Re: (2009-06-24) NS-RFC: Food presentation

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:53:32 -0700 (PDT), John Kane wrote:

On Jun 25, 11:01 am, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:09:21 -0700 (PDT), aem wrote:
On Jun 24, 11:43 am, Kalmia <tweeny90...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I had to say MCNL.   [snip] ....  I
always serve resto style, tho - leaving another portion on the stove
to keep warm if anyone is still hungry. My mother always set a table
and served family style.  No wonder I remember doing a ton of dishes
as a kid.  She always used a linen tablecloth too - lots of ironing in
those days.

The difference between restaurant style and family style is key to
this MCINL topic.  Many people and many cuisines prefer to be served
family style, so building a pretty plate presentation is not really
the cook's option.

Here's something found now and then in writings about presentations.
"Use an odd number of pieces on the food or on the plate, i.e. one or
three strawberries, not two or four. Odd numbers are more pleasing to
the eye."  Is this something so obvious that everyone agrees, or is it
just the writer's silly notion?      -aem

that's an interesting question.  i read somewhere that the highest number
most people can apprehend at a glance (that is, without breaking it down
into smaller numbers added together) is six or seven.  in other words, when
you get to eight, your brain says 'two groups of four.'

That's not exactly what George Miller {1} meant but it probably has
been interpreted that way. IIRC, and it's a long time since I read the
paper he was saying that the mind starts chunking (i.e. your groups of
four) when we get over approx seven digits in memory. I don't think
he was saying that we could not handle conceptually or preceptually
more than 7.

Again IIRC George, as the chair of a psych dept, said that he'd take
an extra secretary over two new faculty members any time.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

1. George A. Miller. The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two. The
Psychological Review, 1956, vol. 63, Issue 2, pp. 81-97

i have miller's 'Psychology: The Science of Mental Life' around here
somewhere, so it must have been assigned reading at some point.

i'm aware of the digits thing, but i think it applies to objects as well
(and possibly posited by someone else).

your pal,
blake
.

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