My daughter's comment about my snack plate layout really got me thinking

Last Sunday my 14 year old daughter looked at the snack plate I made for game night and said, "Mom, everything is touching. It makes the crackers wet." She was right. I had the grapes right up against the cheddar slices and the hummus was seeping into the pita chips. Now I use little ramekins for dips and keep wet and dry foods separate. Anyone else have a family member give them a tip that actually improved their plating?

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the_richard10d agoMost Upvoted

My friend's husband once gave her a similar piece of advice about her charcuterie boards. She used to pile everything on one big platter with no separation between the meats, cheeses, and olives. He told her it made the whole thing look like a sloppy mess and that the flavors were all bleeding together. She got some small ceramic bowls and little wooden picks for the wet items, and now her boards look like they belong in a magazine. It was a small change but it really made a difference in how everything tasted and looked. Sometimes the people closest to us see the things we just get used to.

blairwhite10d ago

Oh man, I used to be totally on the "everything should touch" side of plating. But @the_richard's point about flavors bleeding together actually makes a lot of sense. Tbh, seeing how much happier my friends are when their chips arent soggy has won me over.

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