Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1899 — Pie Has the Place of Honor. [ARTICLE]

Pie Has the Place of Honor.

The people of Bulgaria are cordial to strangers. In visiting a Bulgarian home you are expected to take off your shoes and put on your hat At the dining table the entire family sits crosslegged upon the ground around a table not more than a foot in height. Meats, vegetables and other edibles are cooked together and so served. There are no potatoes In Bulgaria. Pie Is given the greatest distinction at the dining table and it is considered ill-mannered for one to accept a cut when it Is offered the first time. After two or three entreaties you may then accept a portion.