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Originally Posted by chubyalaskagriz  I love all cooking styles and types of grub. But there are "acceptable" degrees of "primativeness" allowed within certain levels of dining. I dig barbecue and I enjoy shredding meat off the bone with my teeth, etc. but as a rule, 5-star+ dining will not have you endure bones of any kind on a plate- it's simply considered too animalistic and not cultivated enough. There'll be nothing placed at your table to risk a mess like barbecue sauce. Even the servers at such calibur sweep crumbs from your white linen tablecloth with their handy, pocketed crumb-catchers. I don't mind cooking this type of fussy food at work, but for my personal taste at home it just ain't a meal unless I stand the chance of walking away filthy-messy!  |
Disagree. Many great restaurants serve messy food. They supply whatever's necessary -- bibs, finger bowls, moist towels -- to keep the diner's clean and comfortable.
People who won't pick up a piece of chicken on the bone, or suck the meat out of a crab claw are denying themselves pleasures for their own reasons -- not the dictates of good manners. High end dining is hedonism, not Calvinism.
BDL
05-12-2008, 11:54 AM
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