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Wow US Desserts!!!
"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:13:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"cshenk" > wrote in message
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>>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> > >
>>>> > > I do because I hate feeling overfed but otoh, leaving half a plate
>>>> > > full makes me feel guilty. I feel I get my moneys worth this way.
>>>> >
>>>> > But you deserve a discount.
>>>>
>>>> If you think that through, you would see they couldn't do that.
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>>> Yes, they can't. It may actually take more manhours to make that
>>> smaller dish or the same (depending on the types of food) than the
>>> larger one.
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>>> Anyways, I found the doggie bag bit interesting. I think that one is
>>> endemic to USA unless very rich.
>>>
>>> The dog was traditionally fed off the scraps of dinner. If you ate
>>> out, I'm guessing you didnt have those so folks who didn't have a lot
>>> of excess, would put some to the side and take it home for the dog(s).
>>> We are going back to pre-kibble era here.
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>>A lot of places here now offer choices of two sizes when it comes to
>>meals.
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> Yes, of course.
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>>My dad said that the doggy bag term came about because they were
>>embarrassed
>>about taking the leftovers home to be eaten later so they invented a dog
>>to
>>feed them to. He said in most cases there was no dog. But even if there
>>was, chances are they wouldn't be getting the leftover food.
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> That's it. They don't want to come across stingy, so they suddenly
> have a dog 
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> --
> Bruce
Why would anyone have to invent something to take something home that they
paid for? Nothing stingy about that. Just ask for a container to take it
home.
Cheri
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