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Food
SOS Etiquette - More about dinner rolls
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Q:
Dear SOS Etiquette, I know you spoke about dinner rolls two weeks ago, but I need to know how the roll is eaten at the table (especially at a formal dinner). My colleagues (these are, by the way, senior execs) take the bread, cut it, butter it with the butter spread, close it like a sandwich and then eat it...
A:
Your colleagues, albeit senior, are wrong. Your bread, pat of butter, butter spread, or knife complete with side plate are found to your left, by your forks. When ready to eat the roll you would break the piece that you are about to eat with your hand, butter that one piece and place in your mouth. This act of: break, butter and eat continues until the roll is finished. The butter spread is never used to cut the roll, but ostensibly to spread the butter. The roll must never be made into a sandwich or mini burger. A reminder too, never ask for seconds or take more than one.
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1/1/2012
It's always a relief when someone with obvious exerptsie answers. Thanks!
11/17/2011
no column last week i was disappointed..anyways, where in jamaica can we consider that formal for dinner roll etiquette to be so adhered because i realise we mistakenly serve dinner rolls with most meals that is deemed a formal sit down but we lact the relevant stem and silverware.
11/17/2011
I like this column and the advice given. I disagree somewhat regarding requesting additional dinner rolls. I've been to more formal dinners than I can count and discovered the way around that is to nicely and very discreetly request a few extra rolls for the table rather than just one for myself. No one, including the servers have ever been put off by this, for most people want same but are too embarrassed to ask because of convention. Thanks for the advice though and keep it coming.
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