I am freedom’s fiancé; pied, assorted, motley, sundry kinds of freedom. I believe people are free to march on their heads instead of feet; fart fifteen frivolous times every fine day; banquet on a bowl full of Fufu and Fanta and drink up the soup chilled from a bottle; wear a gruff goat rope for a belt. I believe in fulsome, fetterless and fanciful servings of the flavours of freedom. But please, philistine friend, don’t eat rice with a spoon! At home, at work, eating out, Villein, please don’t do it!Picture credit - dreamstime.com
Dude, what if you're eating rice n soup?
ReplyDelete@ Devlin:
ReplyDeleteThen you're a fool to do it with fork. By all means use a spoon. Looool. Welcome back, Devlin.
Villein? Phillistine? For eating rice with a spoon? C'mon, NY! Ok, but I know it's a joke right?
ReplyDelete@ Anon:
ReplyDeleteYes, the philistine and villein parts are a joke. But not the eating rice with a spoon general part. ;-)
I agree with this, especially when I see how some people grip the poor spoon in some ugly manner with twisted wrists like it is a baton.
ReplyDelete@ Anon #2:
ReplyDeleteI could not have put it better. I've seen people clench their fist and cradle the stem of the spoon inside it and claim to be ready to eat rice or even soup or gruel. Perdoneme!
Lol! NY, your post just took me back to those days when my friends and I would sneak out of boarding school to eat some hot rice and stew. Anytime the food vendor asked if we wanted spoons, we would spelt out spoon with our fingers S-P-O-O-N indicating that we already had natural spoons. You should have seen us then... lol! Our hands smarting in a pleasant way since we were enjoying the chow.
ReplyDeleteForgive my long comment. Just had to share... :-)
hahhahaha... too funny!
ReplyDeleteGlory be. Finally, someone who agrees with me! If there's one thing that drives me nuts, its people eating rice with a spoon. I don't even allow my kids - both toddlers who haven't fully grasped the utensil concept yet - to eat rice with a spoon so you can imagine how I feel when the big guy refuses to use a fork!
ReplyDeleteRice is on e of the few things
ReplyDeletei can't seem to eat without a spoon. (waakye is the exception. I don't joke with my waakye, spoon or no spoon, lol). Rice and forks are just meh for me. My hands and rice are even worse. Again, waakye being the exception.
Don`t eat rice with a Spoon??? that is suicide lol
ReplyDeleteThank you NY! What is worse than asking for a fork and getting a spoon?? Do you know how hard it is to eat meat with a spoon??
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the fuss is about, really. What i know is when the rice is in a bowl, use a spoon (though a bowl is the wrong utensil to use for rice). When the rice is in a plate, use a fork. It is all about the convenience the eating tool provides you with when eating from a particular utensil. In the case of ice cream, you put ice cream in a bowl and enjoy it will a spoon; see, CONVENIENCE!
ReplyDeleteHahaha...awesome post. Philistine is to good a name for those who venture to chase after rice grains brandishing a spoon! To echo the plea, "don't do it!".
ReplyDeleteThe reason, it just looks wrong meeehn...
Using fingers might even make the picture less cringe-worthy charle...okay, maybe not...then again...errm...why let's all eat waakye instead! Forks, spoons, ice-cream scoops, all are welcome! Scattei!
Inspired by your post and the comments, I will now eat rice with a spoon. Watch me and squirm all your forkers!
ReplyDeleteWe all have our pet peeves, but come on! LOL...
ReplyDeleteI do with a fork (without the knife) outside (with the knife at very very formal places)... at home? Spoon. I can't get a hang of these English formalities. Teaspoon for this, tablespoon for that, curved spoon for the other, coiled spoon for that, flat-bottom bowl for this,.... stand this, put this to the left, that to the right, sit straight, talk to the left person only (or right?), pepper and salt shakers together.... all for just a food that would enter my stomach and come out as...? please! it doesn't even add anything to the tastiness of the food. Those things are time consuming and all.
ReplyDeleteSo, again, unless at very very very very formal events, I forget I know the knife. At home, I forget them both and head for the spoon.
*LOL* Nice one Nana Yaw...Are you saying eating with a spoon is [how do I say]...bush? Some people eat rice with their hands which just seems unsanitary. I find rice harder to eat with a spoon compared to a fork. Maybe its 7 years of boarding school conditioning where rice with a spoon was a dining-hall faux pas. Personally, but I do believe people should feel free..hands, spoons, forks!
ReplyDeletecrap ooo. Damn the fork. SO-called table manners? WHo brought those manners? I'd be a slave to myself than another man or woman's impression on my eating. Lol...spoon and hand all the way!
ReplyDeletelol...so many non-conformists...looks like we may have a mutiny on our hands.
ReplyDeleteAs a compromise, how does everyone feel about sporks then? *"mwuahahahaha"-evil laughter*
spoon? fork??
ReplyDeleteChopsticks please! Arigatou gozaimasu.