Comments | rodshark: Rodshark the Barbarian.

rodshark

Rodshark the Barbarian.

Mar 02, 2008 21:53

Yesterday at work, they provided a free lunch for the employees at Bergners due to the community day sale. It was pretty good food for the most part, catered by a local grocery store and other items brought in by employees and charities ( Read more... )

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calla_lily March 3 2008, 06:27:38 UTC

Eh, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's decidedly barbaric -- though that is the word that came to mind the times I've been at Disney World and people are walking around gnawing on those giant turkey legs. :-D

4kudzu March 3 2008, 06:42:21 UTC

I would definitely be one of those myself!

rodshark March 4 2008, 01:29:30 UTC

*raises hand* Yeah, that would be me as well. I love getting those giant turkey legs and chomping on them :)

4kudzu March 5 2008, 10:56:29 UTC

Haha, priceless icon too!

4kudzu March 3 2008, 06:41:59 UTC

You're supposed to eat chicken with your hands! Sheesh. Cutting the chicken off the bone with a knife? Wtf! That's really weird; they have something showed up theirs, that's for sure! ;p

I can't even see how one could eat crab legs with a knife and a fork. :?

rodshark March 4 2008, 01:31:07 UTC

Well, I think you are supposed to use those nutcracker/crab plier dealies to crack the shells and a little fork to fish out the meat and dip it in butter.

I prefer using my hands personally *lol*

4kudzu March 5 2008, 10:57:14 UTC

Too darn complicated. lol

sm00bs March 3 2008, 07:26:54 UTC

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00EFDE123DF931A1575AC0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3

Informal setting = fingers are quite fine (work is ALWAYS informal). Tell 'em to piss off. Chicken on the bone is a pain in the ass to eat with a knife and fork.

If the chicken wasn't fried or barbecued, I might reconsider and attempt eating with a fork, but it's unlikely.

sm00bs March 3 2008, 07:34:48 UTC

See also:

http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071218184923AAwp6A7&show=7
http://www.bartleby.com/95/35.html (long, but answers why people think it's rude)

sm00bs March 7 2008, 07:31:41 UTC

I was just watching Alton Brown and he says to NEVER, no NEVER eat fried chicken with a fork. He said fingers are the way to go. :)

He's smart. They're not. There you go.

rodshark March 4 2008, 01:37:21 UTC

Wow, thanks for the links.

There is a lot of handy information in there for a barbarian like me to ignore ;) *lol*

I agree with the chicken on the bone being a pain in the ass to try and eat with a knife and fork.

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annastesia March 3 2008, 09:26:11 UTC

I mostly use knife and fork since I don't like getting chicken grease everywhere but I don't find it barbaric to eat it with fingers.

Do you know how to point a Finn out in a hamburger place? We fold the burger to a napkin :D

rodshark March 4 2008, 01:38:52 UTC

The hamburger thing is kind of odd, but it would be a lot less messy that way. Some fast food places serve hamburgers and other sandwiches in a paper sleeve for the same reason.

sane_syko March 3 2008, 13:09:49 UTC

I know french fries is a weird answer, but my dad always ate them with a fork. When we would question it, he told us eating them with your fingers was "barbaric".

Of course, there's probably more...it never actually dawns on me that I'm eating with my hands at the time (when I'm at home....I DO have manners when I go out LOL)