Recipe: Tomato Wheels, Cantaloupe and Ham, and Shrimp Poppers

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Recipe: Three Easy Appetizers
Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking
Date: 12/03/1999
Author: Hag & Stenni

Tomato Wheels

4-8 Roma tomatoes (plum) or a big box of cherry tomatoes
1/4 lb thin sliced ham
1/4 lb thin sliced provolone cheese

Slice plum tomatoes into rounds or cherry tomatoes in half. Use a cap or bottle top of about the same size as the tomato slices to cut out rounds of the ham and cheese. Layer tomato, ham and stick a toothpick in it or not.

Cantaloupe and Ham

Wrap cubes of cantaloupe in thin slices of ham and secure the ham with toothpick.

Shrimp Poppers

1/2 lb med to large shrimp (depending on your manual dexterity)
1/2 lb bacon partially cooked (pliable still)
jalapeno slices (from a jar not fresh)
a couple of Tbsp garlic butter melted

Peel, devein and butterfly shrimp. Brush with melted garlic butter. Place a slice of pepper into the butterflied shrimp and close it. Wrap bacon around the shrimp and secure with a toothpick or put several on a skewer. Pop into the broiler for a few minutes until the shrimp pinks up and is done to your taste. Also excellent on the barbie.