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Depending on the context in which the word is used side dish, gastronomic or literary, we will find two quite common uses of the term.

On gastronomy The term entremés is used to refer to the small portions of food served during finger foods before main dishes are served. Today, the most common is that they are served before the meal, while the traditional The custom of serving appetizers between courses is reserved for high-end restaurants. category, in which, in addition to fulfilling the function of entertaining diners while waiting for their dishes main, we try to eradicate the taste of the finished dish from the diner's palate and prepare it for the following. Another denomination to refer to them is through the French terms amuse or amuse-bouche , which refer entertainment and entertainment for the mouth, respectively.

Continuing in the context of gastronomy, another use of the term allows us to refer to the cold dish that is exclusively composed of cold cuts and cold cuts.

And the other use, as indicated above, is given at the request of the literary field, in which entremés is a brief, comic or burlesque dramatic piece consisting of a single act and which was usually performed between acts of a comedy or an extensive theatrical work to entertain the public.

The hors d'oeuvre began to be performed in the Spanish Golden Age, that is, the end of the century XVI, continuing for the next two centuries, XVII and XVIII, until in the year 1780 it was directly prohibited. Some time later he began to call it sainete.

Traditionally it was starred by characters that came from the popular classes, such as as the fool or simple, the malicious one who ends up being the victim of the deceit of others, the bailiff, the Mayor rural, the poor soldier, the sacristan, the doctor, the apothecary, the clerk, the lawyer, the servant, the blind man, the mop, the whore, the the sorceress, the prudent woman, the students, the innkeepers, and the pages who aroused laughter with their gluttony and hunger, among others.

Among the most popular authors of these pieces were: Miguel de Cervantes, Luis Quiñones de Benavente and Francisco de Quevedo.