On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 03:22:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>
>> On 9/25/2017 11:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> > We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut off a
>> > piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do the same for me
>> > so we get a taste of the other's dish.
>>
>> We often order different things so we can share. I never thought
>> it would bother anyone if we ate off each other's plate or passed
>> over a bite or two.
>>
>> > We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two spoons.
>> > Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
>>
>> If not expected. If one person orders dessert, guarantee there
>> will be enough spoons handed out for everyone at the table.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2 people sit
>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each place.
>> In good restaurants anyway.
>
>Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
>bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.

One of the best restaurants I've ever been to, had plastic chairs,
formica tables, neon lights and the occasional cockroach running
through the place. I'm guessing this is an alien concept for most
westerners.

On 9/26/2017 6:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:

>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2 people sit
>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each place.
>> In good restaurants anyway.
>
> Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
> bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.
>
One of the things my mother found rather annoying about many
middle-level restaurants in the US, was the expectation that the diner
would be using the same fork for starter, main, and dessert. She would
put her knife and fork neatly together across her plate to indicate that
she was done, and the server would thoughtfully remove the fork and
place it on the table, ready for the next course.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> 9.44...
>
> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 09:40:24a, Cheri told us...
>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 9.45...
>>> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 08:31:45a, Ed Pawlowski told us...
>>>
>>>> On 9/25/2017 4:47 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh dear, what a performance lol Of course every place has its
>>>>>> own customs so they should be respected)) But tell me,
>>>>>> after all that passing to and fro, do you actually take the
>>>>>> last bite???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We (in our house) never share a dish the way I hear about in
>>>>>> US, so it isn't a problem )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We never share our plates of food with each other, even if we
>>>>> are eating the same foods or different foods. Custom? or not,
>>>>> I think it's a disgusting habit, and worse yet if it's observed
>>>>> in a restaurant.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut
>>>> off a piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do
>>>> the same for me so we get a taste of the other's dish. Some
>>>> appetizers are made to be shared but separate plaes are used.
>>>
>>> I don't see that as a blatant exchange. What's even worse is
>>> seeing people feeding each other from their plates. Certainly
>>> shared appetizers are different, as is taking a roll or a piece
>>> of bread from a common bread basket.
>>>
>>>> We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
>>>> spoons. Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
>>>
>>> Better restaurants will also bring an additional plate if they
>>> know the intent is to share the dessert.
>>
>> Sure, many people will say one dessert two forks. Nothing wrong
>> with it IMO, but I want my own. As seldom as we eat out, the sky
>> is the limit.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>>
>
> +1 For many reasons.
>
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste, maybe, but
> never two people eating one dish.
>
> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't use them,
> but never in the places we use.
>
> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?

We're talking about desserts, they aren't especially huge.

Cheri

On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:56:07 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 03:22:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> On 9/25/2017 11:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>> > We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut off a
>>> > piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do the same for me
>>> > so we get a taste of the other's dish.
>>>
>>> We often order different things so we can share. I never thought
>>> it would bother anyone if we ate off each other's plate or passed
>>> over a bite or two.
>>>
>>> > We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two spoons.
>>> > Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
>>>
>>> If not expected. If one person orders dessert, guarantee there
>>> will be enough spoons handed out for everyone at the table.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2 people sit
>>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each place.
>>> In good restaurants anyway.
>>
>>Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
>>bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.
>
>One of the best restaurants I've ever been to, had plastic chairs,
>formica tables, neon lights and the occasional cockroach running
>through the place. I'm guessing this is an alien concept for most
>westerners.

Even though our home in HK was clean as a whistle we still had
cockroaches. The biggest ones we called Bombay Runners. You had to
take care when you ate, drop some food on yourself and if you put that
shirt away unwashed, big hole next time where the BRs ate the fabric
while they feasted on the food.

Nobody expected the restaurants to be able to cope, they were a part
of life.

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 8:50:04 AM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> > 9.44...
> >
> > On Mon 25 Sep 2017 09:40:24a, Cheri told us...
> >
> >> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> >> 9.45...
> >>> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 08:31:45a, Ed Pawlowski told us...
> >>>
> >>>> On 9/25/2017 4:47 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> ==
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Oh dear, what a performance lol Of course every place has its
> >>>>>> own customs so they should be respected)) But tell me,
> >>>>>> after all that passing to and fro, do you actually take the
> >>>>>> last bite???
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We (in our house) never share a dish the way I hear about in
> >>>>>> US, so it isn't a problem )
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We never share our plates of food with each other, even if we
> >>>>> are eating the same foods or different foods. Custom? or not,
> >>>>> I think it's a disgusting habit, and worse yet if it's observed
> >>>>> in a restaurant.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut
> >>>> off a piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do
> >>>> the same for me so we get a taste of the other's dish. Some
> >>>> appetizers are made to be shared but separate plaes are used.
> >>>
> >>> I don't see that as a blatant exchange. What's even worse is
> >>> seeing people feeding each other from their plates. Certainly
> >>> shared appetizers are different, as is taking a roll or a piece
> >>> of bread from a common bread basket.
> >>>
> >>>> We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
> >>>> spoons. Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
> >>>
> >>> Better restaurants will also bring an additional plate if they
> >>> know the intent is to share the dessert.
> >>
> >> Sure, many people will say one dessert two forks. Nothing wrong
> >> with it IMO, but I want my own. As seldom as we eat out, the sky
> >> is the limit.
> >>
> >> Cheri
> >>
> >>
> >
> > +1 For many reasons.
> >
> >
> > Wayne Boatwright
> >
> > ==
> >
> > I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste, maybe, but
> > never two people eating one dish.
> >
> > I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't use them,
> > but never in the places we use.
> >
> > I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>
> We're talking about desserts, they aren't especially huge.
>
> Cheri

