Cook-shop carvers tasted guests’ food to prove it unpoisoned

Evidence

There are various groups who cook for the poor and a separate guild of carvers. In every cook-shop there is at least one carver who, after having set the dish before the guest, says bismillah (in the name of God), eats two morsels, and then bids the guest to eat. This is presumably to show that it is not poisoned. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 265 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cook-shop carvers tasted food before guests to prove it was not poisoned — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 265

Broader Connections

• Cook-shop carvers tasted food before guests to prove it was not poisoned #corroborates (1.00) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 265