Shrimp Toast

I have no idea when, where, or why this delicate canapé became a staple at stylish Southern cocktail receptions, but I suspect it’s been around for centuries and possibly originated with the first English settlers in Charleston and Savannah. I’ve seen shrimp toast served at an antebellum home outside Mobile, on silver trays in the Garden District of New Orleans, at a book party on Jekyll Island, Georgia, and, indeed, on many of my own mother’s buffets. The toasts couldn’t be more distinctiv