{"id":3374,"date":"2017-07-14T08:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2017-06-27T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:48:43","slug":"making-the-perfect-charcuterie-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3374","title":{"rendered":"Making the Perfect Charcuterie Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, first I have to get something off my chest.<\/p>\n

What’s pictured isn’t a charcuterie board. Charcuterie means cold cooked meats, and this board has no meat on it at all, but\u00a0I’m going to insist on calling it a charcuterie board because I like that word, even if I’m always afraid I’m mispronouncing it.\u00a0I could call it a vegetarian charcuterie board, but I’d want to wash my mouth out with bacon after saying that, I’m afraid.<\/p>\n

So here’s how you make the perfect charcuterie board.<\/p>\n

Gather a collection of the fruits, crackers, cold meats, cheeses, and jams that you most love.<\/p>\n

Have a sister with a gorgeous cutting board. Spread the ingredients upon it (the cutting board, not the sister) in a carefully haphazard manner, while sneaking many slices of cheese for yourself.<\/p>\n

And that’s pretty much it! That’s the beauty of meals like this- you can use whatever you have on hand, throw it on a wooden cutting board, photograph it in front of a big window, and you’ll feel like you have a perfect Instagram life.<\/p>\n

On this particular board, we used:<\/p>\n