On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:09:45 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>U.S. Janet B. wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:00:39 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>> snip
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>> > I have noticed that Usians have a lot of dipping pots on the table.
>> > It's not something I do
>> >
>>
>> I don't understand this comment.
>> Janet US
>
>It's ok Janet, it's a UK translation to call it a dipping pot. (I've
>seen it before called that by UK folks in other social media). We
>don't do it (USA folks or me) with all meals but it can be very
>ethnically determined.
>
>As far as I know, we'd mostly call them bowls and it's really common
>where I have lived, to have individual ones where you dipped some out
>to your own small one or if thick enough to not run, to your plate.
>
>Here's one query, I wonder if the UK uses the term 'bread plate'?

My vocabulary is fine and I understand the term and concept. I was
questioning the comment not the words.