"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> I gagged a bit when one woman came out to refill the large bread "cubes"
> on the platter that held spinach dip held inside a gutted large round loaf
> of pumpernickel bread and bread cubes around it. With her bare hands she
> grabbed huge handfuls of the bread cubes from the replacement platter and
> squeezed them into place on the serving platter, smashing as needed to get
> them to mound and stay in place. In some cases ignorance is bliss and even
> if she had to use her bare hands to maul the large cubes, I would have
> preferred it to be out of my sight. Perhaps taken back into the kitchen or
> rotating two platters on the serving table so she could replenish out of
> view yet not leave the table without one while the other was in the
> kitchen.



That might have been a proper instance for the thoughtful teaching moment.
Dee Dee <veg>