The place where we usually order dessert provides a slab of carrot cake
that provides four satisfying portions, even though it's billed as
"for two":

<https://meggoesnomnom.com/2010/07/18/metzgers-fest/>

That's a standard dessert plate in the background.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2017-09-26 6:16 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 6:20:23 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2017-09-25 2:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>>> So why not ask for a spare plate, divvy it up?
>>>
>>> A few times I've seen where they charge for sharing.Â* Usually a small
>>> charge, like $3 or so, but I guess they figure they have to turn $XX
>>> from each table each hour to make a profit.
>>>
>>> https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04...-speaking.html
>>
>> For some reason I still subscribe to that newspaper, but I have been
>> tempted to cancel for some time. It certainly isn't the first time that
>> I have disagreed with that ethics columnists. They can spare us the sob
>> story about paying for the restaurant experience when they have ruined
>> that by gouging customers for an extra plate. There is minimal extra
>> cost to providing a second plate. The extra work of carrying a second
>> plate, putting it in the dishwasher and stacking it...... pennies... to
>> small to charge for, smaller than the cost of providing a glass of water.
>
> It's not about the plate. There are fixed costs for every table, which
> they have to recover or they will go out of business.
>
>> They like to point out the dollars and cents and percentages of various
>> aspects of the goods and services provided, but their menu prices are
>> all over the place. They may not make as much as they want one entree
>> as they would on two, but they probably make up for it on the high mark
>> up extras like soft drinks and coffee.
>
> Menu prices are pretty much "what they think people will pay for something".
> Look at breakfast. A $15 dollar breakfast is a lot, but the cost to the
> restaurant of providing breakfast is similar to other meals. So they
> charge $8 and figure people will come in for other meals, since they
> like the breakfast.

The price of breakfast certainly varies from one place to another, but
saying that they charge what people will pay flies in the face of their
arguments about their costs. There are a number of places around here
that are basically breakfast and lunch only. Bacon, eggs, home fries,
toast and coffee for under $10. They are low cost ingredients. They get
you in and out fast and count on volume.

On 2017-09-26, S Viemeister > wrote:

> One of the things my mother found rather annoying about many
> middle-level restaurants in the US, was the expectation [...] ready
> for the next course.

"mid-level restaurants in the US", do not serve a "next course", like
19th century Europeans might be used to.

nb

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 8:50:04 AM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
>> > 9.44...
>> >
>> > On Mon 25 Sep 2017 09:40:24a, Cheri told us...
>> >
>> >> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> >> 9.45...
>> >>> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 08:31:45a, Ed Pawlowski told us...
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 9/25/2017 4:47 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> ==
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Oh dear, what a performance lol Of course every place has its
>> >>>>>> own customs so they should be respected)) But tell me,
>> >>>>>> after all that passing to and fro, do you actually take the
>> >>>>>> last bite???
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> We (in our house) never share a dish the way I hear about in
>> >>>>>> US, so it isn't a problem )
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> We never share our plates of food with each other, even if we
>> >>>>> are eating the same foods or different foods. Custom? or not,
>> >>>>> I think it's a disgusting habit, and worse yet if it's observed
>> >>>>> in a restaurant.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut
>> >>>> off a piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do
>> >>>> the same for me so we get a taste of the other's dish. Some
>> >>>> appetizers are made to be shared but separate plaes are used.
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't see that as a blatant exchange. What's even worse is
>> >>> seeing people feeding each other from their plates. Certainly
>> >>> shared appetizers are different, as is taking a roll or a piece
>> >>> of bread from a common bread basket.
>> >>>
>> >>>> We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
>> >>>> spoons. Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
>> >>>
>> >>> Better restaurants will also bring an additional plate if they
>> >>> know the intent is to share the dessert.
>> >>
>> >> Sure, many people will say one dessert two forks. Nothing wrong
>> >> with it IMO, but I want my own. As seldom as we eat out, the sky
>> >> is the limit.
>> >>
>> >> Cheri
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > +1 For many reasons.
>> >
>> >
>> > Wayne Boatwright
>> >
>> > ==
>> >
>> > I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste, maybe,
>> > but
>> > never two people eating one dish.
>> >
>> > I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't use them,
>> > but never in the places we use.
>> >
>> > I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>>
>> We're talking about desserts, they aren't especially huge.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> The place where we usually order dessert provides a slab of carrot cake
> that provides four satisfying portions, even though it's billed as
> "for two":
>
> <https://meggoesnomnom.com/2010/07/18/metzgers-fest/>
>
> That's a standard dessert plate in the background.
>
> Cindy Hamilton


I don't think that's especially large for two people at all, but it might be
for some.

Cheri

On 9/26/2017 6:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote

>> If not expected. If one person orders dessert, guarantee there
>> will be enough spoons handed out for everyone at the table.

>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2 people sit
>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each place.
>> In good restaurants anyway.
>
> Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
> bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.

I don't remember seeing it happen any other way, even at very nice
restaurants. They clear off the table for dessert, aside from
leaving your beverage.

nancy

On 9/25/2017 10:10 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 03:12:13p, Nancy Young told us...
>
>> On 9/25/2017 11:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>>> We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
>>> spoons. Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
>>
>> If not expected. If one person orders dessert, guarantee there
>> will be enough spoons handed out for everyone at the table.

