I’m in the Ottawa area, which is fairly bilingual, and have never heard or seen the word.
I have a feeling that I will now magically start to notice it everywhere. :smack:
I should know the word, and when asked, I knew it was appetizer finger food thingy, but I was conflating the idea of crostini with canapes (both words I definitely know the definitions for.)
Chicagoland checking in.
I’m familiar with the word as spoken, but I did do a double take when seeing it written in monstro’s thread. Took me a few seconds to decode it and realize what it was.
Sort of like so many people share in other threads that misled and “mizzled” once seemed to them to be two different words - they knew it in speech, but not in writing. 
Still, I hear “veggie tray” about 98% of the time, so I voted it’s a word I know, but it’s not common.
I didn’t know what it was until monstro’s thread. Vaguely recall seeing the word in print when I was high school, studying French.
Born and raised in Atlanta, GA. Living in metro DC.
That’s the one I’m a bit fuzzy on. (Maybe it involves little bits of toasted bread … ?)
I should probably go to more cocktail parties. Or have more cocktails.
I know the word and I knew it was an appetizer-y food, but I’m not entirely sure I would have remembered that it’s vegetables before I read the other thread. I’m from upstate NY, living in Chicago.
I think I learned the word from reading wedding message boards (yes I admit it, I read wedding message boards). I always thought it was a sort of southern/lower-midwest regionalism, since I come across it much more online than in RL conversation. My association is that it’s not snobby, it’s just a way to describe a snack food spread that is a few steps above pretzels and store-bought cookies. I put “drumette” in the same category, they both seem to come up when people are discussing what to serve at an afternoon party that won’t involve a full meal.
I’m in Alberta, Canada. I’ve heard the word, I know the word, but it’s seldom used outside of foodie circles.
Same.
Idaho, until this thread I assumed it just meant appetizer/hors d’oeuvre, I didn’t know it was that specific.
So it’s a common enough word that I’ve heard/read it but I wasn’t 100% correct about its meaning and I don’t use it in conversation.
Your answer surprised me, actually, because I would have expected you to have heard it based on where you live!
I voted that I knew it and knew what it meant and feel it’s common. Montreal here.
San Diego. Voted that I knew the word and thought it was common.
Elitist. 
New York, NY: Common and often used interchangeably with vegetable tray.
Indeed. Basically, little bits of toast with toppings. Related to bruschetta. (I’m actually fuzzy on what the technical differences between the two are.)
I’ve never seen or heard it before. Upon seeing the word, my first thought was that was a silly insult; “Crudites”, sort of like Deadites. My second though was that it was “crudities”, as in “the crudities of the barbarians”.
Not common in the sense that a person would use it everyday, but it’s not a challenge word. Perhaps slightly less well-known than hors d’oeuvres and slightly better-known than canapé.
I don’t think I’ve ever referred to a tray of celery, carrots, broccoli, mushrooms, and grape tomatoes with dip as anything other than a crudité platter.
I knew it and its meaning, but was torn between whether it was a common word or not. I finally decided it was common enough, so that’s what I voted. I’m a thirtysomething male in Oregon for demographic purposes.
I live in the Detroit metro area, I knew the word but would get looked at askance for using it. It’s pretty much always said as vegetable tray/ veggies with dip.
Does serving food irrevocably alter the definition of a party so that it’s not a cocktail party? I’m pretty sure I’ve never been to a cocktail party in my life. I’d have defined it as a gathering without a full meal, where a variety of types of drink would be available, probably where white collar folks would be doing some networking while slightly dressed up. My crowd doesn’t do those types of gatherings.
IME it doesn’t have to be a fancy party in order to serve crudités. We had some at our last SuperBowl party. It’s just what they are called.
Doesn’t even have to be a party. We have them before dinner on normal nights. If the kids are hungry I’ll tell them to put together some crudites for themselves.