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DEL.ICIO.USWhen is a main course not a main course?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last weekend I had some friends over for dinner. Because it was such a chilly night, I decided to serve a big bowl of chowder with salad and bread and then splurge with a decadent dessert.
As mentioned in an earlier blog, my guests brought a dip that people practically inhaled, which could have been part of the problem. When we sat down to dinner, everyone barely touched the chowder. When I asked my husband, Rich, afterwards if there was something wrong with it he wondered if our guests thought since it was soup, that it was just the first course and were saving room for “dinner.”
I remember a couple of times being surprised when what I thought was an appetizer turned out to be the main course and I ended up going home hungry. There was a wedding when I forced myself to restrain from gorging on platters of shrimp cocktail only to learn too late that was all there was. Another time at a party at a Greek restaurant, I passed up platter after platter of dips and little kebabs, not wanting to ruin my appetite for the, what turned out to be the non-existent, main course.
I wonder if I should have made a little announcement that I was doing soup as a main course. What do you think? Have you ever not eaten enough thinking there was more to come?
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By Stan
February 2, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this
I suspect that you are over thinking what happened this night.
I like to keep things very casual and therefore let everyone know what is being served.
By Carol
February 4, 2009 3:35 AM | Link to this
Did you ever stop to think that your guest might not have liked the soup you prepared>