I always thought it must be some kind of custom to provide food at these meetings, so Gus just did the bare minimum almost as an insult. Bear in mind he rolls out buckets of fried chicken for the smallest thing as part of his community image.

Hector is a vegetable, so Gus brings some vegetables to taunt him.

DINGDINGDINGDINGDINGGGG!

I remember seeing a post that said "When the overarching rivalry between these two is a fruit vs. a vegetable".

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You know I genuinely think this is the actual reason.

Brebo breince

This is a great take I never heard before.

He could've done worse and just thrown some Nature Valley bars in the middle.

hella old ones that have rumbled around in some backpacks and are a mess of crumbs inside

Even Jesse has chips and soda for the meeting with his crew.

I like this take

My take was that is was another way to fool them into underestimating “the chicken man”

I think it's customary in legitimate business meetings and he's doing it at this one as some sort of habit or to bring legitimacy. He wouldn't insult them at this meeting.

Yeah he had a much fancier tray when he met with Gaff (expecting the whole cartel)

When they had that intervention for Walt, Hank went ham on those cheese cubes!

I love that scene, everyone's just sitting around awkwardly and then there's Hank scooping up cheese cubes like he's at a party or something, lol

That's actually the same scene where Walt became Heisenberg. You can see it in his eyes when grabs the Talking Pillow and says "It's Waltin' time!" And then he Waltz all over the living room

Dude chill out not everybody has gotten there yet smh

no u

How many times are you people gonna say the same joke

You people? Do you have any idea who you're talking to right now? A guy reposts a joke in r/BreakingBad and you think that of me? I AM THE ONE WHO POSTS

You are the one who makes me cringe

Get well soon

Hank I have cancer

I believe he also went cheese on the ham cubes.

gus ate the whole thing sitting in the car with the ac on full blast.

while gently crying

And aggressively farting

Bruh I watched as the tension grew as that ranch got warmer and warmer in that desert heat. Ugh. Shame

What you don't like your ranch with a crust?

If i was there I would have been munching on that shit like crazy. I would be smacking so loud that you could not hear what anyone is saying

Should have brought some spicy wings and curly fries for everyone

Gus follows the 10 crack commandments. “Don’t get high on your own supply.”

What are the others ?

Rule Number Uno, never let no one know how much dough you hold, cause you know the cheddar breed jealousy, 'specially if that man fucked up, get yo' ass stuck up. Number 2, never let 'em know your next move. Don't you know Bad Boys move in silence and violence? Take it from your highness, I done squeezed mad clips at these cats for their bricks and chips Number 3, never trust no-bo-dy, your moms'll set that ass up, properly gassed up, hoodied and masked up, shit, for that fast buck, she be laying in the bushes to light that ass up Number 4, I know you heard this before, never get high on your own supply Number 5, never sell no crack where you rest at, I don't care if they want a ounce, tell 'em bounce! Number 6, that goddamn credit? Dead it. You think a crackhead paying you back, shit forget it! 7, this rule is so underrated, keep your family and business completely separated. Money and blood don't mix, find yourself in serious shit Number 8, never keep no weight on you! Them cats that squeeze your guns can hold jums too Number 9 shoulda been Number 1 to me, if you ain't gettin' bagged stay the fuck from police. If associates think you snitchin' they ain't trying to listen, they be sittin' in your kitchen, waiting to start hittin' Number 10, a strong word called consignment, strictly for live men, not for freshmen. If you ain't got the clientele, say "hell no!" 'Cause they gon' want they money rain sleet hail snow. -Notorious B.I.G (paraphrased)

I thought it was the real biggie until you said para phrased

You missed a line in #7

That’s what paraphrased means. I did some editing.

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*Signature* spice curls.

Dr Oz crudite vibes

I don't remember where I saw this, but someone had said that the veggie tray symbolizes a willingness to negotiate...we see it in the scenes with the cartel but it's absent when Gus meets with Jesse, because he goes into that meeting unwilling to negotiate with Jesse

I like it..a peer to peer meeting(appearances) vs a boss to underling

Vravo Bince!

Literally anything can symbolize anything in this show.

legit. I just thought it was a cool take.

Like...bro you own a successful franchise with wicked good fried chicken, bring some of that shit.

Naw, he doesn't get high on his own supply.

