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Originally Posted by david1
Like using your soup spoon away from you to scoop up the contents; doesn't make sense, has further to travel to yer gob, and tipping the plate towards the centre of the table to grab those last remaining drops.....
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I always understood it to be that you eat from the "far end" of the plate to minimise the chance of getting scalding hot mushroom soup dripping on your gonads. Scooping from the edge of the plate instead of the middle is supposedly for the same reason (the edge of the bowl is cooler than the middle).
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Originally Posted by mrskitty
...my nan (on the 'bad side' as i used to say) used to read magazines whilst she was eating her dinner once everyone else had left the table!
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Your nan did exactly the right thing. Manners are there for public consumption. When you're alone- do whatever you want, nobody will complain.
It's only a problem when, as in Junetta's post, you have one parent who is militant about kids eating with their mouth open and another who thinks they should do what they want as long as they get the balanced diet.