SC - Servers eating free

[margali]

IIRC, some time ago I read that there was an incident at a fancy
feast that a table was rendered sort of piqued because a young
gentleman [novice priest maybe?] who was very nervous at being
seated at table with some notable [an abbot?] that he was too shy
to ask for the serving dishes from down the table and only ate
from those close to him, which were of some particular dainty -
and the rest of the table didn't get their portion of the foods.
Probably 15-20 years ago so my memory probably comes from some
thoroughly disreputable book ;-) Since [if the story is correct]
family style was regarded as common, enough that this particular
incident was remembered in somebody's memories, it might seem to
be seen that family style was fairly popular at large feasts
[maybe it could have been one of those ineffable british guild
feasts  possibly?]

- -margali
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The Quote Starts Here:
Siegfried Heydrich wrote:
>
>     I've done that and I find that serving family style
simplifies the hell
> out of life. If you're using servers, it just means that they
have to dash &
> drop rather than to stand there and dispense. If you've PC'd
your portions
> ahead of time, it's easier for the guests, too. None of this
'pass the
> plate' stuff.