> The server should be bringing multiple empty plates, not just extra
> spoons. You're not in the court of Henry VIII.

And divvy up the dessert into portions? Sounds messy and it's
not something I've ever seen. Or care to, really, I don't get
dessert too often but I like sharing it off a plate with my
friends.

nancy

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
> >
> > On 9/25/2017 11:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > > We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut off a
> > > piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do the same for me
> > > so we get a taste of the other's dish.
> >
> > We often order different things so we can share. I never thought
> > it would bother anyone if we ate off each other's plate or passed
> > over a bite or two.
> >
> > > We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two spoons.
> > > Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
> >
> > If not expected. If one person orders dessert, guarantee there
> > will be enough spoons handed out for everyone at the table.
> >
> > nancy
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2 people sit
> > down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each place.
> > In good restaurants anyway.
>
> Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
> bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.

All restaurants here clear the used cutlery on the used plate, from
each course. They never expect diners to keep dirty cutlery to use it
again.

Janet UK

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 9/26/2017 6:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:

>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2 people
>> sit
>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each
>> place.
>> In good restaurants anyway.
>
> Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
> bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.
>
One of the things my mother found rather annoying about many
middle-level restaurants in the US, was the expectation that the diner
would be using the same fork for starter, main, and dessert. She would
put her knife and fork neatly together across her plate to indicate that
she was done, and the server would thoughtfully remove the fork and
place it on the table, ready for the next course.

==

I have never seen that!

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"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 11:37:59 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Were your chicken katsu and rice not on a plate?
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

It sure was. It was Japanese style curry served Japanese style i.e., the
chicken was laying on a bed of rice, lazily dipping it's toes in a river of
curry.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/c4...501cf50cc8.jpg
==

I must have misread. I thought you said you didn't have a plate for yours.


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"Cheri" wrote in message news
"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> 9.44...
>
> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 09:40:24a, Cheri told us...
>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 9.45...
>>> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 08:31:45a, Ed Pawlowski told us...
>>>
>>>> On 9/25/2017 4:47 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh dear, what a performance lol Of course every place has its
>>>>>> own customs so they should be respected)) But tell me,
>>>>>> after all that passing to and fro, do you actually take the
>>>>>> last bite???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We (in our house) never share a dish the way I hear about in
>>>>>> US, so it isn't a problem )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We never share our plates of food with each other, even if we
>>>>> are eating the same foods or different foods. Custom? or not,
>>>>> I think it's a disgusting habit, and worse yet if it's observed
>>>>> in a restaurant.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut
>>>> off a piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do
>>>> the same for me so we get a taste of the other's dish. Some
>>>> appetizers are made to be shared but separate plaes are used.
>>>
>>> I don't see that as a blatant exchange. What's even worse is
>>> seeing people feeding each other from their plates. Certainly
>>> shared appetizers are different, as is taking a roll or a piece
>>> of bread from a common bread basket.
>>>
>>>> We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
>>>> spoons. Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
>>>
>>> Better restaurants will also bring an additional plate if they
>>> know the intent is to share the dessert.
>>
>> Sure, many people will say one dessert two forks. Nothing wrong
>> with it IMO, but I want my own. As seldom as we eat out, the sky
>> is the limit.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>>
>
> +1 For many reasons.
>
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste, maybe, but
> never two people eating one dish.
>
> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't use them,
> but never in the places we use.
>
> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?

We're talking about desserts, they aren't especially huge.

Cheri


==

Ok.
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:55:47 -0300, wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:56:07 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>One of the best restaurants I've ever been to, had plastic chairs,
>>formica tables, neon lights and the occasional cockroach running
>>through the place. I'm guessing this is an alien concept for most
>>westerners.
>
>Even though our home in HK was clean as a whistle we still had
>cockroaches. The biggest ones we called Bombay Runners. You had to
>take care when you ate, drop some food on yourself and if you put that
>shirt away unwashed, big hole next time where the BRs ate the fabric
>while they feasted on the food.
>
>Nobody expected the restaurants to be able to cope, they were a part
>of life.

You can't completely avoid bush cockroaches here either. In the
Netherlands, they'd be a sign of a serious lack of hygiene. Here
they're part of life to a degree.

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:57:32 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:55:47 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:56:07 +1000, Bruce >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>One of the best restaurants I've ever been to, had plastic chairs,
>>>formica tables, neon lights and the occasional cockroach running
>>>through the place. I'm guessing this is an alien concept for most
>>>westerners.
>>
>>Even though our home in HK was clean as a whistle we still had
>>cockroaches. The biggest ones we called Bombay Runners. You had to
>>take care when you ate, drop some food on yourself and if you put that
>>shirt away unwashed, big hole next time where the BRs ate the fabric
>>while they feasted on the food.
>>
>>Nobody expected the restaurants to be able to cope, they were a part
>>of life.
>
>You can't completely avoid bush cockroaches here either. In the
>Netherlands, they'd be a sign of a serious lack of hygiene. Here
>they're part of life to a degree.

Yes if you have to pee in the night, turn the light on first so they
scatter. Nothing worse than stepping on a Bombay Runners and it
cracks and all this white stuff oozes out

On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:33:45 -0300, wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:57:32 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>You can't completely avoid bush cockroaches here either. In the
>>Netherlands, they'd be a sign of a serious lack of hygiene. Here
>>they're part of life to a degree.
>
>Yes if you have to pee in the night, turn the light on first so they
>scatter. Nothing worse than stepping on a Bombay Runners and it
>cracks and all this white stuff oozes out

Lol, you don't want that. We don't have those big ones here, but I
still want to get rid of them before they procreate. The cats help.

