Appetizers were traditionally served between the main course and dessert but are now commonly served before the main meal. Appetizers can include a variety of foods like fish, meat, nuts, and chips and are frequently served before dinner or at large family lunches to start the meal. Appetizers have become a precursor to the main course.

9. For a time, appetizers
would be served
between the main
course and dessert as a
refresher, but by the
twentieth century they
had taken there place as
a precursor to the main
course.

11. . Appetizers can
include anything from
fish to meat, nuts and
chips. They are often
served before dinner or
at large family lunches