Hot finger foods being served:
In THE BATTLE OF THE RICE, jasmine rice won, with brown, wild and basmati rice coming next in the poll.
It's now the turn of hot finger foods. There will be another poll about cold finger foods. This poll is only about hot finger foods or at least warmed-up finger foods. However, there are a few finger foods, such as quiches, sausage rolls and sausages, which can be served up as hot or cold finger foods. In these cases, such finger foods are included in both polls.
For both this poll on hot finger foods and a subsequent poll on cold finger foods, I'm excluding sweet finger foods.
Even just focusing on savoury foods, there are a lot of foods that can be included. Any hot food can be fingered! In many South Asian countries, food is often eaten with fingers rather than with chopsticks or cutlery. But this poll is compiled with Westerners in mind, those people living in Europe and North America. Polls are cultured in their compilation.
But having said that there's a transatlantic difference over what pigs in blankets mean. In America, pigs in blankets are sausages wrapped in pastry; but here in Britain, pigs in blankets are sausages wrapped in bacon. But for the purposes of this poll, I'll go with the American version of pigs in blankets; America is a superpower and Britain is a post-Brexit wannabe-cum-nobody. Even the humble English pig in a blanket isn't safe from American takeover!
I like most finger foods; a finger food buffet usually means choice of loading your plate with what you like. My favourite hot finger foods are beef ends, chicken goujons, chicken skewers, chips, corn-on-the-cobs, crispy battered prawns, fried halloumi cheese, loaded potato skins, nachos, onion bhajis, pulled pork, quiches, samosas, spring/pancake rolls and stuffed mushrooms, with vol-au-vents being my most favourite hot finger food. Who can resist a mushroom vol-au-vent?!
Mushroom vol-au-vent:
However, my go-to hot finger food in the Netherlands are Bitterballen - see photo below. They are meat-based croquette-style snacks which are delicious when dipped in a mild mustard. Bitterballen are commonly served up in Dutch bars.
My least favourite hot finger foods are chicken nuggets, hot dogs and stuffed peppers, with chicken wings being my least favourite hot finger food. I like chicken but there's hardly any chicken to eat on a chicken wing!
What are your most and least favourite hot finger foods?
What hot finger foods do you serve up when hosting a social event?
Probably everyone here knows I used to host sex parties for swinging couples with my then partner. How I miss those parties! At our parties, we always served up a hot finger buffet. The buffet was never meant as a meal but more as a way of couples taking communion in the kitchen before having sex elsewhere in the house. Very rarely did sex take place in the kitchen; the kitchen was a refuge for those not having sex!
At the parties, our finger food buffet, always bought from Iceland, included chicken goujons, crispy battered prawns, loaded potato skins, mini-burgers, mini-pizzas, mini-quiches, samosas and vol-au-vents. What else does a swinger need to eat?!
Below is a poll where you can anonymously select your most favourite hot finger food. Unfortunately only one pick is allowed in the poll.
A poll on this site can only have 20 answer options. Unfortunately there was no room in the poll for: beef ends, Bitterballen, bruschetta/crostini, buffalo cauliflower wings, cheese/cheesy bites, cheese on toast (including Welsh rarebit), cheese tartlets, crab cakes, crispy battered prawns/shrimps, crispy savoury pancakes, croquettes, dim sums, dough balls, dumplings (eg wontons), fish goujons (including fish fingers), fried halloumi cheese, jacket potatoes, kebabs/kabobs (including koftas), meatballs, mushroom tartlets, mussels, onion fritters (including onion bhajis), oysters, paella arancini bites, papadams, patties, potato wedges, pulled pork, salmon bites, samosas, sausage rolls, sausages (including British-style pigs in blankets), spring/pancake rolls, stuffed peppers, stuffed tomatoes and tempura.
I think pizzas will win the poll, but chicken wings, loaded potato skins and tacos may also do well in the poll. Chicken is going to do well whether it's chicken goujons, nuggets, skewers or wings.
This is the first time in compiling polls on different foods and drinks that I didn't do any systematic internet research. After briefly searching for popular finger foods or canapés, I just came across a lot of fancy and probably not very popular foods, so I gave up and relied on my instincts instead, plus @EnigmaInitiative's advice gratefully received.
Please see the comment below to see what has won each battle of the food and drinks so far.
STOP PRESS. As a result of late voting breaking the deadlock between blueberry, cherry, strawberry, unflavoured and vanilla yogurt, I can now declare that vanilla yogurt is the outright winner of THE BATTLE OF THE YOGURTS poll. And as a result of some very late voting ketchup is no longer sharing top spot with barbecue sauce and is the sole winner of the THE BATTLE OF THE CONDIMENTS poll.
Bitterballen:
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I like tacos the best because they taste good and resemble part of the female's anatomy.
I can see where you're coming from!
