C'est Cheese!

Then and now, this is, like, the ultimate cocktail party cocktail....

• 12 chicken livers, halved (about 3/4 lb.)
• 1/4 cup dry sherry
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 8 oz. can sliced water chestnuts, drained and halved
• 12-14 slices of bacon, halved crosswise

Cut livers in half; quarter any extra-large livers. Combine sherry, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil garlic powder, ginger and waater, and pour over livers. Marinate the livers and water chestnuts for 4-24 hours in the refrigerator, turning occasionally.

Drain livers. Wrap 1 piece of liver and 1 piece of water chestnut with a piece of bacon, and secure with a wooden toothpick.

Place rumaki on a lightly greased broiler pan and broil about 10 minutes (or until livers are no longer pink), turning frequently.