SC - SCA rules on serving wine?

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Adamantius asked:
> kurt radford wrote:
> > I live in New Mexico & this is kind of a southwestern type of appetizer.  I
> > used to make it daily when I worked in one of our local pubs.
> 
> Please understand  that my issue is neither ethical nor moral, just mild
> surprise. Are pubs allowed, in New Mexico, to serve something as
> potentially cross-contaminating/contagion-spreading as a communal dip
> among large numbers of strangers? It may be simply one of those things
> that nobody has bothered to worry about yet, and it may have gone on for
> years (and may go on for more years) with no problems at all, or perhaps
> the legal approach may be that the pub is not selling dip, just drinks.

But if this dip were served to a private table, as many appetizers are,
then this wouldn't be a problem, at least for the pub. Even on a buffet
line I'd think it would be ok if a spoon were provided so the customer
could spoon some onto their plate. Very like the medieval rule that your
hands were supposed to be clean before grabbing something out of the
communal pot.

Now some of us think including guacamole or avocado in any such item 
should be considered a criminal act of vandalism and food poisoning or
perhaps just sickness...
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