On 9/26/2017 2:43 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
>
> On 9/26/2017 6:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>
>>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2
>>> people sit
>>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each
>>> place.
>>> In good restaurants anyway.
>>
>> Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
>> bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.
>>
> One of the things my mother found rather annoying about many
> middle-level restaurants in the US, was the expectation that the diner
> would be using the same fork for starter, main, and dessert. She would
> put her knife and fork neatly together across her plate to indicate that
> she was done, and the server would thoughtfully remove the fork and
> place it on the table, ready for the next course.
>
> ==
>
> I have never seen that!
>
Neither had she.
Madam was not pleased.

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 9/26/2017 2:43 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
>
> On 9/26/2017 6:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>
>>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2
>>> people sit
>>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has spoons etc at each
>>> place.
>>> In good restaurants anyway.
>>
>> Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main meal, and
>> bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and dessert.
>>
> One of the things my mother found rather annoying about many
> middle-level restaurants in the US, was the expectation that the diner
> would be using the same fork for starter, main, and dessert. She would
> put her knife and fork neatly together across her plate to indicate that
> she was done, and the server would thoughtfully remove the fork and
> place it on the table, ready for the next course.
>
> ==
>
> I have never seen that!
>
Neither had she.
Madam was not pleased.

==

I can very much understand that!!!!

)



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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:43:56 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:33:45 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:57:32 +1000, Bruce >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>You can't completely avoid bush cockroaches here either. In the
>>>Netherlands, they'd be a sign of a serious lack of hygiene. Here
>>>they're part of life to a degree.
>>
>>Yes if you have to pee in the night, turn the light on first so they
>>scatter. Nothing worse than stepping on a Bombay Runners and it
>>cracks and all this white stuff oozes out
>
>Lol, you don't want that. We don't have those big ones here, but I
>still want to get rid of them before they procreate. The cats help.

My cat wouldn't touch them, although he was a hunter.

On 9/26/2017 4:22 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 11:37:59 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> Were your chicken katsu and rice not on a plate?
>>
>> --
>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> It sure was. It was Japanese style curry served Japanese style i.e., the chicken was laying on a bed of rice, lazily dipping it's toes in a river of curry.
>
> https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/c4...501cf50cc8.jpg
>

Mmm...looks like S&B golden curry...

On 9/26/2017 4:53 AM, Bruce wrote:
> Nor was my mere "lol" implying that you were rude or nasty.

You are a monumental SUCKUP!

Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> 9.44...
>
> On Mon 25 Sep 2017 09:40:24a, Cheri told us...
>
> >"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> > 9.45...
> > > On Mon 25 Sep 2017 08:31:45a, Ed Pawlowski told us...
> > >
> > > > On 9/25/2017 4:47 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > ==
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Oh dear, what a performance lol Of course every place has
> > > > > > its own customs so they should be respected)) But tell
> > > > > > me, after all that passing to and fro, do you actually take
> > > > > > the last bite???
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We (in our house) never share a dish the way I hear about in
> > > > > > US, so it isn't a problem )
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > We never share our plates of food with each other, even if we
> > > > > are eating the same foods or different foods. Custom? or not,
> > > > > I think it's a disgusting habit, and worse yet if it's
> > > > > observed in a restaurant.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut
> > > > off a piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do
> > > > the same for me so we get a taste of the other's dish. Some
> > > > appetizers are made to be shared but separate plaes are used.
> > >
> > > I don't see that as a blatant exchange. What's even worse is
> > > seeing people feeding each other from their plates. Certainly
> > > shared appetizers are different, as is taking a roll or a piece
> > > of bread from a common bread basket.
> > >
> > > > We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
> > > > spoons. Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
> > >
> > > Better restaurants will also bring an additional plate if they
> > > know the intent is to share the dessert.
> >
> > Sure, many people will say one dessert two forks. Nothing wrong
> > with it IMO, but I want my own. As seldom as we eat out, the sky
> > is the limit.
> >
> > Cheri
> >
> >
>
> +1 For many reasons.
>
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste,
> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>
> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't use
> them, but never in the places we use.
>
> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?

Hi Ophelia, It really depends on the country you are in at the time of
the meal.

Some places, the sizes of the dishes are HUGE and meant to be shared
among the group. They come with serving tongs/equipment and many small
dishes stacked to the side you load from a central plate.
-In Hong Kong at many fine dining places, they will count the number of
people at the table then size the dish to match (grin). 3 people, 3
dimsum, 6 mini-ribs. 6 people get 6 dimsum and 12 mini ribs and so on.

Plating individual dishes is both common and not common in the home in
the USA. 'Please pass the potatoes' at home is pretty common meaning
they were in one big bowl and you pass it along and take what you want
to your plate. This type has several names of which 'family style' may
be the most common? I'd be suprised regardless of area of the USA if
any didn't recognize what I mean by it.

I instinctively understand 'one plate, 2 forks'.

Fast food here doesn't generally work that way but it's not that
uncommon to share a pack of french fries or tater tots. If toddlers
are there, it would not be considered odd to ask for a plastic knife
and cut a cheeseburger in half for them here (when 1 is too much for
their ages).



