Mike wrote:
>>
>> One of the great benefits of living when and where we do; the
>> astonishing variety of excellent food available to us.
>>
>> New to me in the food we had at a friend's house tonight was a wonderful
>> Brazilian seafood stew and their version of pupusas.
>>
>> Life is good...........
>>
>> Moose
>>
> Ah... Brazilian food! Some of the best eats I ever had was at a
> trucker's buffet somewhere in Rio Grande do Sul. Being a bit slow on the
> uptake it took me a while to realize that it is proper to leave a full
> plate at the end of the meal to let the host know that his generosity
> exceeded your capacity :) My capacity was indeed exceeded by the
> hovering waiters ever ready to replenish my plate.
>
> Mike
Okay, then. Who gets the food you've left?
The waiters, the cooks, the maître d', the cabbie, who?
Surely, a country where many, many people go hungry each night must somehow
account for food "waste."
Not being critical, merely being curious!
keith whaley
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