For the record, Brussels sprouts won THE BATTLE OF THE VEGETABLES, bananas won THE BATTLE OF THE FRUITS, basil won THE BATTLE OF THE HERBS, garlic won THE BATTLE OF THE SPICES, cashew nuts won THE BATTLE OF THE NUTS, sunflower seeds won THE BATTLE OF THE SEEDS, roast beef won THE BATTLE OF THE ROAST DINNERS, cheesecake won THE BATTLE OF THE PUDDINGS, pepperoni won THE BATTLE OF THE PIZZA TOPPINGS, Caesar salad won THE BATTLE OF THE SALADS, green beans won THE BATTLE OF THE BEANS, watermelon won THE BATTLE OF THE MELONS, tomato-based pasta sauce won THE BATTLE OF THE HOT SAUCY DIPS, barbecue sauce won THE BATTLE OF THE COOL SAUCY DIPS, vanilla ice cream won THE BATTLE OF THE ICE CREAMS, capellini (aka angel hair) won THE BATTLE OF THE PASTAS, steak won THE BATTLE OF THE BARBECUE, romaine lettuce won THE BATTLE OF THE LETTUCES, honeycrisp apples won THE BATTLE OF THE APPLES, stout won THE BATTLE OF THE BEERS, whisky won THE BATTLE OF THE SPIRITS, clam chowder won THE BATTLE OF THE SOUPS, sourdough bread won THE BATTLE OF THE BREADS, liver won THE BATTLE OF THE OFFAL, roast turkey won THE BATTLE OF CHRISTMAS FOODS, Old Fashioned won THE BATTLE OF THE COCKTAILS, Americano coffee won THE BATTLE OF THE COFFEES, green tea won THE BATTLE OF THE TEAS, maple syrup won THE BATTLE OF THE PANCAKES, ketchup won THE BATTLE OF THE CONDIMENTS, ribeye steak won THE BATTLE OF THE STEAKS, portobello mushrooms won THE BATTLE OF THE MUSHROOMS, beefsteak tomatoes won THE BATTLE OF THE TOMATOES, barbecue crisps won THE BATTLE OF THE CRISPS, strawberries won THE BATTLE OF THE BERRIES, crab won THE BATTLE OF THE SHELLFISH, vanilla yogurt won THE BATTLE OF THE YOGURTS, and jasmine rice won THE BATTLE OF THE RICE.
Sausages wrapped in bacon? How heart stoppingly (literally) decadent!
Sausages wrapped in bacon, our pigs in blankets, are very popular served up with a Christmas roast dinner.
All-u-can-eat bearded clam
Now I've never had clams as a finger food. However, I'm not that keen on shellfish.
@mufdiver69er2 Silly me!
For me, they are what in Spain are called 'Gambas en Gabardina': battered shrimp?, where sometimes tempura flour is used.
Your gambas en gabardina are our battered prawns/shrimps though the Spanish term sounds much better!
@spunkycumfun It means "Shrimps in a raincoat"
@AuraAviatik6 I think Britain should officially adopt the Spanish language!
Only 2 mentioned would not consume quiches and vol au vents. All rest would eat. Favorite possibly soft tacos 🌮
I love a quiche and a vol-au-vent!
@spunkycumfun as they say to each his own. I don't Ike guacamole.
@bignicktx At least that's more guacamole for me!
@spunkycumfun you are more than welcome to it will have salsa and sour cream
@bignicktx But I also like salsa and sour cream!
@spunkycumfun dig in
Fries (chips to you) is my fav, especially if paired with crispy fried chicken😁
I don’t like mushrooms 😐
Chips always go down well with me.
Now I am hungry!!! LOL
I hope you get to eat soon.
There are so many great ones on this list but I would have to say Potato Wedges or Tater Tots would be my favorite finger foods.
I hope your enjoying a relaxing Sunday..
I forgot to put potato wedges on my list. Shame on me!
As nice as burgers, tacos, pizza, fries, sweet potato fries, corn, onion rings, and the like are,... where are the satay (marinated, grilled meat on a stick), egg rolls, pupusas, empanadas, corn dogs, fried oysters, and the wide assortment of Chinese and Japanese skewered foods? Wait, I'm getting hungry again!
Oh, I almost forgot about fried artichoke hearts at the county fair...
I've never heard of pupusas. I'm going to have to check them out now!
I had to giggle when I saw your favourite finger food, plated with knife and fork
Had to poke a tiny bit of fun at you Spunky!
I should have selected a better photo of a mushroom vol-au-vent. I do eat my vol-au-vents with my fingers though.
Hmmm none of these are really something I would order as an appetizer in a restaurant. How about bruschetta?
If we're looking at decadent fried foods, I'd vote for fried cheese curds - which might be kind of a Midwestern US thing.
My poll is flawed. I forgot about cheese curds; my defence is that we don't eat them here.
Mushroom vol-au-vent?? I cannot imagine eating this one with my fingers unless I was naked and my partner did clean up. Otherwise it's not finger food spunky when you need a fork and knife to eat it.................. redbird catering service
Though the photo suggested a knife and fork is needed to eat a mushroom vol-au-vent, it's quite easy to eat one with fingers alone!
Oysters on half shell.
I don't think I could eat oysters.
Thanks for stopping by.
Chips with mayonnaise dip , but alas in the past , the mayonnaise does not agree with my cholestrol levels
That's the classic Belgian way how to eat chips.
@spunkycumfun better not tell the dutch that , would not want to NATO allies going to war over mayonnaise
@taurean62dbn There is a bit of a battle between the Belgians and Dutch over how to serve chips!