Quiet often after we have donated an item, the recipeints will serve us a traditional Georgian meal. They have one long table and you are given a small plate, glass, fork and knife. Georgians think it's rude to ask you to pass something - so they put the food on 5 or 6 plates on the table so everyone can reach one of them - it is not considered rude for them to reach in front of you with their fork and stab something on a serving dish. This is how the table looks when we first sit down. They start with plates of cheese, relishes, bread and fish. Then they start bringing more dishes - beet salad, russian salad, boiled meat .....
and the table starts to look like this. There isn't room for more plates, so they start piling them on top of each other! There is too much food to eat - so they can't take away any plates. It becomes very entertaining to see where they are going to put the next dish! All the while you are eating they are making toasts to you and to each other and then to life in general.
and the table starts to look like this. There isn't room for more plates, so they start piling them on top of each other! There is too much food to eat - so they can't take away any plates. It becomes very entertaining to see where they are going to put the next dish! All the while you are eating they are making toasts to you and to each other and then to life in general.
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