>> Tiffany's fruit basket is impressive. I wonder if offerings like that would peter out if this becomes a regular thing, to be replaced more with smaller dishes.<<
The selections will probably adapt to the tastes of the people who usually attend.
>> The fruit basket seems more like a gift than a side dish. <<
Remember they're feeding Steve, Bucky, Natasha, Clint, Bruce, Betty, Tony, Phil and this week's guests are Daveed, Dr. Samson, Rhodey, Sam, and Tiffany. That is 13 people -- before counting the fact that Steve eats 4x the norm for a highly active man, Bucky 3x, Natasha 2x, and the others toward the high end of normal. That probably adds up to at least 20 appetites. If they follow the standard potluck rule of bringing a dish to serve 8 people, it won't go very far. There is a reason they bake things in sheet pans.
And of course, Steve and Bucky grew up in the Depression. If you put fresh fruit in front of them, they will devour it because they're not used to having it.
>>I sort of like the idea of having that over dinner like Bucky organizes, rather than done sort of at random during the dinner assembly and pet feeding stages.<<
The bigger the group, the harder it is for everyone to catch up with all the other people. Organizing a certain type of conversation around the table solves this problem and provides a starter topic. Some families always use the same prompt, like "How was your day/week?" while others vary among things like "What's the funniest thing you heard recently?" or "What new thing have you learned?"
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Date: 2019-02-06 02:48 am (UTC)The selections will probably adapt to the tastes of the people who usually attend.
>> The fruit basket seems more like a gift than a side dish. <<
Remember they're feeding Steve, Bucky, Natasha, Clint, Bruce, Betty, Tony, Phil and this week's guests are Daveed, Dr. Samson, Rhodey, Sam, and Tiffany. That is 13 people -- before counting the fact that Steve eats 4x the norm for a highly active man, Bucky 3x, Natasha 2x, and the others toward the high end of normal. That probably adds up to at least 20 appetites. If they follow the standard potluck rule of bringing a dish to serve 8 people, it won't go very far. There is a reason they bake things in sheet pans.
And of course, Steve and Bucky grew up in the Depression. If you put fresh fruit in front of them, they will devour it because they're not used to having it.
>>I sort of like the idea of having that over dinner like Bucky organizes, rather than done sort of at random during the dinner assembly and pet feeding stages.<<
The bigger the group, the harder it is for everyone to catch up with all the other people. Organizing a certain type of conversation around the table solves this problem and provides a starter topic. Some families always use the same prompt, like "How was your day/week?" while others vary among things like "What's the funniest thing you heard recently?" or "What new thing have you learned?"