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

[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.