Eating With Your Fingers

avalon · Post by **avalon** » Sun 11 Jun 2006 22:03

Anyone ever think about giving up silverware? Do you eat with your fingers sometimes? All the time? Just something I'm thinking about

I know it's part of some cultures.

I just had some mackerel over warm brown rice with a dash of shoyu- using a fork, and am thinking I should have used my fingers

Maybe rolled in nori?

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Sun 11 Jun 2006 23:50

Most of my food have to be eaten with fingers since they're fruits. I only eat silverware if I have to. Silverware is a social conditioning in my opinion. Eating with your bare hands brings out the caveman inside of you. I would love to gut a live fish and pick its meat with my fingers...mmm...yummy!

avo · Post by **avo** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 01:27

I don't know, mangos and avocados would be very messy without at least knives, also a lot of edible parts would be lost in the mess (near the peel, near the pit, dropped on ground, etc). Most other fruits are pretty easy to eat without silverware, especially if you dont peel most things (banana being an exception). I guess bare-handed eating is most natural.

On the other hand, primitive man as well as chimps use crude and basic tools for food, like sharp rocks, heavy rock, sticks, etc.

avalon · Post by **avalon** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 01:29

chuck:

I would love to gut a live fish and pick its meat with my fingers...mmm...yummy!

At first reading THAT FREAKS ME OUT!!! On a second reading, I don't know, there have been times when eating with my fingers- I totally get the cave-person hands-on thing!

Post by **Oscar** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 10:27

Giving up silverware never really crossed my mind so far. Peeling some fruits without a knife would be nearly impossible, and since we have to deal with pesticides and such...

avalon · Post by **avalon** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 13:13

I don't mean not using items for food preparation...I mean sitting there with a plate in front of you and digging into the poi with your fingers...very primal

avalon · Post by **avalon** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 13:15

Oh and I generally use a peeler. Very easy, it's a new thing

Peeling some fruits without a knife would be nearly impossible, and since we have to deal with pesticides and such...

Oscar, you can be so funny!

Post by **Oscar** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 14:04

avalon wrote:I don't mean not using items for food preparation...I mean sitting there with a plate in front of you and digging into the poi with your fingers...very primal

Nah, I'm very civilized!

huntress · Post by **huntress** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 15:29

I did that too sometime back before I went raw. When I was in India aeons ago, we all sat cross-legged or sideways sitting for the ladies on a straw mat, our meals were placed on Plantain leaves and our hand as our "utensil". It was a very enlightening experience and the meal was even more pleasant and enjoyable.

Cairidh · Post by **Cairidh** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 22:35

I use knives and machines for prep.
For eating I use spoons (blends/salads) or hands (fruit,nuts,wraps).
I havent eaten with a knife and fork in years.

Cairidh · Post by **Cairidh** » Mon 12 Jun 2006 22:38

Chuck wrote:I would love to gut a live fish and pick its meat with my fingers...mmm...yummy!

why live? can't you put it out of its suffering first?

Corinne · Post by **Corinne** » Tue 13 Jun 2006 12:33

chuck wrote:I only eat silverware if I have to.

As far as I know silverware is not mentioned as part of the diet or munch food item!
Forgot the 'with' eh?

chuck wrote: I would love to gut a live fish and pick its meat with my fingers...mmm...yummy!

Are you in anyway related to Gollum?
"A juicy fish... fressssssssssh and Wriggly!"

avalon · Post by **avalon** » Tue 13 Jun 2006 14:20

LOL!!! Corinne