sf wrote:

>> I always put the dishes of food on the table so that the diners may help
>> themselves. I always do this even when we two are the only ones eating.
>
> NO! no no no. I can't begin to tell you how much it disgusts me.
>
> Unfortunately, I am only half of a marital pair. The other half
> endorses that barbaric practice. I've shaped him into a less uncouth
> person, but I haven't totally changed him. It seems to be genetic.

You sure have some strange notions about the "right" way to do things
(remembering your ideas about the "right" way to cut up onions).

"Family-style" service is perfectly acceptable, especially when it's a
FAMILY MEAL. Even such a culinary luminary as Thomas Keller agrees, as
evidenced by his restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville, where ALL the food is
served family-style.

Bob