North German Cheese Plate and Easy Rye Crackers

Ingredients

• FOR THE RYE CRACKERS:
• 6 slices (thin) Rye Bread
• Salt And Pepper
• FOR THE CHEESE PLATE:
• Danish Pilsner (or Any Other Light Lager, Brown Or Amber Beer)
• 5 ounces, weight Aged Gouda
• 5 ounces, fluid Danish Bernsteiner
• 5 ounces, weight Velfrisk Danish North Sea Cheese
• 5 ounces, weight Nørvind Cheese With Blue And White Mould
• 12  Cornichons
• ⅓ cups Walnuts (or Pistachios, Pecans, Hazelnuts)
• 5 ounces, weight Smoked Trout (or Salmon, Eel)
• 3-½ ounces, weight North Sea Shrimp (or Any Other Shrimp)
• 5 ounces, weight Dry-cured Schwarzwald Smoked Ham (or Prosciutto Ham)
• 3 ounces, weight Fine Liver Pâté With Plums (or Any Other Pâté Mixed With Chopped Dried Plums)
• 1  Pear
• ⅓ cups Dried Cherries And Apricots (or Dried Cranberries, Apples, Pears, Plums)
• 2 ounces, weight Fig Chutney (or Fig Jam, Honey)