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dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste,
> > maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
> >
> > I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't use
> > them, but never in the places we use.
> >
> > I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
> >
> > --
> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> One day it will be commonplace for couples to share a plate. My wife
> and daughter just had to eat curry today. I was more interested in
> finding a belt and socks at the store. I joined up with them while
> they were in the middle of eating. I had two pieces of chicken katsu
> and some curry rice and that's all I felt like eating. It wouldn't
> make any sense for me to order a plate.

Smile, it's common in parts of the world now though I mean a central
plate where you serve to your own *mostly*.



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Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
> > On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste,
> maybe, but >> never two people eating one dish.
>
> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird, like
> two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal when it's a
> desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste of it.

Yes, very normal.

There was a wonderful place in Pusan Korea with these HUGE noodle
bowls. You got like 1/2 gallon with a noodle ball in the middle, a set
of scizzors and a smaller bowl for each person at the table. You cut
the noodles and put them in your bowl then dipped out the soup over it.
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wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:56:07 +1000, Bruce >
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 03:22:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> >>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message
> ... >>>
> >>> On 9/25/2017 11:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > We may share but not passing a plate back and forth. I may cut
> off a >>> > piece from my meal and put it on her plate and she may do
> the same for me >>> > so we get a taste of the other's dish.
> >>>
> >>> We often order different things so we can share. I never thought
> >>> it would bother anyone if we ate off each other's plate or passed
> >>> over a bite or two.
> >>>
> >>> > We've often ordered one dessert and the server will bring two
> spoons. >>> > Sharing dessert is fairly common, it seems.
> >>>
> >>> If not expected. If one person orders dessert, guarantee there
> >>> will be enough spoons handed out for everyone at the table.
> >>>
> >>> nancy
> >>>
> >>> ==
> >>>
> >>> Restaurants here have cutlery (flatware?) at each place. If 2
> people sit >>> down, the rest will be cleared away. Everyone has
> spoons etc at each place. >>> In good restaurants anyway.
> > >
> > > Better restaurants will clear the dirty cutlery after the main
> > > meal, and bring additional spoons and/or forks for coffee and
> > > dessert.
> >
> > One of the best restaurants I've ever been to, had plastic chairs,
> > formica tables, neon lights and the occasional cockroach running
> > through the place. I'm guessing this is an alien concept for most
> > westerners.
>
> Even though our home in HK was clean as a whistle we still had
> cockroaches. The biggest ones we called Bombay Runners. You had to
> take care when you ate, drop some food on yourself and if you put that
> shirt away unwashed, big hole next time where the BRs ate the fabric
> while they feasted on the food.
>
> Nobody expected the restaurants to be able to cope, they were a part
> of life.

LOL! Palmetton bugs in Forida weren't quite THAT bad!

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On 9/25/2017 6:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-09-25 2:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> So why not ask for a spare plate, divvy it up?
>>
>> A few times I've seen where they charge for sharing.Â* Usually a small
>> charge, like $3 or so, but I guess they figure they have to turn $XX
>> from each table each hour to make a profit.
>>
>> https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04...-speaking.html
>
>
> For some reason I still subscribe to that newspaper, but I have been
> tempted to cancel for some time. It certainly isn't the first time that
> I have disagreed with that ethics columnists. They can spare us the sob
> story about paying for the restaurant experience when they have ruined
> that by gouging customers for an extra plate. There is minimal extra
> cost to providing a second plate. The extra work of carrying a second
> plate, putting it in the dishwasher and stacking it...... pennies...
(snippage)

I agree, Dave.

"sitting on furniture under electric lights, enjoying heat or air
conditioning, being seated by the same hostess and served by the same
server. And all those amenities and people represent real costs."

Are they planning to turn off the lights, heat or AC because a few
customers occasionally would like an extra plate so they can split an
entree [or dessert]?

They have to run the dishwasher, regardless of that one extra plate.
They're paying their employees, regardless of that extra plate. I don't
know what the host/hostess has to do with anything. He/she wouldn't
know if the customer requested a separate plate, nor would they care.

When the server brings the entree [or dessert], it doesn't cost the
restaurant any more money in terms of wages. I doubt the server cares
if they are asked to bring an empty plate. If the customers had ordered
two entrees they'd still have to carry two plates. And get paid the
same for doing it.

BTW, if you've never seen a restaurant dishwasher system, it's not some
guy standing in the back by a big sink, hand washing the dishes. LOL

The ones I've seen are kind of like a drive-through car wash. Racks of
dishes go through, one after another, throughout dinner service.

The person with the title of "dishwasher" [heh], with the help of the
bus boys, only sends through full racks. There are separate racks for
plates, glassware, and flatware. The order and frequency of each
depends on which racks fill up first. BTW, those guys don't sit around
wondering if someone asked for an empty plate to split an entree,
either. IMHE.

Jill

In article >,
says...
> >
> > All restaurants here clear the used cutlery on the used plate,
> > from
> > each course. They never expect diners to keep dirty cutlery to use
> > it again.
> >
> > Janet UK
> >
> >
>
> I would expect that in the UK, but it's not uncommon in the US for at
> least the fork and spoon to be left on the table.

