Poll: Eating Habits

How fast do you eat?

  • I cram that stuff down my throat and get the HECK outa dodge

    Votes: 21 30.0%

  • Steady, uninterrupted pace until completion

    Votes: 38 54.3%

  • I take a whole freakin hour, if not two

    Votes: 11 15.7%
  • Total voters
    70
Maxmosbey said:
That's me as well. It just depends. My wife is a wine consultant for a Napa Valley winery so we have some long ones, but I eat on the run as well. It isn't something that I uber analyze, I just go with whatever feels right.
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What a Fun sounding job!
 
SkyHog said:
Nope. I am a straight man.

Food is eaten quickly, wine drinking men are pointed at and laughed at.
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I like drinking wine. I'm pretty secure with my masculinity. I don't have to laugh at other men to convince myself that I'm not gay. :D
 
Five brothers/sisters so I learned to eat fast or go hungry. Then I joined the Army and had to pick up the pace. I'm always the first one done but I'm not uncomfortable watching others wander through their meal.
 
I'm generally the last one done. With occasional acid reflux issues, I've developed the habit of eating small bites and chewing them well. Plus, if I eat slower then I eat less in total which is something many of us need help with.
 
wsuffa said:
It depends...

Go to Barcelona or Madrid sometime - folks show up for dinner around 10 PM, and may not end until it's almost Dawn...
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I found that out the hard way the first time I visited Spain. Went to a well-rated restaurant at my normal dinner hour - and wondered what was wrong. They were open - but empty. Had dinner anyway - and the food was fine. In the meantime the place had filled up.

Also learned not to expect much in mid-afternoon: Pretty much everything was Cerrado! (for Siesta).

Dave
 
Normally I slam food and get back to what I was doing, however if I'm having a meal with someone, it depends on the reason for going.
 
Just for the hell of it, I tried eating slowly last night. Dinner was Carl's Jr. low carb six dollar burger with a side salad, house ranch dressing. Wine pairing was a Coppola Zinfandel (yes, that Coppola.)

I stared at the salad. Took a little bite. Stared at it some more. Took another bite. Slammed a glass of wine. Took another little bite. Tomato. Yumm. Slammed another glass of wine. Squeezed more dressing out of the packet. Took another little bite. Sipped another glass of wine. Finished the salad. And the rest of the Coppola Zin.

Okay so the salad is gone and I'm staring at this lettuce wrapped hamburger. I'm already out of wine (I mean, I have couple bottles of Carlos Rossi in the garage but I'm just limiting myself to one bottle tonight since I have to see doc the next day.) I bite in to it. I can't put it down. I mean I can't - if I take even one hand off of it, it will completely fall apart. So I just say F it and woof that baby down. Mmmmm. Okay THAT was much better.

Plus my stomach feels better. I mean that Coppola Zin is some pretty good s**t but too much at once can do a number on you. Unlike that Sterling Reserve old vine I had the other day that was totally hella chuggable.
 
Just got home from a 2+ hour dinner with fellow POAer Bill Suffa. Three courses plus two different glasses of wine for each of us. Good food and good company.
 
woodstock said:
Just got home from a 2+ hour dinner with fellow POAer Bill Suffa. Three courses plus two different glasses of wine for each of us. Good food and good company.
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Nevermind. Message understood.
 
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