Meat or veggies. Which do you eat first?

[RandyS]

If the veggie is something I hate, I'll eat it first to get it out of the way. That way I can better enjoy the good stuff.

 

[Holdfast]

Its not like people pull the beef out of a hamburger and eat it first, then the bun and then the veggies last...

Give this thread an hour or two. I'd bet good money that someone will come in and say they do this...

Working in a restaurant, I can tell you that some people certainly do do this.

I knew it!

 

[Jadzia]

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

Some people just don't like eating with their fingers. I'm not so keen on doing that.

I remember my neighbour telling me when she went to celebrate her grandson's birthday, the family went to eat at some fast food place. Her first time at one of those places and she was shocked and disgusted at the absence of crockery and cutlery.

 

[trampledamage]

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

Some people just don't like eating with their fingers. I'm not so keen on doing that.

Plus the size of burgers you get in some restaurants... you need climbing equipment, let alone a knife and fork!

 

[RoJoHen]

Give this thread an hour or two. I'd bet good money that someone will come in and say they do this...

Working in a restaurant, I can tell you that some people certainly do do this.

I knew it!

There are even people who will take the veggies off of their burger, throw some dressing on them, and call it a "dinner salad."

People are fucking weird.

 

[Kommander]

Wait. You're supposed to eat vegetables? I thought they were just a garnish for meat dishes. Like how they use caviar as a garnish for those expensive triangle crackers, or parsley as a garnish for stuff that has garlic in it.

 

[miraclefan]

BOTH.

 

[TheSeeker]

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

Sounds like my Stepfather. He eats chicken wings with a fork and knife!

 

[Bisz]

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

Sounds like my Stepfather. He eats chicken wings with a fork and knife!

Does he stab the wing with the fork and then shovel it into his mouth, because that I could understand, or does he try to pick the meat/skin off of the bones, cause thats just bonkers.

 

[trampledamage]

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

Sounds like my Stepfather. He eats chicken wings with a fork and knife!

Does he stab the wing with the fork and then shovel it into his mouth, because that I could understand, or does he try to pick the meat/skin off of the bones, cause thats just bonkers.

Actually my husband does that - he hates getting his fingers greasy. He does eat a burger with his fingers though.

 

[Captain Ryan]

If the veggie is something I hate, I'll eat it first to get it out of the way. That way I can better enjoy the good stuff.

I do the same exact thing.

 

[An Officer]

I do wings with a knife and fork - because it is easily doable - and I see no reason to have my fingers smelling of seasoning all day, even after having washed them (some things like garlic, don't come of easily).

Eating burgers with a knife and fork is a but much though.

Had a friend on the Atkins diet who took out the meat from burgers and left the rest - totally bonkers!

 

[RJDiogenes]

I have an Uncle who eats pizza with a knife and fork.

 

[RoJoHen]

I have an Uncle who eats pizza with a knife and fork.

I will do that, but only if it's a really messy pizza.

 

[Bisz]

I eat mashed potatoes with my fingers..........

 

[TheSeeker]

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

Sounds like my Stepfather. He eats chicken wings with a fork and knife!

Does he stab the wing with the fork and then shovel it into his mouth, because that I could understand, or does he try to pick the meat/skin off of the bones, cause thats just bonkers.

He tries to pick all the meat off with the for and knife.

I have an Uncle who eats pizza with a knife and fork.

I will do that, but only if it's a really messy pizza.

Same here. I prefer a pizza with lots of toppings and they will generally fall off if I try to use just my hands.

 

[LitmusDragon]

I eat all three at once, but I always save a bit of meat for last.

 

[Jadzia]

I have an Uncle who eats pizza with a knife and fork.

I will do that, but only if it's a really messy pizza.

Inspired. I tried this knife and fork thing tonight and I think I like it. No pizza fingers

 

[TrekNut87]

Most meals it goes meat, veggies, whatever other side I'm having.

 

[Bisz]

[He tries to pick all the meat off with the for and knife.

When most people eat wings they go to town on those little bad boys and it still takes a tonne of them to be considered a 'meal', I can't imagine how many he has to go through to get a decent amount of food out of it.



I have good table manners, its something my parents and grandparents tried to teach me from an early age but they did have one very pragmatic saying for which I'm grateful for:

"Kings and queens ate chicken with their fingers, and so can you."