"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
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>> "Janet Baraclough" > wrote
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>> >> > Marcel and I ate out last night and tonight we will eat whatever I
>> >> > took
>> >> > home in a Doggie Bag. )
>> >
>> > I thought a doggie bag was just what it says, dog food... the uneaten
>> > bits of the meal, scraped from the plates it was served on?
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>> I guess at some point it was a graceful way to take home your
>> leftovers, it's for the dog (wink wink). Actually, if you eat half
>> your steak, why not bring home the other half.
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> For the dog, yes, but not for people, eeeek!!!
>
> I would never, even at home, re-serve any food which was left over on
> my own plate or anyone else's after eating from it, touched with
> cutlery that's been in the mouth. But ohmigod,the thought of plate
> leavings from a restaurant, that have been exposed, while tepid and
> cooling, to airdroplet contamination from waitstaff and other diners...
> or taken away out of sight by waitstaff to be handled/wrapped/saved
> :-(((((!!!!!!
>
> Janet.

Janet,

From your email address it looks like you're in the UK. Is it considered
bad manners there to bring home leftover food from restaurants?

In the US (depending upon the restaurant) you pack up your own food and put
it in a restaurant-supplied container.

If you're really so appalled by food that has touched cutlery that's been in
the mouth, then leftover even at home must be out also.