Poppadom etiquette

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I am curious as to the etiquette of sharing poppadoms in a group meal.

a) Do you see a pile and break a piece off the top one and then others do the same

b) karate chop through all the poppadoms then take pieces when you want

c) take a whole poppadom and break into pieces on your own side plate so you have a pile of poppadom

I am option A and was flabbergasted at seeing C on Saturday.

Surely you don’t break bits off prawn crackers (or any other food), so why do it with poppadoms?

C, assuming there's one per person.

Darnit it now I really want popadoms!! All of the above lol! Never thought about it before, we always order far too many so plenty to go round.

C, no contest, but I like the idea of karate-chopping poppadoms

A is standard
B is a bit showy but fine, whatever, quite amusing in the right context
C is for germophobes or people who don't share food, do what you want but I will secretly think it makes you look un-fun

Let's do hot towels etiquette next. If you wash your entire face you look mental.

E) be the only member of your family that eats poppadoms

this. NEVER EVER B I don't like to eat food that other people have touched and yes I know that people who work in kitchens touch the food

If you count the poppadoms you'll see there is the same number as the people at your table, because there is one for each person.

Even if you don't touch the poppadom when you break it off, it's difficult to say whether everyone else has had more or less than their fair share. It's also more annoying to ask/be asked whether you were having more, the awkward moment at the end etc

c

dh washes his whole face

have you seen him

I don't do this either. In Holland there is spoon in the bowl.

Oh god, blokes (always blokes) that wipe their faces with the hot towel. Lunkheads.

In polite company it’s C. I think a poppadom is more similar to a slice of bread than a pizza from a sharing perspective.

With DH it’s usually A, and we share naan bread the same way. But I’d only do that with him or a very close friend.

Yes pizza is another good example.

You would take a slice and eat it off your own plate.

You wouldn’t rip bits off of the pizza slices.

I can’t think of any other food where you break small bits off and eat them.

You take one whole part and then eat it on your own plate, before going back for more.

Edit: sorry I misread your post.
Yes you do share pizza and poppadoms are not like that.
The only way pizza would be similar in OPs situation was if you were ripping bits off the slices, instead of taking a whole slice for yourself.

What if you break off bits of the hot towel and rub the pizza on your face, is that correct

C for sure as long as there's at least one there per person at the outset!

C, if you do B I'm never talking to you again.

I do not use the hot towels.
totally unnecessary waste of single use synthetic materials

However I do eat the chocolate mint thin.

I usually try a distraction technique, with something like,

"Oh my God, there's a bat.There! There, on the curtain! Oh it's gone. No, there! THERE!"

Then, while everyone is wildly looking around I sneak 2 poppadom off the plate and secrete one on each thigh, secure in the knowledge that I have 'a couple in the bank' so to speak. Then I break bits off the communal plate like a normal.person and tuck in.

I suppose that would be option 'd)' should you choose to expand your list.

I would be astonished if anyone did B!

option A is disgusting.

I suppose you could keep hand sanitiser of the table to make sure everyone cleaned their hands properly, but then you'd end up tasting it, and that's foul too.

so C

C, of course.

We've always ordered enough for at least one each. Those that want naan bread order one each of those too.

I order two poppadoms because I'm not fussed about naans. One is a sort of starter, the other is eaten through the rest of the meal.

I view them like bread rolls, as a PP does- you wouldn't break bits off a bread roll in a basket (or worse, smash the whole lot into smithereens), you'd take one bread roll and put it on a side plate.

C. Otherwise someone else eats loads.

How on earth do you eat poppadoms?! I can only imagine it’s in a significantly different way to me if you would be in a position to make them taste of hand gel if it was on your hands. Why are you touching all the bits that you aren’t eating?