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REC: Hot German Potato Salad
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:04:44 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote: >On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote: >> or On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:09:01 -0700 (PDT), >> wrote: >> >> >Also Janet at the end, please say 'serving' instead of 'service', next time. >> >> I was thinking in terms of preparing and offering the food to diners. >> (Like the food is ready and setting on the table for family dining.) >> Are you thinking of the amount given to each individual or the >> physical act of dishing out food, or how many portions in the entire >> recipe? >> I believe that I have seen my way used but would appreciate >> clarification from someone. >> >> Janet US > >It's a trifle British (or 19th Century), but a perfectly understandable idiom. I'd have thought/guessed that 'serving' refers more to a home context and 'service' more to a professional/hospitality context. |
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REC: Hot German Potato Salad
Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:04:44 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton > wrote: > >>On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote: >>> or On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:09:01 -0700 (PDT), >>> wrote: >>> >>> >Also Janet at the end, please say 'serving' instead of 'service', next time. >>> >>> I was thinking in terms of preparing and offering the food to diners. >>> (Like the food is ready and setting on the table for family dining.) >>> Are you thinking of the amount given to each individual or the >>> physical act of dishing out food, or how many portions in the entire >>> recipe? >>> I believe that I have seen my way used but would appreciate >>> clarification from someone. >>> >>> Janet US >> >>It's a trifle British (or 19th Century), but a perfectly understandable idiom. > > I'd have thought/guessed that 'serving' refers more to a home context > and 'service' more to a professional/hospitality context. i'm not sure what the comment is about, but "a serving", "serving size" and "serving suggestions" used to be common things printed on packages here. i don't really see or read too many packages these days to know if that is still the case. the ideas of serving dinner, serving someone at the table, taking a single serving of some item, these are all common concepts to me even if i don't think of them in those words when i'm doing them (i just do things i don't necessarily have to put words to things as i do them). songbird |
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