Beer food, they said, for when you’ve got people over to watch the World Cup and stuff … But what is beer food, beyond nuts, crisps and calling in a meat feast pizza with extra jalapeños? It’s what my friend Alejandro calls “nibblings” and my dad “snackettes”.
A good nibbling is a well-seasoned, often potato-based thing. It is pick-up-able, dunkable and, sometimes, slatherable with something nice and punchy, allowing for kick-back against (my) horrible habits such as smoking out of the window and other such abominations. These recipes deliver all those things and are mostly doable well in advance. There is only a little work involved in getting them ready, the shopping is one fell swoop of a large, high-street retailer-type thing and, vitally, there is very little effort required when it comes to eating them. Which frees up time and, indeed, a hand for holding a beer or waving about in the air when someone scores, or doesn’t, or whatever it is.
