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**ETIQUETTE** Refusing a Dish...lol.

If you are served a food you are allergic to, or especially dislike, and if you are among friends, you may refuse with a polite "No, thank you." Otherwise it is good manners to take at least a little of every dish that is offered to you, which can be spread out on your plate so that it is barely noticeable that you have not eaten much. The old rule that one must not leave anything on his plate is outdated, but it would be wasteful and upsetting to your hostess if you took a large portion and left it untouched. You need not give your reason for refusng a dish, but if it is because of an allergy, diet or other physical cause, you may avoid hurting your hostess's feelings if you quietly tell her your problem, always without drawing the attention of the entire table.

When declining a dish offered by a waiter, you say, "No, thank you," quietly and in fact a negative shake of the head and "No thanks" more nearly describe the usual refusal.

At a buffet dinner, where there are a number of dishes offered, you need only help yourself to those that appeal to you

When there are servers behind the buffet line, hold your plate forward for those items you would like. Simply smile and say, "No, thank you" when offered items you don't want.