Marlingardener
Sous Chef
I see ads on TV where everything from buffalo wings (bison don't fly) to pizza is dipped into a sauce. I just don't get it. If you want a sauce, put it on the food and use a fork.
Please explain!
Please explain!
Of course you can... why not?Hard to eat finger foods with a fork.
I have no idea why people want to put sauce on their pizza.
Also French fries.Dipping doesn't sog up the food, like putting sauce on it would. For example, Chinese dumplings or fried chicken cutlets (katsu) wouldn't be as crunchy if the sauce was poured over them.
Yup. Lots of delicious, crunchy thingsAlso French fries.
I agree. When I go to parties or events, I'm kinda picky on what I'll eat keeping in mind that many people are ' contaminating' the food. I remember years ago, when all the kids in my extended family were young, my brothers kids were always sick with colds and whatever. After wiping their runny noses with their hands, they should then dig into all the bows of chips, veggies and dip .... My kids would always come home sick after a family outing with them.What I really dislike about dipping is double-dipping, when there is one bowl of dip for all at the table, and someone dips a piece of food in - bites off the bit that has the sauce on it, and then dips the rest of the food back in the bowl.
It's fine if you do it at home when it's just your own family, but I've seen it at weddings and other functions, where guests are in mixed groups.
What I really dislike about dipping is double-dipping, when there is one bowl of dip for all at the table, and someone dips a piece of food in - bites off the bit that has the sauce on it, and then dips the rest of the food back in the bowl.
It's fine if you do it at home when it's just your own family, but I've seen it at weddings and other functions, where guests are in mixed groups.
I have to admit that I don't know about now, as I've been unable to attend such things for some years now, but it was quite common in the days that I did, and I would be very happy to know that it doesn't happen any more.I was under the impression that double dipping was considered extremely rude in polite society and wasn't done anymore. I've never seen anyone doing it in years. What I see is people spooning some dip onto their plate or bowl, grabbing their dippers and happily double dipping (or not) from their own personal supply. Guess I move in a different world than most.
I've never had the pleasure of trying PoutineLook at Poutine, my best loved example. You need that hot gravy to melt the cheese curds into long stringy messy pieces of cheese stretching from fork to plate with a fry hanging on to it all, and all covered with gravy.