Parksy
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Ralliers call a Jacobs Table an American SupperSproket said:Gagakev said:OK I will admit to being a thick Woosie can you tell me what a Jacobs Table is??????????????Surfer said:Depending on weather we may arrive on the Wed and leave on the Monday or even later if the site is really good. Are we having a communal braai (BBQ) on the Saturday or just a Jacobs table?
Us Southerners are not use to this Northen Lingo
It is usually used in reference to a party where you take your own food.
When there is an American Supper the blokes set out the windbreaks, chairs and tables in the early evening at a mutually agreed location, if it's raining usually somebody's awning.
Everyone who is going takes some food, snack type food and sandwiches are the norm and there is an agreed spending limit, often around £1.50
Usually there is a veritable feast enjoyed by all, it's like the parable of the five loaves and three fishes come to life where Our Lord fed the five thousand, (but He didn't provide any alcohol which is up to the individual(s) to provide their own and not to scav off others
The Jacobs table usually involves taking along attractively coloured food so that the table resembles Jacob's coat of many colours, if you happen to be looking at it through the prism of eight or nine cans of cheapo supermarket lager