[General] You shouldn't eat the veal in a museum cafeteria.

[emp0608]

Hi folks,

Could anyone tell me what Dorothy meant when she said, “The only thing I know about museums is that you shouldn't eat the veal in the cafeteria” in The Golden Girls Season 2 Episode 9?

The context is:
B: Dorothy, maybe it’s time you reconsidered working at the museum with me.
D: Honey, come on, we've had that conversation. The only thing I know about museums is that you shouldn't eat the veal in the cafeteria.
B: Dorothy, you can't find a job and you need the money. Besides, it might be fun working together.

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

It could be an in-joke. Maybe in the past she got food poisoning from eating veal at a museum cafeteria. Maybe she's assuming that the veal will be as old as everything else in the museum.

 

[jutfrank]

She means to say that she knows nothing about historical artefacts and museums. The only thing she's qualified to talk about is the food they serve.