I am outing myself here as a greedy young glitch, but I do so in the hope this may benefit others.
I was invited to a party where lots of interesting food items were being offered. I knew I did not have anything equally good to put down if I took some but I also knew I could "see" info about these items if I picked one up. So I picked one up to get a closer look, and BLAM! A lot of new xp got added to my small count. So I put down the lox again for somebody else, and picked up something next to it. BLAM! I got xp for that. I picked up 5 or 6 different items of food and drink, putting each one down after I got xp for holding it.
In real life, what I was doing would be totally icky, and nobody would ever invite me back to a party again. But at the party, I am pretty sure, what I did was not upsetting anyone and did not take anything away from anyone else.
So what I was thinking was, putting out different items one by one, so several people could each take a turn holding and replacing them, could be a fun party idea for helping out others. I am not talking about expensive items, just unusual recipes or fruits or spices.