So, I'm sitting here eating my pasta*

[conuly]

and I reach over and just eat some sans fork. Now, in case you don't know this, I do that all the time. Not in public, generally, but by myself all the time, and often among my family. I really don't like using silverware. It seems awkward mihi, and uncomfortable, and I always drop something. I will quite happily eat, say, Jello (until I found out how they make gelatin, ugh) or soup (drink the liquid, pick out the solids) or cereal (see soup) with my hands. Best meal out I ever had was at an Ethopian restaurant, no silverware. Anyway, while I was eating, it occured to me... am I the only one who does this? If not, why do we force ourselves to use silverware?



*_{that's why I didn't reply to your IM, Xiggy, I was cooking}

Comments

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I find gelatin to be all around vile stuff... but I have to ask, how do they make it?

[conuly]

Ever see the movie Pollyanna? And at one point, they're bringing Mrs. Snow calves' foot jelly? That was gelatin. *shudder* Boiled hooves. Or so I'm told.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

....Believe me, gelatin such as Jell-O is nothing but chemicals. But that may well be how they got it in the early days, but I'm having a hard time seeing that as the jiggly green stuff.

[conuly]

It's more than just chemicals. Chemicals are kosher, kinda, and Jello isn't. It's definitely animal products of some sort. I don't know which animal, but when I have Jewish friends who don't eat it because it's not kosher, I know there's more to it than chemicals.

[conuly]

Okay, the gelatin I have in my house is made with actual gelatin. This site confirms what I said.

That goes for the most popular brand of Gelatin, Jell-o, I'm pretty sure.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

That's really weird. Ah well. I can't stand the stuff anyway.

My dog chews on hooves.

[rachelkachel]

I do that when it's not messy, like pasta without sauce or sometimes cake. That's the only reason I can see for silverware, really, it's less messy. Although I suppose that's debatable, you still have to wash the forks and stuff... Ok, another reason is so you don't burn yourself - but then why would you be putting it in your mouth?

I don't know! (Maybe that should be part of your cult. Silverware is forbidden by the gods...)

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I find that silverwear can be fun sometimes. Spoons are for bending with your mind. There is no spoon. And I have all sorts of fun with chopsticks... Ever tried bending those with your mind? There are no chopsticks.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot to add the wonderfulness that is spork. They're kewl. If your cult banishes silverwear, can we keep sporks for worship purposes? Or will I have to start my own cult for that one?

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

And wooden spoons! Gosh, I keep remembering all these great weapons that I've used in my Notebook story... I love wooden spoons. Those things are leathal. The splinters!

[conuly]

Wooden spoons and chopsticks can be used in cooking. Sporks are evil. EEEEEEEvil.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I love sporks! I had an entire guild dedicated to them, and people joined on their own free will! They're awesome...

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I don't. Except with toast and bread and cookies and restaurants, I always eat with silverware. I hate touching food with my hands. I also hate putting silverware in my mouth, though... if I'm at home, I wash it a lot before I use it and I'm really picky about which forks and spoons are "good" and which are "bad" (there's no logic to what makes them good or bad, it just happens) and I wash the ones I do use several times before a meal so I know they're clean. I don't use restaurant spoons and forks - I'll eat with my hands before doing that. Touching food is less unpleasant than using unknown silverware.

[goddess588.livejournal.com]

I don't like getting my hands dirty, so I use cutlery. I'm also a fan of lying in bed eating and reading so I put a fair amount of thought into preparing snacks that I can do that with. Non-messy finger food that you can eat while lying down and has nothing left at the end. I think mess distracts me from relaxing.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I find gelatin to be all around vile stuff... but I have to ask, how do they make it?

[conuly]

Ever see the movie Pollyanna? And at one point, they're bringing Mrs. Snow calves' foot jelly? That was gelatin. *shudder* Boiled hooves. Or so I'm told.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

....Believe me, gelatin such as Jell-O is nothing but chemicals. But that may well be how they got it in the early days, but I'm having a hard time seeing that as the jiggly green stuff.

[conuly]

It's more than just chemicals. Chemicals are kosher, kinda, and Jello isn't. It's definitely animal products of some sort. I don't know which animal, but when I have Jewish friends who don't eat it because it's not kosher, I know there's more to it than chemicals.

[conuly]

Okay, the gelatin I have in my house is made with actual gelatin. This site confirms what I said.

That goes for the most popular brand of Gelatin, Jell-o, I'm pretty sure.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

That's really weird. Ah well. I can't stand the stuff anyway.

My dog chews on hooves.

[rachelkachel]

I do that when it's not messy, like pasta without sauce or sometimes cake. That's the only reason I can see for silverware, really, it's less messy. Although I suppose that's debatable, you still have to wash the forks and stuff... Ok, another reason is so you don't burn yourself - but then why would you be putting it in your mouth?

I don't know! (Maybe that should be part of your cult. Silverware is forbidden by the gods...)

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I find that silverwear can be fun sometimes. Spoons are for bending with your mind. There is no spoon. And I have all sorts of fun with chopsticks... Ever tried bending those with your mind? There are no chopsticks.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot to add the wonderfulness that is spork. They're kewl. If your cult banishes silverwear, can we keep sporks for worship purposes? Or will I have to start my own cult for that one?

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

And wooden spoons! Gosh, I keep remembering all these great weapons that I've used in my Notebook story... I love wooden spoons. Those things are leathal. The splinters!

[conuly]

Wooden spoons and chopsticks can be used in cooking. Sporks are evil. EEEEEEEvil.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I love sporks! I had an entire guild dedicated to them, and people joined on their own free will! They're awesome...

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I don't. Except with toast and bread and cookies and restaurants, I always eat with silverware. I hate touching food with my hands. I also hate putting silverware in my mouth, though... if I'm at home, I wash it a lot before I use it and I'm really picky about which forks and spoons are "good" and which are "bad" (there's no logic to what makes them good or bad, it just happens) and I wash the ones I do use several times before a meal so I know they're clean. I don't use restaurant spoons and forks - I'll eat with my hands before doing that. Touching food is less unpleasant than using unknown silverware.

[goddess588.livejournal.com]

I don't like getting my hands dirty, so I use cutlery. I'm also a fan of lying in bed eating and reading so I put a fair amount of thought into preparing snacks that I can do that with. Non-messy finger food that you can eat while lying down and has nothing left at the end. I think mess distracts me from relaxing.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm all about the utensillessness! Spoons and forks as very Western, and chopsticks as very Oriental. Everyone else seems to eat with the hands. Not that I have anything against Westerners or Orientals, being of Oriental descent and raised in a Western country; I'm just saying that tools for eating is a fairly arbitrary thing.

I Loooove eating Indian and Ethiopian food with my hands. Except I have long fingernails and usually end up getting what I call "curry finger." At home I hardly use utensils either; my roommate and I once went for weeks without touching a single piece of silverware. Of course, we planned it; we were like: "Dude, lets stop eating with tools!" and so we stopped.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm all about the utensillessness! Spoons and forks as very Western, and chopsticks as very Oriental. Everyone else seems to eat with the hands. Not that I have anything against Westerners or Orientals, being of Oriental descent and raised in a Western country; I'm just saying that tools for eating is a fairly arbitrary thing.

I Loooove eating Indian and Ethiopian food with my hands. Except I have long fingernails and usually end up getting what I call "curry finger." At home I hardly use utensils either; my roommate and I once went for weeks without touching a single piece of silverware. Of course, we planned it; we were like: "Dude, lets stop eating with tools!" and so we stopped.