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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After OP’s latest update, I don’t think the relative is as crazy as she initially came off. The way the food is served is an invitation for judgment and/or unwanted attention. The meat option is “passed down” by the head of the table person individually upon announcing their selection?? Seriously, everyone gets to sit and watch what each person one by one is putting on their plate? Why so much pressure?! Bizarre practice! I would hate this. Then again, I don’t like drawing attention to myself willingly, let alone attention being drawn to me through no fault of my own. [/quote]

This was the way my WASP father served every dinner, including Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Dad at the head of the table with a stack of plates, asking each person in turn "A slice of ham?  Some potatoes? How about some beans?" and we would say yes or no and how much. It's very familiar to me!

The other way -- passing plates and bowls around the table -- was how we ate when we visited Mom's Italian side of the family.[/quote]

Definitely not WASPs here.  We eat the way you describe, the Italian way, unless it's something like a whole Turkey, which even carved up is hard to pass around.  Then the person who is sitting by the platter just serves that thing.  But yes, he's saying "Ham or beef?  Is that enough?"  Then everything else is passed around.  [/quote]

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