Surely you don't mean they leave you the dirty soup spoon to eat
dessert with?

janet UK

In article >,
says...
> Subject: Surcharge for an extra plate: (WAS: Real names for popular foods)
> From: jmcquown >
> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>
> On 9/25/2017 6:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2017-09-25 2:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >>> So why not ask for a spare plate, divvy it up?
> >>
> >> A few times I've seen where they charge for sharing.* Usually a small
> >> charge, like $3 or so, but I guess they figure they have to turn $XX
> >> from each table each hour to make a profit.
> >>
> >> https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04...-speaking.html
> >
> >
> > For some reason I still subscribe to that newspaper, but I have been
> > tempted to cancel for some time. It certainly isn't the first time that
> > I have disagreed with that ethics columnists. They can spare us the sob
> > story about paying for the restaurant experience when they have ruined
> > that by gouging customers for an extra plate. There is minimal extra
> > cost to providing a second plate. The extra work of carrying a second
> > plate, putting it in the dishwasher and stacking it...... pennies...
> (snippage)
>
> I agree, Dave.
>
> "sitting on furniture under electric lights, enjoying heat or air
> conditioning, being seated by the same hostess and served by the same
> server. And all those amenities and people represent real costs."
>
> Are they planning to turn off the lights, heat or AC because a few
> customers occasionally would like an extra plate so they can split an
> entree [or dessert]?
>
> They have to run the dishwasher, regardless of that one extra plate.
> They're paying their employees, regardless of that extra plate.

They are doing all that on the premise that they need to sell a
certain number of meals to cover costs and make a profit. So they can't
have seats occupied by people who haven't come to buy a meal, just
nibble bits from the plate someone else paid for.

Janet UK

On 9/26/2017 9:48 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>> Subject: Surcharge for an extra plate: (WAS: Real names for popular foods)
>> From: jmcquown >
>> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>>
>> On 9/25/2017 6:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2017-09-25 2:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>> So why not ask for a spare plate, divvy it up?
>>>>
>>>> A few times I've seen where they charge for sharing.* Usually a small
>>>> charge, like $3 or so, but I guess they figure they have to turn $XX
>>>> from each table each hour to make a profit.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04...-speaking.html
>>>
>>>
>>> For some reason I still subscribe to that newspaper, but I have been
>>> tempted to cancel for some time. It certainly isn't the first time that
>>> I have disagreed with that ethics columnists. They can spare us the sob
>>> story about paying for the restaurant experience when they have ruined
>>> that by gouging customers for an extra plate. There is minimal extra
>>> cost to providing a second plate. The extra work of carrying a second
>>> plate, putting it in the dishwasher and stacking it...... pennies...
>> (snippage)
>>
>> I agree, Dave.
>>
>> "sitting on furniture under electric lights, enjoying heat or air
>> conditioning, being seated by the same hostess and served by the same
>> server. And all those amenities and people represent real costs."
>>
>> Are they planning to turn off the lights, heat or AC because a few
>> customers occasionally would like an extra plate so they can split an
>> entree [or dessert]?
>>
>> They have to run the dishwasher, regardless of that one extra plate.
>> They're paying their employees, regardless of that extra plate.
>
> They are doing all that on the premise that they need to sell a
> certain number of meals to cover costs and make a profit. So they can't
> have seats occupied by people who haven't come to buy a meal, just
> nibble bits from the plate someone else paid for.
>
> Janet UK
>
There is no indication there are that many people asking for empty
plates. Or that they're going to take up a table for an unreasonable
amount of time simply because they split an entree.

Of course restaurants want to turn tables. I don't really see how a
couple splitting an entree means they'll linger longer.

In the US, they could order two entrees, then eat only one and ask for
<gasp> a to-go box. That also costs the restaurant money. Turns the
tables, sure. Sells the food, sure. But at least where I've ever eaten
in the US they don't charge for "to go" boxes/doggie bags.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/25/2017 6:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2017-09-25 2:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>>> So why not ask for a spare plate, divvy it up?
>>>
>>> A few times I've seen where they charge for sharing. Usually a small
>>> charge, like $3 or so, but I guess they figure they have to turn $XX
>>> from each table each hour to make a profit.
>>>
>>> https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04...-speaking.html
>>
>>
>> For some reason I still subscribe to that newspaper, but I have been
>> tempted to cancel for some time. It certainly isn't the first time that I
>> have disagreed with that ethics columnists. They can spare us the sob
>> story about paying for the restaurant experience when they have ruined
>> that by gouging customers for an extra plate. There is minimal extra cost
>> to providing a second plate. The extra work of carrying a second plate,
>> putting it in the dishwasher and stacking it...... pennies...
> (snippage)
>
> I agree, Dave.
>
> "sitting on furniture under electric lights, enjoying heat or air
> conditioning, being seated by the same hostess and served by the same
> server. And all those amenities and people represent real costs."
>
> Are they planning to turn off the lights, heat or AC because a few
> customers occasionally would like an extra plate so they can split an
> entree [or dessert]?
>
> They have to run the dishwasher, regardless of that one extra plate.
> They're paying their employees, regardless of that extra plate. I don't
> know what the host/hostess has to do with anything. He/she wouldn't know
> if the customer requested a separate plate, nor would they care.
>
> When the server brings the entree [or dessert], it doesn't cost the
> restaurant any more money in terms of wages. I doubt the server cares if
> they are asked to bring an empty plate. If the customers had ordered two
> entrees they'd still have to carry two plates. And get paid the same for
> doing it.
>
> BTW, if you've never seen a restaurant dishwasher system, it's not some
> guy standing in the back by a big sink, hand washing the dishes. LOL
>
> The ones I've seen are kind of like a drive-through car wash. Racks of
> dishes go through, one after another, throughout dinner service.
>
> The person with the title of "dishwasher" [heh], with the help of the bus
> boys, only sends through full racks. There are separate racks for plates,
> glassware, and flatware. The order and frequency of each depends on which
> racks fill up first. BTW, those guys don't sit around wondering if
> someone asked for an empty plate to split an entree, either. IMHE.

