Leftovers

But cute leftovers.
We generally make too much of everything for a party, and part of the fun is re-working the leftovers to make good different stuff. So the day after the finger food gathering, we made a tiny shrimp salad with the few remaining crustaceans. (The reason for their short survival is that Benita, who is four, announced that she no longer cared for shrimp, which had been her favorite food. I thought this was physiologically impossible, as human children are genetically preprogrammed to love shrimp--an inheritance from our ancestors in the depths of the African savanna.) Added a little minced red pepper, celery, shallots, tarragon. Heaps of mayo to bind.

Then a cute little potato salad from the four remaining fingerlings cut into 1/8th inch dice. Red onion and dab of horseradish mustard, olive oil, and white wine vinegar.

The cucumber sandwiches, now denuded of their shrimps, were still pretty tasty. Toss in a few more puffs to mop up a wiggle of crab dip (a.k.a. crab filling) along the edge of the plate, and Roberto è tuo zio.