Large cocktail party with heavy Hors d'oeuvres
One less expensive, easy, do-ahead, shrimp option would be to serve pickled shrimp with those same little rye or pumpernickel party squares that you said you were purchasing. Here’s a link to a recipe:
http://www.thebittenword.com/thebittenword/2011/10/pickled-shrimp.html
Anytime I make pickled ship, it is a huge hit. It is very pretty in a Reading More May Cause Envy…