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Janet wrote:
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> says...
> > I am sure that in the old days when people knew little to nothing about food
> > safety or even germs and merely put things away without so much as rinsing
> > them, this could have made them ill. I am talking about days before the
> > dinner plate where food may have been served on a flat piece of bread

>
> You numpty. The bread was eaten, as part of the meal. It wasn't put
> away for re-use.


LOL! Love the UK odd words and phrases.... "you numpty" lol