Nancy Young wrote:
> Margaret Suran wrote:
>

>> I don't know about now, but when I was last in Europe, in the
>> summer of 1965, in Austria there was a charge for each roll or
>> slice of bread you and your party consumed. The wait person knew
>> how much there was in the basket and counted what was left over.
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> (laughing) That sounds really icky. So not only did the patrons
> paw through the basket, so did the staff. YUMMY! Anyway, that's
> pretty silly. I'll never be in Austria, but if I was to, they can
> keep their rolls.
>
> I believe that reserving rolls to other patrons is illegal here.
>
> nancy


Just as you would not pour your own wine from the bottle on the table,
you would not grab your own bread or roll from the basket, but wait
for the server to do so. The rolls and breads were served with
tongs. In the less fancy places, the waiter would bring a "community"
basket and mark down the number of rolls/bread ordered, just as he
would any other food. He or she would use a pair of tongs to serve
them. Nothing really icky about it. Please, Nancy, do not be afraid
to go into an Austrian restaurant. )

Here, some of the fine restaurants also have the waiter or a special
wait person go around with a bread basket, only here the bread and
rolls do not carry an extra charge.