Yep. I washed dishes at my old church and we had such a system. I didn't
even have to load or unload the racks. Someone else loaded them for me. I
just put them in, ran the machine, took out and let cool until I could
handle it, then put it in the cupboard that was designed to hold the filled
racks.

As for the extra plate, I've always managed to get by without needing to ask
for one. I would just use my empty salad plate (pretty clean as I don't eat
dressing) or a bread plate.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I would just use my empty salad plate (pretty clean as I don't eat
> dressing)

No dressing, eh? :-o

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
9.44...

On Tue 26 Sep 2017 02:37:44a, Ophelia told us...

> "Bruce" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
>>On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste,
>>> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>
> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird,
> like two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal
> when it's a desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste
> of it.
>
>>> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't
>>> use them, but never in the places we use.
>>>
>>> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>
> Lol.
>
> ===
>
> I wasn't being rude or nasty I had just heard people here talk
> about the huge portions.
>
>

Yes, by UK standards a great many US restaurants serve huge portions.
For example, it's not uncommon in a good steakhouse to order a rib
seak or porterhouse that might weigh between 20 to 24 oz. In some of
the steak and lobster restaurants, particularly in NYC, 5 lb.
lobsters are common.


Wayne Boatwright

==

Blimey!!! Is one person, dining alone, suppose to eat all that???



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 9/27/2017 10:31 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright"* wrote in message
> 9.44...
>
> On Tue 26 Sep 2017 02:37:44a, Ophelia told us...
>
>> "Bruce"* wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have never seen two people sharing one dish.* Having a taste,
>>>> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>>
>> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird,
>> like two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal
>> when it's a desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste
>> of it.
>>
>>>> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't
>>>> use them, but never in the places we use.
>>>>
>>>> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>>
>> Lol.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> I wasn't being rude or nasty* I had just heard people here talk
>> about the huge portions.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, by UK standards a great many US restaurants serve huge portions.
> For example, it's not uncommon in a good steakhouse to order a rib
> seak or porterhouse that might weigh between 20 to 24 oz.* In some of
> the steak and lobster restaurants, particularly in NYC, 5 lb.
> lobsters are common.
>
>
> ******************* Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> Blimey!!!* Is one person, dining alone, suppose to eat all that???
>
>
>

Oh HELL yes!

Ex:

https://www.bigtexan.com/

THE 72OZ STEAK RULES
Meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll,
Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not
consumed (swallowed)…YOU LOSE!
Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and
take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your
satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The
time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say
“yes.”
Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table,
or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or
eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
You don’t have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
Should you become ill, the contest is over… YOU LOSE! (Please use the
container provided as necessary.)
You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win we will
refund 100%.
You must sit at a table that we assign.
If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the
leftovers with you.
No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant
once the contest is over.
If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.

On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 7:12:25 AM UTC-10, Casa de Masa wrote:
>
> Oh HELL yes!
>
> Ex:
>
> https://www.bigtexan.com/
>
> THE 72OZ STEAK RULES
> Meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll,
> Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
> Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not
> consumed (swallowed)€¦YOU LOSE!
> Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and
> take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your
> satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The
> time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say
> €œyes.€�
> Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table,
> or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
> You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or
> eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
> You dont have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
> Should you become ill, the contest is over€¦ YOU LOSE! (Please use the
> container provided as necessary.)
> You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win we will
> refund 100%.
> You must sit at a table that we assign.
> If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the
> leftovers with you.
> No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant
> once the contest is over.
> If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.

It's a hell of a thing!

On 9/27/2017 11:33 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 7:12:25 AM UTC-10, Casa de Masa wrote:
>>
>> Oh HELL yes!
>>
>> Ex:
>>
>> https://www.bigtexan.com/
>>
>> THE 72OZ STEAK RULES
>> Meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll,
>> Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
>> Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not
>> consumed (swallowed)€¦YOU LOSE!
>> Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and
>> take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your
>> satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The
>> time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say
>> €œyes.€�
>> Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table,
>> or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
>> You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or
>> eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
>> You dont have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
>> Should you become ill, the contest is over€¦ YOU LOSE! (Please use the
>> container provided as necessary.)
>> You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win we will
>> refund 100%.
>> You must sit at a table that we assign.
>> If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the
>> leftovers with you.
>> No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant
>> once the contest is over.
>> If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.
>
> It's a hell of a thing!
>

Makes me want ...hurl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUU58hzPiXc

Pit bulls have nuttin' on her...

"Casa de Masa" wrote in message news
On 9/27/2017 10:31 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> 9.44...
>
> On Tue 26 Sep 2017 02:37:44a, Ophelia told us...
>
>> "Bruce" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste,
>>>> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>>
>> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird,
>> like two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal
>> when it's a desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste
>> of it.
>>
>>>> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't
>>>> use them, but never in the places we use.
>>>>
>>>> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>>
>> Lol.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> I wasn't being rude or nasty I had just heard people here talk
>> about the huge portions.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, by UK standards a great many US restaurants serve huge portions.
> For example, it's not uncommon in a good steakhouse to order a rib
> seak or porterhouse that might weigh between 20 to 24 oz. In some of
> the steak and lobster restaurants, particularly in NYC, 5 lb.
> lobsters are common.
>
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> Blimey!!! Is one person, dining alone, suppose to eat all that???
>
>
>

Oh HELL yes!

