a cheap dress-up for a bbq plate

I left out,
the people we are selling bbq to, don't seem interested in cole slaw or beans or any sides. And just as a mother, I feel like they need some greens or fruit.
They seem to like it.
Peggy

sound nice. just put the sandwich on the plate and fan out 4 or 5 slices of fruit next to it?

That is a great idea! Fruits go so well with pork. Especially the "Island fruits."

You always see those fruits at a luao (another one of those words I dont know how to spell. Sonds like: lew-oww.)

Down south I bet melon slices would go great too.

The health dept here would be double whammy close sticklers for the added cut (ala, additional processed foods). I was thinking about the same thing, wow, GMTA.....great minds think alike..lol, or atleast I can still fake it pretty good....lol

Well, they're not really additional processed. A nice clean cutting board and knife. Wash the fruit well before slicing. Fan them, or stack them somehow, or just a cluster of 3-4 grapes looks really nice. We slice up the pineapple or whatever and have it in a box in the refrigerator. Jack does up the sandwich, then I add the garnish and any sauce folks want, (gloves on!) remove gloves, take money, make a little small talk. It works nicely for us. We do tend to go through the gloves!
Peggy

Gloves off when you handle the money! Wish everyone thought of this!
I never saw the reason to wear gloves when they handle everything with them on anyway. One of my pet peeves.

Raiderbill

Jack told me there's a rumor that California has outlawed the mandatory use of gloves due to a 7 fold increase in food cross-contamination since the mandatory glove law was passed. He maintains that the average idiot feels that his hands are clean (and they are inside the gloves) and therefor as you noticed, never change their gloves causing increase in food bourn illness.

When we started wearing gloves in the medical field, people were starting IV's, getting blood on their gloves, then operating equipment with the same gloves on, depositing that blood on the equipment, taking off the gloves, washing their hands, then going back to the same equipment and operating it with their bare hands.

Makes a lot of sense! The gloves take a bit of thought and when somebody's tired....

And they sure don't protect you from a needle stick.

If you know the proper way to use them, they work well.

Peggy

Peggy, great idea on the fruit garnish. I bet it's almost always eaten instead of throwing away the other things you would otherwise put in the box to "dress up" your dish. Hope you and Jack are well.
Best regards, Steve

Howdy Steve!
I understand the need for gloves under most circumstances butt as you said what's the sense if you wear them and touch everything anyway? Tattoos are the same way. I watch a guys get all sanitary with thier equiptment wear gloves then someone hands them the phone or something...... Went to subway the other day, the sandwich maker was wearing gloves while making the sadwiches, handleing meat then running the cash register. Of course the gloved hand was the money hand.

Next thing you know there will be a sign in the bathroom telling employees to wash their hands and their Gloves!!

You guys are always making me smile about something! I love this site. Take care everyone, Steve.

Good to see you, Steve. You always make me smile, too! How's it going in Taiwan?

Geiser,
I haven't done melon, yet. It tends to make me burp, and I don't want my customers saying our bbq makes them burp, so I'm kind of shying away from that. But I do love melon!

I think this weekend will be another pineapple weekend. They're pretty cheap right now.

Peggy