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Cookster997
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Nov 19, 2017
I always find myself judging each dish on Thanksgiving, rating them in my head from best to worst. That way, I know what to stock up on for seconds - - anyone else do this? :)
ronCYA
339
Nov 22, 2017
Cookster997Not Thanksgiving, but I do with shared Chinese meals :) Let me give y'all a tip- I'm sure it'd apply to shared group meals in general.
There are often dishes that you just want more and more of, but of course you don't want to be THAT person who takes the last serve, right? Keep an eye on the dish- the second someone has taken the third last serve, THAT'S YOUR MOMENT TO STRIKE.
Don't give your 'friends' and 'family' a window of opportunity. This is war and a pre-emptive attack will leave your culinary enemies in the dust. You have a perfect smokescreen from the 3rd-last-serve-taker; it was their idea, not yours. Seize the 2nd-last-serve in justified glory and watch the Dish Ender gluttonously take the last serve as they commit table etiquette suicide, silent judgements peppering their soul.
cs85b03
101
Nov 23, 2017
Cookster997Our family splits dishes and I already know which ones I want - most people end up making the same dishes year after year. If you call the good ones first, you can get extra firsts without most realizing it.. hah.
As for seconds go - ronCYA is dead on. The last two or so servings are noticed, but if you get in right before that, you are golden. Your best bet is to get seconds on a favorite dish when people are still eating. Just act like you underestimated the serving on the first pass...
Cookster997Like ronYCA said, every shared group meal is like this. It's something fierce with my family and friends since we're all food enthusiasts, especially when it's smaller servings like tapas. I do something somewhat dishonest, where I'll order sweetbreads, then wait for people to inevitably ask what they are after they've enjoyed it. I usually get the rest.
My entire family are great cooks and we generally make huge servings so everyone can take some home, so it's not a problem. The times I've been with a significant other's family, though, I always get bogged down with food I don't want to eat. I need strategies for disappearing them!
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