Ex:

https://www.bigtexan.com/

THE 72OZ STEAK RULES
Meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll,
Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not
consumed (swallowed)…YOU LOSE!
Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and
take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your
satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The
time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say
“yes.”
Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table,
or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or
eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
You don’t have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
Should you become ill, the contest is over… YOU LOSE! (Please use the
container provided as necessary.)
You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win we will
refund 100%.
You must sit at a table that we assign.
If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the
leftovers with you.
No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant
once the contest is over.
If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.

==

Sounds like hell.




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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> 9.44...
>
> On Tue 26 Sep 2017 02:37:44a, Ophelia told us...
>
>> "Bruce" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have never seen two people sharing one dish. Having a taste,
>>>> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>>
>> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird,
>> like two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal
>> when it's a desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste
>> of it.
>>
>>>> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't
>>>> use them, but never in the places we use.
>>>>
>>>> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>>
>> Lol.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> I wasn't being rude or nasty I had just heard people here talk
>> about the huge portions.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, by UK standards a great many US restaurants serve huge portions.
> For example, it's not uncommon in a good steakhouse to order a rib
> seak or porterhouse that might weigh between 20 to 24 oz. In some of
> the steak and lobster restaurants, particularly in NYC, 5 lb.
> lobsters are common.
>
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> Blimey!!! Is one person, dining alone, suppose to eat all that???

That's what "doggie bags" are for, though I have neverseen those sizes at
any place I've ever eaten.

Cheri

On 9/27/2017 11:59 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Casa de Masa"* wrote in message news >
> On 9/27/2017 10:31 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Wayne Boatwright"* wrote in message
>> 9.44...
>>
>> On Tue 26 Sep 2017 02:37:44a, Ophelia told us...
>>
>>> "Bruce"* wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have never seen two people sharing one dish.* Having a taste,
>>>>> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>>>
>>> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird,
>>> like two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal
>>> when it's a desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste
>>> of it.
>>>
>>>>> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't
>>>>> use them, but never in the places we use.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>>>
>>> Lol.
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>> I wasn't being rude or nasty* I had just heard people here talk
>>> about the huge portions.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, by UK standards a great many US restaurants serve huge portions.
>> For example, it's not uncommon in a good steakhouse to order a rib
>> seak or porterhouse that might weigh between 20 to 24 oz.* In some of
>> the steak and lobster restaurants, particularly in NYC, 5 lb.
>> lobsters are common.
>>
>>
>> ******************** Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Blimey!!!* Is one person, dining alone, suppose to eat all that???
>>
>>
>>
>
> Oh HELL yes!
>
> Ex:
>
> https://www.bigtexan.com/
>
> THE 72OZ STEAK RULES
> Meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll,
> Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
> Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not
> consumed (swallowed)…YOU LOSE!
> Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and
> take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your
> satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The
> time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say
> “yes.”
> Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table,
> or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
> You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or
> eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
> You don’t have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
> Should you become ill, the contest is over… YOU LOSE! (Please use the
> container provided as necessary.)
> You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win we will
> refund 100%.
> You must sit at a table that we assign.
> If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the
> leftovers with you.
> No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant
> once the contest is over.
> If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.
>
> ==
>
> Sounds like hell.
>
>
>
>
Looks like it too when they dig in - uggh...

On 9/27/2017 1:59 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Casa de Masa"* wrote in message news >
> On 9/27/2017 10:31 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Wayne Boatwright"* wrote in message
>> 9.44...
>>
>> On Tue 26 Sep 2017 02:37:44a, Ophelia told us...
>>
>>> "Bruce"* wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:14:08 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:58:36 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have never seen two people sharing one dish.* Having a taste,
>>>>> maybe, but never two people eating one dish.
>>>
>>> When you put it like that, I agree that it sounds really weird,
>>> like two people trying to wear one coat. I only find it normal
>>> when it's a desert or maybe an entree. Just to both have a taste
>>> of it.
>>>
>>>>> I don't know what happens in fast food places because I don't
>>>>> use them, but never in the places we use.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have wondered is it because they serve huge portions in US?
>>>
>>> Lol.
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>> I wasn't being rude or nasty* I had just heard people here talk
>>> about the huge portions.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, by UK standards a great many US restaurants serve huge portions.
>> For example, it's not uncommon in a good steakhouse to order a rib
>> seak or porterhouse that might weigh between 20 to 24 oz.* In some of
>> the steak and lobster restaurants, particularly in NYC, 5 lb.
>> lobsters are common.
>>
>>
>> ******************** Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Blimey!!!* Is one person, dining alone, suppose to eat all that???
>>
>>
>>
>
> Oh HELL yes!
>
> Ex:
>
> https://www.bigtexan.com/
>
> THE 72OZ STEAK RULES
> Meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll,
> Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
> Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not
> consumed (swallowed)…YOU LOSE!
> Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and
> take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your
> satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The
> time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say
> “yes.”
> Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table,
> or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
> You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or
> eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
> You don’t have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
> Should you become ill, the contest is over… YOU LOSE! (Please use the
> container provided as necessary.)
> You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win we will
> refund 100%.
> You must sit at a table that we assign.
> If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the
> leftovers with you.
> No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant
> once the contest is over.
> If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.
>
> ==
>
> Sounds like hell.
>
>
>
>
Publicity gimmick. There are a few restaurants that have challenges
like than and they usually include about 5 pounds of food. Few people
even eat a pound of food at a meal.