• @[email protected]
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    5411 months ago

    I saw a video yesterday that in Japan, your hosts will offer to serve green tea on rice. Apparently this is a hint for the guests to leave.

    • @[email protected]
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      3211 months ago

      In Denmark, the host will sometimes serve soup or another light dish to signal that it’s time for them to leave. It’s actually informally known as “go away-food”

      I wish I had the confidence and rudimentary cooking abilities to serve guests go away-food 😆

        • @[email protected]
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          911 months ago

          Leading to a training montage. Years later, your roommate tries your three thousandth attempt at fuck-off soup, smiles at you, stands up and says “whelp…”

      • @[email protected]
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        1411 months ago

        It isn’t that difficult.

        Go away food doesn’t need to taste good. In fact, it helps them go away much faster.

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          1111 months ago

          It very much is. Maybe it’s not a custom in your part of the country but here in Østjylland and in Himmerland, it definitely is.

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            511 months ago

            So ist the logic behind this to say “looks we were planning on having dinner about now” implying that the guest is intruding but in order to show hospitality, you’d have to invite them to the meal, so you server some plain-ass soup that won’t cost you squat if the guest should accept your offer but is bland enough so that the guest will likely pass anyway?

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              711 months ago

              I think it’s more like “we’ll give you a bit of food for the journey. Nothing too heavy so you’ll want to sit down for a long time, but decent food nonetheless. Now kindly scram”

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      1211 months ago

      I’m Brazilian and over here we can both, place a broom behind the front door or start doing the dishes

      • LemmyInRedditSux
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        1111 months ago

        How does the act of placing a broom behind the front door signify the guest should leave? The broom is blocking the exit. 🤔

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      511 months ago

      Carrie Fisher would have her copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special if she wanted everyone to leave.