It was a mouthwatering menu. Not that you’d expect less for $2,000 a plate.
Seered [sic] beef tenderloins with golden tomatoes on an herb-encrusted baguette. Grilled garlic chicken with smoked gouda on a honey wheat wrap. Fruits and gourmet olives and crudite. A gourmet luncheon with only one thing missing: something to eat it with.
The explanation was at the bottom of the menus distributed at President Bush’s $1.5 million Charlotte fund-raiser Monday.
“At the request of the White House, silverware will not accompany the table settings,” it said in discreetly fine print.
No silver. No plastic.
The lack of utensils might have been why many plates went virtually untouched.
The reason: So the tinkle of silver wouldn’t disrupt the president’s speech. [Morrill]
Morrill, Jim. “$2,000 meal, but no utensils.” The Charlotte Observer. 6 April 2004. <www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/8364427.htm> (7 April 2004).