11. Steam table food is steam table food, in any language. 12. "I can't stand soup on a steam table all day. 13. In Thelma's, diners slide trays past a steam table and point to what they want. 14. Forget cafeteria lines and steam tables , he said. 15. The pans were sold only to bona fide steam table manufacturers and were produced in sixteen sizes. 16. COLLEGE EATS _ A quiet revolution is simmering on the steam tables of America's college dining halls. 17. Steam tables to keep food warm were replaced with saute lines to cook each dish as it is ordered.18. At glitzy Conde Nast, a small uninspiring cafeteria dishes out mayonnaise-laden salads and hot foods off the steam table . 19. _To simplify the timing of a multidish meal, use an improvised version of a standard restaurant fixture, the steam table . 20. Gone from most places are the tired sandwiches, the soggy fries, the mystery-meat stews gently decomposing on the steam table .