Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> blake murphy > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:00:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> > Anyway, someone brought in a green pumpkin pie. Looked horrible.
>> > Phyl was in charge and more than one person remarked about the
>> > godawful green pie. Phyl cut the pies and dished them up during the
>> > service. When it was time to clean up, someone remarked that that
>> > pie had two slices out of it ‹ "Oh, my Alex, Phyllis!! You didn't
>> > SERVE that, did you?" Phyl said no, that she put two pieces into
>> > the garbage can ‹ "How would you feel if you'd brought a pie to
>> > share and no one touched it?" The world lost a fine woman last
>> > winter. :-(
>>
>>> now, that's class.
>
>> Yup. WWPD. What Would Phyllis Do?
>
> Well, not that I'm claiming to be a great person or anything, but I know
> what *I* would have done. I would have served it, green color and all!
> I've organized a few potlucks, and once the rules are set up, it isn't
> my place to decide what gets served and what doesn't. (Well, maybe I
> would have given it the "sniff" test, or even tasted a sliver.)
>


At my church, the whole pies and cakes are cut (maybe half of it cut)
and set out *in the pans* and people serve themselves. (I try to cut
mine into all different sized pieces.) So a pie could be on the
serving table and end up untouched when the thing is over.

Bob