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I haven't done anything like that lately. This happened a few years ago. I was just wondering about it. At the time, I thought she was being silly. This particular aunt is known for being overly dramatic.
Runs in the family, does it not?
You would go,hungry at my house as desert is served after dinner dishes are cleared off the table. I spend time, money and effort to serve a balanced meal.
Most people I know don't put dessert out until after the table has been cleared of all traces of the meal. Anyone who puts pumpkin pie on the table with the Salisbury Steak and mashers deserves whatever happens.
I'm trying to picture strawberry shortcake riding high atop kielbasa and sauerkraut.
I think it's rude in the sense that it's something that fellow diners will likely find revolting and/or stomach churning, thus making an unpleasant dining experience for them.
Also rude, as someone else pointed out, to take something that someone made for you, and defile it by dumping dessert on it. If I spent hours making lasagna, and you dumped your sundae on top, I'd be pretty offended, and probably wouldn't invite you back.
You started a thread asking if a particular thing you do could ne considered rude, and then are incredulous when somebody answers yes. Why pose the question at all if you are already skeptical of an affirmative response?
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Is it a little breach of etiquette or a more serious breach, like say, opening your mouth while chewing? I don't always mix the dessert with the food; I just eat them together.
Great, but the two examples you gave were of actually mixing your entree and dessert...not "bite of mashed potato interspersed with bite of cherry crisp." Two different things.
I prefer to sample dishes and food as they were prepared to be eaten.
It has nothing to do with table etiquette for me and mor to do with enjoying the flavors of the food as the were designed.
That's being stated their it something to be said for sweet and savory mixed together. I suppose that is the crude Viking like effect the OP is try to achieve.
There are a lot of ways to combine sweet and savory in cuisine, though, that don't involve mashing apple pie into meatloaf and digging in.
Candied nuts, dried cranberries, and pomegranate seeds topping a salad. Pineapple and Canadian bacon on pizza. Glazed carrots. Spinach snd strawberry salad with poppyseed dressing. Salted caramel on ice cream. Etc.
Germans like to include sweets with their regular meals.
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