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Are you meant to eat garnish? |
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37 | 74.00% |
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Are you meant to eat garnish?
I usually do but I don't know sometimes.
Sometimes it's a bit wilted or has been fingered too much, but you should clean your plate right? Or is the classy thing to do to leave it as its decor.
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I don't think you are supposed to eat the garnish
..but I always do |
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I usually do but I don't know sometimes.
Sometimes it's a bit wilted or has been fingered too much, but you should clean your plate right? Or is the classy thing to do to leave it as its decor. ![]()
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Depends what it is. Gari - that pink pickled ginger that you get with Japanese food - oh yes.
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Like Gordon Ramsey says, if it's not meant to be eaten, don't put it on the f*cking plate.
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Like Gordon Ramsey says, if it's not meant to be eaten, don't put it on the f*cking plate.
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Like Gordon Ramsey says, if it's not meant to be eaten, don't put it on the f*cking plate.
![]() And yes, I do eat garnish. |
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Third option :depends!
If it's fresh and appealing, yes but if it's a drab old bit of tomato and lettuce, then leave it. |
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Third option :depends!
If it's fresh and appealing, yes but if it's a drab old bit of tomato and lettuce, then leave it. |
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Like Gordon Ramsey says, if it's not meant to be eaten, don't put it on the f*cking plate.
First thing that popped in my head when I read the thread! |
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Third option :depends!
If it's fresh and appealing, yes but if it's a drab old bit of tomato and lettuce, then leave it. Garnish should be a part of the dish served and thus needs to be eaten. |
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Like Gordon Ramsey says, if it's not meant to be eaten, don't put it on the f*cking plate.
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I wouldn't call a drab old bit of tomato and lettuce garnish and I would send it back for fresh
Garnish should be a part of the dish served and thus needs to be eaten. |
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But if I order and expect just a plain toasted sarnie, for instance, how can I complain if they choose to try and 'dress' it up?
That's not to say you have to eat it even if I do eat all the vegetables on my plate, always.
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Whatever you order, if they choose to put garnish on the plate it has to be edible and fresh
That's not to say you have to eat it even if I do eat all the vegetables on my plate, always. ![]() Also, it may well be fresh and edible but as I said earlier just 'drab'. |
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Doesn't it depend what it is?
A 'salad garnish' gan be quite substantial, and well-worth eating. A sprig of rosemary - no. |
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I prefer that any salad and herbage with my starter is kept to the minimum..Say it's deep fried camambert, I'll only eat the necessary amount of greenery to get a change in flavours. Otherwise no, I like to leave room for what comes next.
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Youre not meant to eat garnish but I agree with all what has been said above.
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My personal unfavourite is when you order a full English breakfast and it comes spattered with finely chopped parsley.
Usually I love parsley but in this context it puts me right off. |
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My personal unfavourite is when you order a full English breakfast and it comes spattered with finely chopped parsley.
Usually I love parsley but in this context it puts me right off. |
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Hi earthling,
I've found the more upmarket the hotel/pub/restaurant, the more likely the spattered atomised parsley phenomenon is! I wouldn't mind if it was just a whole leaf or two which I could pick off (and probably munch ), it's when it's so finely chopped that it's impossible to disentangle from the fry up.For me it's like someone went to a lawnmower, took a teaspoon of cuttings out and then sprinkled them from a great height onto my lovely breakfast. |
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I went to a 2 star Michelin restaurant, and there was a kind of pea shoot thing on the dessert. I ate it but it was odd. Clearly decor.
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Youre not meant to eat garnish but I agree with all what has been said above.
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Youre not meant to eat garnish but I agree with all what has been said above.
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Hi earthling,
I've found the more upmarket the hotel/pub/restaurant, the more likely the spattered atomised parsley phenomenon is! I wouldn't mind if it was just a whole leaf or two which I could pick off (and probably munch ), it's when it's so finely chopped that it's impossible to disentangle from the fry up.For me it's like someone went to a lawnmower, took a teaspoon of cuttings out and then sprinkled them from a great height onto my lovely breakfast. TBH I really can't remember the last time I had a full English apart from at home and that's very rarely. I find a big fried breakfask makes me feel slugish for the rest of the day. |
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