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The Vintage 1940s Bacon Wrapped Appetizer You Rarely See Anymore

Everyone loves a finger food. But back in the 1940s and '50s, Americans took the concept of bite-sized dining to a whole new level. 'Twas the golden age of cocktail parties, and hors d'oeuvre platters were the all-important complement to all those martinis and old fashioneds guests were throwing back . From beef tongue canapés to all-aspic-everything, many of these once-popular old school appetizers would be considered, shall we say, "interesting" by today's standards (which explains why we rarely see them anymore). If there's one thing that hasn't changed, however, it's how much we love wrapping things up in bacon and eating them with a toothpick.

Case in point? A little dish called rumaki. An iconic app that em

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