Cocktails are appetizers that are served at the table with a sauce or dressing, and they are not to be confused with the potable alcoholic or nonalcoholic kinds. Seafood and fruit,as well as vegetables, are the ingredients most frequently used.
Shrimp cocktail, with a tangy sauce, is probably the favorite cocktail, especially before a steak dinner. Cocktails are always cold; most of them should be well chilled.