Show why dishes are covered how many persons seeing covered dishes come to the table have any idea of the origin of serving food in this fashion 1 ilow how many know the reason th that a t led to the covering of dishes s they were covered from fear the fear of pois poison nn in medieval days rind and down to the time of louis XIV people were afraid that polson poison might be introduced into food between the kitchen and the table the wholesomeness odthe food was first tried on the servants who were required to taste it before any of the guests and then if they were not poisoned tile the food was all right it did not it mutter iatter so much if a servant was poisoned |