Two-day salads and disposable dishes on the holiday table: a guest's view. I was met so
How were your first New Year's days? I am sure many of you, like me, went to visit. Visit dear people - relatives and friends, to congratulate personally. And not by calling or in a Whatsapp, because this is completely different.
And here the old Russian tradition works - if a guest comes, then he must be seated at the table and fed. Even if a person has already walked through 3 houses and ate a hearty meal. Fortunately, there is usually enough excess food in the house: it remained after New Year's Eve.
To be honest, the "salad" tradition jars me a little.
On the one hand, it is inconvenient to refuse a treat. And impolite. After all, the hospitable host of the house, pulling out numerous plates on the table, is driven by good intentions: to feed the guests and show their hospitality.
Yes, and we all understand the importance of the competition in the speed of eating salads with biological laws: eat before it goes bad. Otherwise, the lion's share of gourmet dishes will remain in the trash can.
But on the other hand, I cannot eat old salads and other food that is more than 2 days old. No matter what thrifty housewives say, who regret throwing away what they have cooked, New Year's food starts very soon... smell unpleasant.
Either I am somehow especially capricious, or my nose is hypersensitive... But at least kill me: I can't cram a spoonful of "Stolichny" into myself if it has already stood in the refrigerator for the second day, waiting for its turn.
I have to get out so as not to offend the owner) But yesterday, when my husband and I went to visit his friend, an event happened that knocked me out of a rut:
The hostess of the house offered us to eat holiday dishes made of plastic disposable tableware. Saucers and cups were smartly arranged on the ornate tablecloth, and forks, spoons and knives were attached to them. Of course, also plastic.
I understand that on the third day of the celebration, my wife and I were tired. Most likely, the mere thought of washing dishes evokes melancholy, and in some places - and disgust... And the disposable tableware seems to solve the problem perfectly: you can just throw it out with the leftover food.
But, in my opinion, this is unacceptable for a festive table. Our mothers and grandmothers, on the contrary, took out the best from the sideboards for the holidays and before the arrival of guests.
Let now many people protest against the "Soviet" traditions, specifically in this sideboard custom, I see only good: this is a banal respect for the newcomer (as opposed to dumping old salads from containers) and good breeding. But are they appreciated now?
Disposable utensils are designed for barbecue and other meals in nature, where there is no access to water. Plastic table setting in the house, even on a holiday, looks like "leave me alone." I would never allow myself to meet guests SO one time.
If you agree that you cannot greet guests with plastic dishes, click "Thumbs up"! I would also like to read your opinion about the know-how in the comments.