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One pot of sauce, and the rule that protects it
A 串カツ shop keeps a communal steel tray of thin Worcestershire-style sauce at the counter, and every customer dips into the same tray. 二度漬け禁止 is therefore not fussiness but hygiene, and it is the most famous rule in Osaka eating: dip the skewer once, before you bite it. If you want more sauce, you take a shredded cabbage leaf — free, piled on the counter for exactly this purpose — scoop sauce with it, and pour. Shops in Shinsekai, the district the dish comes from, post the rule in four languages and still spend their evenings explaining it. Being told off for it is a rite of passage rather than a disgrace.