michaelskis
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"What are you doing? That is not how you eat that!" The words of my coworker in the doorway of the office caught me a bit off guard. I didn't respond initially to the criticism, but instead looked down that the freshly pealed grapefruit in front of me trying to comprehend their comments.
Seeing the inquisitive nature of my silent reaction, they explained "You need to cut it in half, get a spoon, put a bit of sugar on the cut, and scoop out the sections. That's how you eat a grapefruit!"
"It is a citrus fruit, so I eat it like I eat other citrus fruits." I replied
"How do you eat a lime?" they retorted.
"It gets sliced and put in my Dos Equis or squeezed onto my tacos."
After a brief chuckle, they continued down the hall and left me, and my freshly pealed grapefruit, in peace.
But this interaction got me thinking about proper ways to eat some foods. This is actually a conversation that I have had with my oldest who likes to dip his hamburger or hot dog into the ketchup instead of putting the ketchup on them. He points out that is how we eat fries, why not other things.
What are some other foods that have a 'proper' way of eating them?
Seeing the inquisitive nature of my silent reaction, they explained "You need to cut it in half, get a spoon, put a bit of sugar on the cut, and scoop out the sections. That's how you eat a grapefruit!"
"It is a citrus fruit, so I eat it like I eat other citrus fruits." I replied
"How do you eat a lime?" they retorted.
"It gets sliced and put in my Dos Equis or squeezed onto my tacos."
After a brief chuckle, they continued down the hall and left me, and my freshly pealed grapefruit, in peace.
But this interaction got me thinking about proper ways to eat some foods. This is actually a conversation that I have had with my oldest who likes to dip his hamburger or hot dog into the ketchup instead of putting the ketchup on them. He points out that is how we eat fries, why not other things.
What are some other foods that have a 'proper' way of eating them?
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