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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Edible dinnerware seems to be newly popular, and I am not sure how to handle it. When I ordered clam chowder, it was served in a hollowed-out mini loaf of sourdough bread.

Do I assume that the establishment has run out of regular bowls and not eat the bowl? Which is what I did, as there was sourdough bread served on the side. Digging into the empty bowl at the table did not seem quite proper.

GENTLE READER: You will forgive Miss Manners for the patient smile she develops when told of a modern trend. In medieval times, trenchers, flat rounds of bread, were used as plates. The custom was to give them to the poor after the meal when they (the bread, not the poor) were soaked with juices.

Nowadays, this would not be considered an attractive (or sanitary) form of philanthropy. However, it is reasonable to assume that a trendy restaurant has no intention of washing and reusing your edible soup bowl. You may therefore eat it, or not, as you wish.

Miss Manners shares your confusion at the redundancy of serving bread on the side, but perhaps the restaurant is trying to accommodate both those who like their bread soggy and those who do not.

http://www.uexpress.com/miss-manners/2015/9/8/you-can-eat-the-soup-bowl

 



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What does this have to do the the thread subject?

 

I've seen this, but didn't buy it. If I did, I'd probably tear off a piece of the "bowl" once it was empty, and decide whether I liked eating it.

 



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OMG! Some people are idiots. If you're still hungry, eat the damn bread. It's a bread bowl. Sheesh.

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ed11563 wrote:

What does this have to do the the thread subject?

 

I've seen this, but didn't buy it. If I did, I'd probably tear off a piece of the "bowl" once it was empty, and decide whether I liked eating it.

 

 If you are so perplexed by eating a bread bowl, then you suck at life! 



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
ed11563 wrote:

What does this have to do the the thread subject?

 

I've seen this, but didn't buy it. If I did, I'd probably tear off a piece of the "bowl" once it was empty, and decide whether I liked eating it.

 

 If you are so perplexed by eating a bread bowl, then you suck at life! 

Okay, I would have to put a smiley face  smile after that statement.



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How do these people get dressed in the morning? Sheesh!

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Should I eat the parsley garnish? Oh, the questions.

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ffs I wanted to copy what everyone said. Is this really an issue? Eat the bread bowl or don't. How do people survive? Tell them the parsley will kill her so don't eat it. Sheesh.

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Has this woman been living under a rock? Bread bowls are nothing new.

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Exactly. Bread bowls used to be only for fancy restaurants. Now even "fast food" places have them.

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Bread bowls have been used for years to serve clam chowder in California. We eat them with the chowder.

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I will buy some big round rolls, tear out the top and serve chicken noodle soup in them to the kids. They love that.

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Ohfour wrote:

Has this woman been living under a rock? Bread bowls are nothing new.

 Seriously, even I know that. (crawling back under my rock)



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Hmm. I wonder what the stupidest question an advice columnist will answer is? Should I eat bread or not has to be in the top twenty.

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What the everlasting f**k is this person's issue? Seriously I feel like maybe it was a fake letter sent in to see if she would answer it.

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I know! Of all the problems out there there has to be some really serious ones that need answering. I guess Miss Manners was taking an extended holiday.

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I avoid those things. Seems strange to me. Doesn't it get soggy and begin to break down?

And who needs the extra bread?

I've seen it done with pasta too.

I just could not eat that much bread.

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Yeah it gets soggy. That's kind of the point. Like dipping your bread in gravy or your sandwich into your soup. It tastes good. But, I agree that is a lot of bread so not my thing.

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Since the letter writer was writing to Miss Manners he/she may have been confused about the correct mannerly way one eats out of a bread bowel.

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Lindley wrote:

Since the letter writer was writing to Miss Manners he/she may have been confused about the correct mannerly way one eats out of a bread bowel.

The same way you eat a fat sandwich?

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Gnaw it!

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flan327 wrote:
Lindley wrote:

Since the letter writer was writing to Miss Manners he/she may have been confused about the correct mannerly way one eats out of a bread bowel.

The same way you eat a fat sandwich?

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LOL!  I remember that thread biggrin 



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Lindley wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Lindley wrote:

Since the letter writer was writing to Miss Manners he/she may have been confused about the correct mannerly way one eats out of a bread bowel.

The same way you eat a fat sandwich?

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LOL!  I remember that thread biggrin 

Yeah, that was a good one.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I will buy some big round rolls, tear out the top and serve chicken noodle soup in them to the kids. They love that.

Won't they leak? 



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Yeah. I serve it on a plate or in a bowl. No biggie. The kids really enjoy that.

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