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Liver Spread: Hit the Deli Counter for Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget

Pâté is a delicious and easy snack to have on hand for casual cocktails; spread it on crispy toast or crackers and you have an instant hors d'oeuvre. Many country pâtés can cost around $15 a pound, but liverwurst—which is also made primarily with pork and pork liver—is usually closer to $6 for the same amount. The deli-counter staple may be more at home on Saltines than on table water crackers, but serve it on a platter with cornichons and some plum jam alongside glasses of dry white wine, and trust us, your guests won't mind.

Switch and save: $9 per pound