Trail mix?

[Suzieanna]

Who remembers when bars used to have this? Why was it stopped?

[champagne123]

Who remembers when bars used to have this? Why was it stopped?

 

Can we say Norovirus?:D

[Clarea]

Maybe a risk of spreading Noro?

[ARCruisinNana]

Who remembers when bars used to have this? Why was it stopped?

 

 

It was the only "food" available at the Diamond Event. Stopped with the addition of the Diamond Lounge/Club.

[mark22mac]

They had jars of peanuts on the bar yesterday at schooners.

[champagne123]

When I was a kid, I was a bartender for a couple of years. Putting peanuts, pretzels, etc...on the bar and seeing people sneeze or cough into their hands and then helping themselves to the freebies made me sick. I have never, ever eaten from any of those. DISGUSTING.

 

OH.....AND LICK THEIR FINGERS. That was another biggie.

Edited April 9, 2016 by champagne123
gggg

[Suzieanna]

I just had a flashback of old days and little plastic tubs like mini hurricane lamps that the bar person would give you to take away with your drink.... Not placed on the bar for free dipping. Yuk!! I have worked in bars and seen too much to ever eat from one of those!!

[Melozone]

Too many people don't wash their hands after using the restroom. I would never touch it, not even at a party if people reach in and grab.

[Lionesss]

I guess it is a safety issue first.

 

I would be leery of placing my hand in a bowl of trail mix on a cruise ship with over 3000 passengers.

Someone has got too be sick or getting sick, or did not use proper hygiene.

 

Just saying

[foxgoodrich]

Fortunately they never served it in open bowls at the Diamond Event!:eek: They gave each table a small carafe (like an wine carafe for one serving of wine) filled with trail mix. There was no way to stick your hand in it! You had to pour it out onto a napkin or into your palm.

Judy

[Lionesss]

Fortunately they never served it in open bowls at the Diamond Event!:eek: They gave each table a small carafe (like an wine carafe for one serving of wine) filled with trail mix. There was no way to stick your hand in it! You had to pour it out onto a napkin or into your palm.

Judy

 

 

 

Great Idea.

 

Even for home parties!!!

 

Thanks for sharing.

[KansasK]

Fortunately they never served it in open bowls at the Diamond Event!:eek: They gave each table a small carafe (like an wine carafe for one serving of wine) filled with trail mix. There was no way to stick your hand in it! You had to pour it out onto a napkin or into your palm.

Judy

 

I remember this, too. I guess you can never know if someone sneezed over it, but you are right that you had to pour from it. I did eat nuts from these carafes. It is good if you don't think too much, I guess. ;)

[kernow]

We cruised on MSC in January. In the evening they would give an individual bowl of crisps (chips) and another of cheesey nibbles when you ordered a drink. They gave them per person so DH and I would get our own. I thought it was really nice (I'm a crispaholic:)), wish RCL would do something similar.

 

Julie

[matj2000]

Another "cut-back".

 

Disguised in the name of "Safety".

 

That way nobody questions it........

Edited April 9, 2016 by matj2000

[foxgoodrich]

I remember this, too. I guess you can never know if someone sneezed over it, but you are right that you had to pour from it. I did eat nuts from these carafes. It is good if you don't think too much, I guess. ;)

 

We used to pour it out onto a napkin and pick the nuts out too. There were other ingredients - like raisins - that didn't really seem very appealing with a glass of wine.:rolleyes: I always thought small pretzels would have been a better (and probably cheaper!) choice to serve with wine and beer.

 

The hors d'oeuvres they serve now in the DL are way better than the old Diamond Event trail mix days! (The drinks are better too.:))

Judy

[Paulxyz2004]

Fortunately they never served it in open bowls at the Diamond Event!:eek: They gave each table a small carafe (like an wine carafe for one serving of wine) filled with trail mix. There was no way to stick your hand in it! You had to pour it out onto a napkin or into your palm.

Judy

 

That´s the way I´ve seen them in the bars on RCI as well. As for the question when they stopped serving it - I don´t know, as they still had it on my last cruise, late 2015.