Are cooking and plates related?
Does it make any difference on which plate you serve?
2006-09-12 06:45:56 · 5 answers · asked by jjrb230 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Salad on the salad plate, dinner on the dinner plate, dessert on the dessert plate. Same with the utensils, salad fork, dinner fork, dessert fork, butter knife, steak knife, etc.
2006-09-12 06:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on how formal the occasion is. When you're presenting food formally, the plates matter, and observing traditional rules about what goes on what plate makes a differences. The "rules" make the occasion fancy and more special.
In an informal setting, it doesn't really make a difference. The only consideration you have to worry about is if the plate is big enough to hold all the food you put on it!
2006-09-12 14:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by τεκνον θεου 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're having a formal dinner party, it's nice to use specific plates for the different courses. But if it's just family or you're just having friends over to hang out, it doesn't really matter. Just use a big enough plate or platter to hold whatever you're cooking and people can just pile one whatever they want to eat on their plate.
2006-09-12 15:41:37 · answer #3 · answered by Chef Orville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Some foods look nicer on certain plates (salad on salad plate, etc.) but I don't think anyone will fault you if you serve salad on a dinner plate. The whole plate thing is just about presentation.
2006-09-12 13:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say it has a lot to do with cooking as if we prepare a product and spent the time making it we don't want to serve a poor product...or are we reverting back to the olden times and just eat food with our hands....
2006-09-12 14:21:12 · answer #5 · answered by d957jazz retired chef 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