I eat _____ with my fingers
Seems to be a vast # of generally accepted "finger-foods". Hors d' oeurves, cheese & crax, breads & pastries, many sandwiches, raw fruits & vegetables...guess the list goes on & on. Other foods need utensils--drippy or creamy ones. To me, hand-to-mouth foods are convenient, fun to eat & often taste better--like fresh asparagus. When the "etiquette police" aren't watching, what are you eating with your fingers?
Add a comment:
Previewing your comment:
HTML Hints
Some HTML is OK: <a href="URL">link</a>, <strong>strong</strong>, <em>em</em>
Comment Guidelines
Post whatever you want, just keep it seriously about eats, seriously. We reserve the right to delete off-topic or inflammatory comments. Learn more at our Comment Policy page.
If you see something not so nice, please, report an inappropriate comment.
Start Talking!
Need a question answered? Have advice to share? Start a Talk topic now!
Sign up to get your questions answered and share advice.
20 Comments:
I also love eating with my hands. I work in a Lebanese restaurant, so all of our dips and spreads served with pita are very satisfying finger foods.
I also tend to steal a lot of snacks from my fridge with my fingers ... basically anything that won't drip or fall apart. I know I can't be the only one!
Littlebluesiren at 7:08AM on 08/31/07
Anything I don't have to use a spoon for. :-)
LunaPierCook at 8:19AM on 08/31/07
while i heard this is apparently proper japanese etiquette, i eat sushi with my fingers which some people find gross
ceforrester at 8:39AM on 08/31/07
The usual suspects: French fries, fruit and fritters. Mostly I'm a poker and a swiper, as in, poking at the mashed-potatoes-and-gravy mound on my plate, or swiping avocados and tomatoes from the salad bowl. Something about that hand-to-mouth experience is irrestible!
hatlady at 11:14AM on 08/31/07
Nope, ceforrester, you're right about the sushi etiquette! Just smile and know that you are worldly and educated while people give you funny looks :)
rebeccadiamond at 12:04PM on 08/31/07
Thx to ceforrester & rebeccadiamond for revealing that shoveling sushi into my mouth via my fingers is perfectly acceptable. I don't know if I'll ever master chopsticks.
If it can be grasped without dripping, it is finger-food in my book.
AuntJone at 12:45PM on 08/31/07
Bacon.
Christina at 12:51PM on 08/31/07
If no one's around to bug me about it i'll eat anything with my fingers.
Kiana at 1:19PM on 08/31/07
Hehe, whenever I see a ____, I know it's a JEP post! Love your topics JEP!
As for my answer, I like eating all kinds of things with my fingers...including sushi, french fries, fingers. I even like to pick up mochi ice cream and bite into it like an apple! Is that weird...?
Chew on That at 1:39PM on 08/31/07
I can't work chopsticks to save my life, so sushi definitely. I never worried about etiquette, does that make me a bad person? I like eating big leaves of lettuce in a salad with my fingers. I pile up the goodies (veggies, tomatoes, cheese) and make a little wrap to dip in the dressing on the side.
gwenpentland at 2:39PM on 08/31/07
Thanks to everyone for revealing their secret finger food eats :). I am also one of those finger-dippers--into soft ice cream, yogurt or just about anything I'd say "oh, I'm just tasting " or polishing-off the last of a container!
JEP at 3:44PM on 08/31/07
At the end of the night, in the kitchen I worked at, when we finally got a chance to eat - we would dig into anything with our fingers! Steak, pommes puree, spinach Italiano, risotto, cake, whatever. We would eat and laugh about things that happened that night. It was a blast!
I love the eat with my hands!
Chef Tori at 4:16PM on 08/31/07
I'm with Kiana--I'll eat damn near anything with my hands when I'm alone. The big one that gets me funny looks when I'm in public, though, is asparagus--even when it's in a sauce. I think it's just stupid to eat something that long and skinny with a fork and knife, and some etiquette experts say it's the correct way, anyway!
klg19 at 6:36PM on 08/31/07
So glad to hear there's another salad eater. I like to eat it like a bowl of chips (ha, as if it was that tasty), leaf by leaf, carrot shred by carrot shred. I'm not a big fan of dressing so this isn't too messy.
orangemiles at 7:53PM on 08/31/07
I eat fried chicken with my fingers - finger licking good.....
Susiebee at 8:19PM on 08/31/07
For now, it's a turkey/Dijon mustard/lettuce wrap
Salumi & cheese
paris221966 at 10:30PM on 08/31/07
Nutella. Most definitely.
pbisNOTmyname at 6:45PM on 09/01/07
Nutella. Most definitely Nutella. And salad. I love making lettuce wraps!
pbisNOTmyname at 6:56PM on 09/01/07
I've noticed when kids & adults snitch a bite off someone's plate or have you ever wandered into the kitchen, starved & swiped a bite or two & really annoyed the cook! Cute to watch when hands are slapped--are you guilty?
JEP at 8:59AM on 09/02/07
The last few bites of a really good roast chicken...the fork can't grab those last juicy bites off the bone.
July at 2:54PM on 09/03/07