bitsa (bits of this and that)

JoesExotic · 15/06/2020 12:49

Not far off a Ploughman's tbh.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 15/06/2020 12:50

If it's outside its a picnic if inside it's picky foods.

itsme · 15/06/2020 12:50

Heaven!

In our house is a picky tea.

ForeverBubblegum · 15/06/2020 12:50

We call it a feast, but usually we offerit when trying to convince fussy to eat something.

Valkadin · 15/06/2020 12:51

Can’t be bothered to cook plate

HollyBollyBooBoo · 15/06/2020 12:51

Fridge Tapas in this house, I.e what ever is left the night before the food delivery.

Squince · 15/06/2020 12:53

A deeply weird-sounding plate of food? A culinary identity crisis on a plate?

'Picky bits' or 'picky tea' are expressions I have never heard outside of Mn, and they suggest to me someone making a meal off what they have harvested from between their toes.

MysweetAudrina · 15/06/2020 12:53

A platter

CatBatCat · 15/06/2020 12:53

Plate of stuff or posh ploughmans.

AriettyHomily · 15/06/2020 12:55

Picnic lunch

Howyoualldoworkme · 15/06/2020 12:55

My late MIL used to call it a 'Chase round the table' Grin

Frogsandsheep · 15/06/2020 12:56

Plate of bits!

ShowOfHands · 15/06/2020 12:56

We had this thread last month with 400 responses (see above). I can't read it or this one probably as the term "picky bits" makes my whole being, soul and flesh, cringe so hard I risk serious injury.

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