Saturday, April 28, 2007

Spoon and Fork 101

For much of the civilized world, a fork's purpose is for pushing food onto the spoon, which is then used to carry food to the mouth. 

There are cultures, like that in North America, where the fork is used as a spoon. These people scoop up food (such as peas) with their forks, and then convey the food to their mouths.

And then there's Dominic.

He has a technique for using the fork that can be described as....barbaric.

First, he uses his fork to carefully arrange a towering mound of food onto his spoon.  Then he lifts the spoon, opens his mouth, and rests the tip of the spoon on his lower teeth line.  Then, using his fork, he pushes the food from the spoon into his gaping mouth.

After successfully packing in the food, he leans back, and takes his time chewing what is the equivalent of two normal mouthfuls of food, before repeating the procedure.

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