[HerRoyalMajesty]

I eat almost everything with a fork and a knife in public or around other people. At my friend's birthday party, while everyone was having a cupcake eating contest and digging their face and noses into the frosting, I asked the birthday girl for some silverware and starting cutting away delicately at my share of cupcake. Everyone seemed so shocked or amazed...some laughed. Sometimes I do the same at home to save myself the mess. When I eat chips, I tear a bit of napkin and hold it with my thumb and index finger and THEN I take a chip. If the oil from the chip starts dirtying the napkin, I discard it and tear another piece of napkin until I'm done with my chips. I just can't stand the thought of directly touching my food even if my hands are clean if I know the FOOD will dirty my hands o.o

Anyone else have weird methods of eating? =O

Btw, the "ladylike" and "ocd" portion of the title are what people who have observed me SAID about me, not what I think my behavior is like =)

[vivientww]

Wow. Lol you are epic. ;D <3

I just bite into my cupcake and eat my chips without using tissue or whatever. It kind of kills the environment if we use tissue like that but that's just my thought, ^^~ Everyone has their own ways of eating! Yours is very hygienic!

I like picking my M&Ms with chopsticks. If you think that's weird.. o_O LOL.

[Mannosuke]

I also eat everything with a fork and a knife. Chopsticks and spoons are also part of the set. Yes, I use utensils, why else are they invented?
I use a napkins to hold stuff unless wrappers are supplied. I wipe the area clean before I leave.

I eat chips with chopsticks.
I eat fries with chopsticks.
I cut watermelons into pieces before putting it in my mouth. What, am I suppose to act barbaric and just pick it up and start chewing it? Disgusting.

Soup? Use the spoon, don't pick up the damn bowl.
Meats? Cut it plz, don't slob in front of me. The bones are ok, even I don't have the fine motor skills to clean up a bone with a fork and knife (people that can have my respect).

Ladylike? OCD? No. It is called being civilized. But that's only me; I cannot accept myself for behaving ill-mannered when eating.

[Courtknee]

Depends on the environment.

[j_boog]

if i eat out then i have to use silverware. and only sometimes i use my fingers to eat, but it usually never happens.

[HEYangieeGIRL]

I don't think it's ill manner to eat chips and other finger food with your hands..
Plus i don't think it's ladylike to eat like that.. i gives out a stuck up vibe. imagine yourself with your date and you're eating like that. truthfully they'll let it pass but in their minds it's something else.

I eat with my fingers for finger foods.. Steak and such I use knife and fork. I do eat with my spoon and chopstick. but yet I'm not a sloppy eater. After eating with my hands I wash them throughly and clean up after myself. I can say I no eating method but I always use napkins if need to hold curtain snacks.

[laris]

that's definitely being ocd.

[SeliT]

oh man i thought i was bad :|
i eat pizza, burgers etc. with knife and fork cause i HATE getting my hands dirty
but i dont go as far as getting a tissue to eat crisps/chips .... what your doing is bad for the enoviroment!!
if your so worried about your hands getting dirty get some hand sanitizer


personally i think thats a little ocd but i suppose if it makes you happy >_<

[laydeepkay]

^^ seriously. lol

as for myself, i only use chopsticks to pick up hot cheetos but that's only because i eat a lot and that stains my fingers red.

[HerRoyalMajesty]

Lol lovely replies.
Truthfully, I agree with HEYangieeGIRL, I can see how it does create a stuck up vibe but most people expect that as part of my character because I'm quite quiet and cool (as in unresponsive) as it is. My friend went as far as depriving me of food until I reached for it with my bare hands which wasn't horrible no, and I do occasionally carry hand sanitizers and wash my hands plenty (me->medical student in training). SeliT, yeah, it's sorta bad for the environment but I recycle like a maniac and use the least paper I can so it balances my habit plenty =) I conclude, personal preference. Well sorta. And yeah, I don't think eating in any way other than mine is ill-mannered at all, heck, I don't even know what the ORIGINAL proper table manners are, I just try not to make a mess for myself and around me o.o Keep posting, I wanna know eating habits that are out of the norm, not comments on mine =O Though they are very amusing to read lol

[Mannosuke]

If you don't want to feel bad, then spend a little extra on good, durable, re-usable utensils that you carry around in a bag or purse. You can also buy gloves that you can wash.

