Does anyone here save leftover food *from used dinner plates people have been eating from*, and serve them up to other people at a later meal?
no way, i would give it to pets or throw away.
Of course! No one with even half a brain would consider such a thing. This started in rec.food.cooking, where people said they take home a doggy bag if they didn't eat everything.
Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy bag
Do let us try to have a wee bit of common sense!!!
Does anyone here save leftover food *from used dinner plates people have been eating from*, and serve them up to other people at a later meal?
no way, i would give it to pets or throw away.
Of course! No one with even half a brain would consider such a thing. This started in rec.food.cooking, where people said they take home a doggy bag if they didn't eat everything.
Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy bag
Quite so. We were discussing taking food from our "own" plates home in 'doggie bags'.
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Do let us try to have a wee bit of common sense!!!
Ahem. I think that crediting Janet Baraclough with a "wee bit of common sense" might be a bit hard to swallow...
Judging by the post you quoted, if she typed - "Does anyone here save leftover food *from used dinner plates people have been eating from*, and serve them up to other people at a later meal?" - she "twisted it" to suit herself.
She obviously didn't take the time to lurk long enough in rec.food.cooking before "opening her big mouth" on this subject. If she had, she would have noticed that r.f.c. posters are mainly made up of USA/Canadian people with a much lower percentage of posters from other countries... What she also seems to forget is that what *she* defined as a "social no-no" in the UK may well be acceptable in other parts of the world. -- Cheers Chatty Cathy
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Ophelia said:
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry from > scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy bag
Why?
Why not?
What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later.
As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of everyone's plates
I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva. Add germs to the equation, and things get interesting. Maybe you're resistant to the germs already shared within your household, but not necessarily to germs from others you're dining with.
Whether you take these risks or not depends on the reward involved. For me, someone's leftovers are not enough of a reward.
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Tim C. wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry from >> scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy bag > > Why?
Why not?
What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later.
As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of everyone's plates
I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar. -- Sacha
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry > from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy > bag
Why?
Why not?
What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later.
As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of everyone's plates
I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
I am referring to Janet's mail asking if it were ok to serve the scrapings from others' plates.
The point was that the people who talked about that were in face, taking food from their own plate to take home. They never have regarded scrapings from other plates as ok.
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry > from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy > bag
Why?
Why not?
What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later.
As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of everyone's plates
I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
I am referring to Janet's mail asking if it were ok to serve the scrapings from others' plates.
The point was that the people who talked about that were in face, taking food from their own plate to take home. They never have regarded scrapings from other plates as ok.
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:15 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Tim C. wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry >>> from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy >>> bag >> >> Why? > > Why not? > > What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. > They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later. > > As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of > everyone's plates
I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:15 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Tim C. wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry >>> from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy >>> bag >> >> Why? > > Why not? > > What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. > They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later. > > As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of > everyone's plates
I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
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Sacha said:
On 23/10/07 17:00, in article [email hidden],
JoeSpareBedroom said:
"Tim C." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:15 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Tim C. wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> >>>> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry >>>> from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy >>>> bag >>> >>> Why? >> >> Why not? >> >> What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. >> They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later. >> >> As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of >> everyone's plates > > I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other > people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
That's nothing but a quirk - a moment of temporary elective blindness during which we think the biology of digestion is different because we want it to be at that moment. We do this because we can't stand the thought of leaving half the food we paid for.
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Sacha said:
On 23/10/07 17:00, in article [email hidden],
JoeSpareBedroom said:
"Tim C." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:15 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Tim C. wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> >>>> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry >>>> from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy >>>> bag >>> >>> Why? >> >> Why not? >> >> What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. >> They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later. >> >> As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of >> everyone's plates > > I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other > people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
That's nothing but a quirk - a moment of temporary elective blindness during which we think the biology of digestion is different because we want it to be at that moment. We do this because we can't stand the thought of leaving half the food we paid for.
"Tim C." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:15 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Tim C. wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> >>>> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry >>>> from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy >>>> bag >>> >>> Why? >> >> Why not? >> >> What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. >> They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later. >> >> As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of >> everyone's plates > > I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other > people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
Not my own but food others had been eating that contains their saliva. With babies you have to go that extra step and protect them from contaminated food, even if it's contaminated with their own saliva. But the very thought of eating food from someone else's left overs makes me heave. When my daughter did a student waitress job she said she was astonished at how many kitchen staff would do that as plates came back to the kitchen. And in that instance, they didn't even know who'd eaten from that plate. -- Sacha
"Tim C." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:15 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Tim C. wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:29:43 +0100, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> >>>> Putting the half a steak left on their *own* plate is a far cry >>>> from scraping down everyones plate and sticking THAT in a doggy >>>> bag >>> >>> Why? >> >> Why not? >> >> What they are saying is that restos in the US serve huge portions. >> They take what is left (on their *own* plates home to eat later. >> >> As I said, that is a far cry from having the scraping of >> everyone's plates > > I asked why is it a far cry from having the leftovers from other > people's plates? What is it exactly that you disapprove of?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Not everyone cleans their fork before putting it back on the plate after each mouth visit. So, food is already decomposing on the plate due to transfer of saliva.
Precisely so. That's one of the reasons mothers are taught to 'decant' a baby's food into a small dish if the whole jar is not going to be eaten at one sitting. Dipping a spoon from the baby's mouth into the jar puts saliva into the food and starts the decomposition process of the food in the jar.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
Not my own but food others had been eating that contains their saliva. With babies you have to go that extra step and protect them from contaminated food, even if it's contaminated with their own saliva. But the very thought of eating food from someone else's left overs makes me heave. When my daughter did a student waitress job she said she was astonished at how many kitchen staff would do that as plates came back to the kitchen. And in that instance, they didn't even know who'd eaten from that plate. -- Sacha
The point was that the people who talked about that were in face, taking food from their own plate to take home. They never have regarded scrapings from other plates as ok.
Yes, somehow taking home my own untouched piece of steak has turned into scraping off plates and serving it to guests.
I don't really understand how other people eat, apparently they stick their used fork into all the food on their dish. Regardless, if people have some sort of aversion to taking food home, they don't have to. It's no big deal.
The point was that the people who talked about that were in face, taking food from their own plate to take home. They never have regarded scrapings from other plates as ok.
Yes, somehow taking home my own untouched piece of steak has turned into scraping off plates and serving it to guests.
I don't really understand how other people eat, apparently they stick their used fork into all the food on their dish. Regardless, if people have some sort of aversion to taking food home, they don't have to. It's no big deal.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
Not my own but food others had been eating that contains their saliva.
Now that I can understand. But that is not what they were saying you see🙂
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With babies you have to go that extra step and protect them from contaminated food, even if it's contaminated with their own saliva.
Agreed!
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But the very thought of eating food from someone else's left overs makes me heave. When my daughter did a student waitress job she said she was astonished at how many kitchen staff would do that as plates came back to the kitchen. And in that instance, they didn't even know who'd eaten from that plate.
But surely Sacha, if you were eating and decided to leave some till later, you wouldn't think that about your own food on the plate that you had used?
Not my own but food others had been eating that contains their saliva.
Now that I can understand. But that is not what they were saying you see🙂
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With babies you have to go that extra step and protect them from contaminated food, even if it's contaminated with their own saliva.
Agreed!
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But the very thought of eating food from someone else's left overs makes me heave. When my daughter did a student waitress job she said she was astonished at how many kitchen staff would do that as plates came back to the kitchen. And in that instance, they didn't even know who'd eaten from that plate.
