eating like royalty.

I have always wondered what the kings in the medieval times ate like. There is that saying, "eating like kings" or something along those lines. It reflects the process of eating a really nice meal I suppose, or maybe just a lot of food. After 21 one years of existence, I have finally found out what it means to eat like a king. In present day, the type of meal comparable to what kings eat would have to be eating at a BUFFET! You have thousands (well maybe just somewhere in the X-ties) of dishes in front of you! One has endless possibilities of choosing what goes on one's plate. Fried goods, steamed treats, or white rice. The choice is yours! The means to such choices, I would imagine, would be congruent to those means of the kings back in the medieval period. They had X-ty dishes in front of them on those extra narrow, long tables. The only main difference is that in present day, the dishes are at a designated area, where many people can eat like kings, whereas during the medieval times, the food would be on the table of the kings, and they would not have to share it with anyone else.

Tonight, I was able to eat like royalty. Literally. I went to Royal Buffet with this Asian-based student organization group from North Central College near my house. A royalty meal for the present day commoner. The experience was quite enjoyable because I met a lot of new folks--both domestic folks, as well as internationals. I only knew two individuals from the organization, so the other thirty-five were complete strangers. It is somewhat comparable to buying two new fish from the pet store and putting it into your fish tank full of fish who already know each other. Sooner or later the two new fish will either adapt with the other fish, or be killed by them. Hopefully my experience will not follow the latter.