Table manners? never heard of them.

[- - eunnieboo. ♡]

haha, i see your point in eating like that, but maybe a little too far. xP

i just eat chips, cheetos and stuff like that with chopsticks. o-o;
'cause i don't want the grease to get on my computer keyboard. xD

[AngelAngel]

...that kinda defeats the purpose of a CUPcake...

But of course the way I eat Xiao Long Baos are just as weird so whatever... I like to poke a hole, drain the soup, drink the soup, and then eat the meat, than the peel o.o.

[Myss Blewm]

Eating with your hand enhances the flavor of foods, therefore I eat with my hands sometimes.

[carshrimped]

I'm similar in the sense that I prefer eating my finger foods with utensils, and I take my burger apart and eat them layer by layer sometimes. I also tend to cut up pieces of food that that aren't bite-sized. It's less messy to me.

I can tell how it seems kind of stuck-up or overly lady-like to certain people (I've been called a princess for eating like that too) but hey, like you said, personal preferences. Friends probably get used to it soon enough, but it's too much of a hassle, it probably wouldn't hurt to break the routine and eat using your fingers sometimes.

[twix0rz]

...that kinda defeats the purpose of a CUPcake...

But of course the way I eat Xiao Long Baos are just as weird so whatever... I like to poke a hole, drain the soup, drink the soup, and then eat the meat, than the peel o.o.

Same here!! Every time i eat bao zi or dumplings or wantons, i like to poke holes in them so it wouldn't be so hot and then drink the soup and then eat the rest.
I like to cut up my watermelon into pieces before eating them too.
I hate using my fingers when eating meat like chicken leg or pork ribs etc but sometimes i just have to or else i can't get the meat off. XD
When i eat bread i actually like the end slices lol. I know many people who just throw those end slices away.
I always eat bread by eating the crust first and then tearing the rest apart with my hand.

I bet lots of people also do that...but that is pretty much it for me. XD

To OP: You are very hygienic, that is good.

[maizakichi]

uhmmm..
i touch my food. lol
as in i use my fingers when eating chips...
but i do use silverware if necessary..hehehe

i guess everyone has his/her own style~

[Ssaga_G]

I eat my chips with chopsticks.

[HerRoyalMajesty]

Same here!! Every time i eat bao zi or dumplings or wantons, i like to poke holes in them so it wouldn't be so hot and then drink the soup and then eat the rest.
I like to cut up my watermelon into pieces before eating them too.
I hate using my fingers when eating meat like chicken leg or pork ribs etc but sometimes i just have to or else i can't get the meat off. XD
When i eat bread i actually like the end slices lol. I know many people who just throw those end slices away.
I always eat bread by eating the crust first and then tearing the rest apart with my hand.

I bet lots of people also do that...but that is pretty much it for me. XD

To OP: You are very hygienic, that is good.

Lol why thank you =)
And like I said, I'm a medical student in training and I'm around patients and hospital environments A LOT so even if I do wash my hands, I would prefer it if I didn't handle my food so directly.
And we're totally alike...I'm the same way with chicken wings AND in love with the end slices cause everyone hates them and won't fight me for it! =D

[c0lap1nada]

I can't stand eating chips with fingers. It's just so dirty. Especially when you're using the computer, like, what, are you going to dirty your keyboard?

And pizza.. I can not not not eat pizza with my hands. Slicing it into tiny pieces is more like it.

Or I can't eat a banana with my hands. Sometimes you get that stickyness when you peel the banana .. eugh.