Thursday Memes -- Things in a row -- Two Questions

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This pretty table setting was the handiwork of our neighbor lady. She was having a "dining in" or a "gourmet dinner" event at her house. I forgot which it was and forgot to take pictures of my plate of food so I won't be able to figure it out what we had.

Both Dining in and Gourmet dining are eating affairs organized by the ladies of our subdivision. At the beginning of the year the ladies sign up for one or the other. Then the couples, H & W, are divided up.

I know our meal was good. I do know that it was around Thanksgiving or Halloween because of the pumpkins and the large gourd used as her center piece.

This serving bar/breakfast bar was holding the hors d'oeuvres (ôr dûrvz ). Again no hint of the main course and the type of dining.

'Dining in' is also called around here as 'informal dining.' Mostly the people sit around and talk, then eat when we're all ready. After dinner we all talked again until someone wanted to go home.

Each group stays the same all year and is expected to have four meals at different group members' homes. Two of the couples are responsible for one meal and bear all of the cost. One of these couples will open their home to the group.

'Gourmet dining' is also called 'fine dining.' Here each group has exactly eight people, four couples. Left over couples are on a standby or substitute list. Three menu committees make three menus, one for each of the three meals.

The host couple has the dining at their home and generally provides the home, main entree, bread, hors d'oeuvres, and the wine if served, which is most often. Each of the other three couples bring either vegetables, desert, or salad. Sometimes one will help the host with a part of some of her food. The cost is apportioned pro rata to each couple.

For more things in a row please visit Pat's Things in a Row post. You might like to post your own 'Things in a Row.'
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And now for my Thursday Two Questions: (See Thursday Two Questions by Poetic Shutterbug for more reading. You could also make your own by checking in at this link.)
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Last week we answered questions about our picture taking nerve, like taking pictures in the doctor's office or rest room pictures. We also discussed our fast food eating tastes. And the bonus question went back to photography in telling about our cameras.
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My Two Questions for this week:

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1. Do you participate in any organized eating affairs. If so what kind are they and if you don't, then might this appeal to having a place in your social life?

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Besides the two I have discussed above we also eat a lot with our church and Sunday school groups. This might be at church, in one of our homes, or at a restaurant.

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2. What would your ideal meal consist of? Could this depend on where you are eating and who you are in company with?

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For me this depends on who does the cooking. Mrs. Jim cooks soooooo GOOD! My cooking is a nice club sandwich, a grilled cheese sandwich, an omelet (pretty good), or two hot dogs with potato salad. At one time I made homemade pizza but after I got really good and was receiving a lot of requests for my pizza I just stopped doing that.

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Bonus Question:

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Have you ever eaten something that tastes so bad that you had to spit it out?

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I try to 'look before I leap' so as to not get in a situation where I need to spit food back out. When I was little I gagged on oatmeal and would take it out of my mouth when no one was watching. My parents finally stopped trying to make me eat oatmeal.