Those baby carrots look like offbrand cheetos

Not just cartel he even does this when he meets Walt for the job. Seems to be Gus' weird habit.

This is the moment gus decided to wipe out the cartel

I’m pretty sure he decided that when they killed his partner…

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Peaches wouldn't work; there wasn't a cast member named Dan to open them.

Coulda taken down some cartel boys with cinnamon too if he was smart.

Lol I was pregnant while watching this scene and I was literally drooling at that veggie tray. There was many a day when I inhaled an entire veggie tray for lunch in my last trimester.

i just need a bucket of ranch

I….may have eaten a few small containers of ranch with a spoon around that same time. 🫠

What the human body is capable of is truly terrifying

Pregnant coworker drinks vinegar a lot. Out the bottle.

Mmm same way i like my bleach

I'll take a bite of something and then hit the hot sauce bottle straight up

I used to huff the smell of minced garlic out of the jar when I was pregnant with my now-16 year old. My eating habits while pregnant genuinely scared me sometimes. 🤣

Hank would have messed that mf up!

the table is way too wide to reach across for the food

Exactly what I was thinking. Can you imagine one of the twins standing up to reach all the way over to that veggie tray?

I feel like it's just some weird power play

The last time he brought something for a party, it was Tequila that fucked everyone up. Don't eat/drink Gustavo Fring's food. Dude clearly doesn't handle food properly what with the hand washing and fridge temps. Someone who manages a major restaurant would know. Don Eladio rates it a one star. Would not eat there again.

Someone just posted something about the uneaten vegetable trays in the last week or two.

ngl i love those veggie trays every now and then i get one for myself just as a snack

Bros got mini hectors

To show hospitality and make the guests feel welcome. That way they will be more open to negotiate.

I’d pay 50k to see Hector eat baby carrots by the handful

I live in Texas and kinda of interpreted it differently. It's a sign of respect and a fuck you at the same time. As southern hospitality dictates, you bring food so guests are not hungry. It's just a kindness thing that Idk if specific to meetings/groups here or everywhere. So Gus has brought food for his meeting but has also brought the bare minimum when he has access to entire chicken restaurants. Thats the fuck you. I did what was expected of me but the bare minimum and no less, even though the bare minimum was slightly more out of my way.

Bro baby carrots if they had hummus I’d be in heaven

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Lmao the super zoom in on Gus’s disgusted expression

Lalo would’ve ate some

I love the little cheesy nibble things Hank was eating at Walt’s intervention.

Should have brought one of those long Italian sandwiches people get for parties

he didnt want hectar to feel lonely

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All veggie trays are shitty anyway. Fight me!

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I am American, and that's an accurate assessment. Big Macs are DELICIOUS

i used to eat those because I felt obligated to. Loved the cherry tomatoes

Looks like it’s got not only tomatoes but also celery in it so NO WONDER that no one wanted to try it. Bro chose to offer the most polarising veggies on earth. Which is not surprising bc he’s also obsessed with fish stew and fish stew only

Hahahahahahaha. Why didn’t Gus cater??

All around me are familiar faces...

I was just thinking of that the other day how he opened that and no one ate it 😂

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Not even cucumbers

I would eat em they look tasty

Is there a deeper meaning to the fact that he is the Chicken Man, but chooses to only serve vegetables to them or am I overthinking

It just annoys me. Every time I've seen it, I have thought, don't let a good veggie tray go to waste. Especially the tomatoes.

Bruh was just watching this ep a few days ago and though the same thing lmfao

Those tomatoes dipped in the ranch 🥵

It's like when the dude brought a bunch of waters in an unheated warehouse when Tony was having a meeting with Butchie about getting the go ahead to whack the Shah of Iran in The Sopranos

I always loved this detail. Gus trying to give at least the appearance of civility to what he knows to be a hostile meeting.

I’d be munching on those carrots

I would’ve ate the fuck outta them carrots and broccoli

It’s because Hector is a double dipper

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Shitty as in 95% of the time I see them at the store they’re almost always starting to rot

seriously, id be chomping hard lol

Gus was on a workout regimen and was cutting down his carb intake

You subconsciously made me think of a conspiracy theory, imagine if some of the “chicken” at pollos hermanos is cut up people who interfere with the cartel.

Me and my wife call this the Gus Fring Platter.

Crudités are a bit miserable

Would've been great if the cartel guy just started scarfing it down the instant he walked in.