Dutch Supper - Starter ideas?

[pinkkitty]

My sister in law has decided she wants a "dutch supper" for her birthday. Someone's doing the main course, and someone else will sort out the pudding, and we have the happy task of making the starter.

i have no idea what to make/bring, and no idea what the main course and dessert will be. i need to feed 10 hungry (greedy) adults.

does anyone have any suggestions for starters/appetisers that i could do that would go with just about anything?

Many thanks!

Kitty

[tigerlily11]

soups are a good starter for lots of people.
And having one pot solves a few problems.
Always lots of it so if there is any spare u can take it home.

[heathfield]

If having a Dutch three-course meal for dinner, it would normally start with a soup. Here's a good one from Radio Netherland...

http://static.rnw.nl/.../060925cdd-redirected

[mccfluff]

do you have to transport this to your sisters? i'm guessing you do so something easily portable

crab cakes with a chill sauce and salad, you can make it all in advance pack into a box and re heat at your sisters, perhaps have some round of goats cheese to grill as an alternative if people don't like crab

[boxtops]

We've done something like this and we all agreed on the menu, otherwise you run the risk of duplicating the first and second courses or making it all cheesy or fishy.....