The Priest dips the altar bread in the wine, right? For years I thought that the Priest was hoggin all of the wine, cuz I never saw any individual little glasses like I was used to seeing.
Sort of like the adult beverage version of milk and cookies!
No, the wine and the bread are consecrated in separate vessels. In the past, Catholics took Communion under only one “species” - that is, form - that of bread. After VatII, it became more common to offer the chalice as well.
Protestants don’t believe that any real change occurs in the bread and wine, and regard the whole event as symbolic.
I was once in a Protestant church, many, many years ago, when I was a child, and I saw the little tiny cups of grape juice and the racks that were installed on the backs of the pews to hold them - and I was really dumbfounded!
On the other hand, Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholics give Communion under two species, that is, both the bread and the wine, mixing them together and using a little spoon to give Communion to the faithful.
So there are many different ways that this can be done. But the important thing is what you and your church believe happens at the consecration of the bread and wine. Is it symbol, or is it a transformation?