What the hell?

While on the topic of food
Fast Food
Order food in a restaurant and you'll wait.
Order food at a fast food joint and you'll wait.
If it's not ready, take a number and go munch on those fries because the'll bring the burger to you. There is no such thing as fast food at McDonald's or the locale variety; HessBurger, StarBurger etc.

If you're hungry, don't torture yourself by going to a restaurant. Walk into a supermarket and have a bite to eat first. Then head for the culinary sporting arena...but for goodness sake, be prepared to drink enough to distract yourself, or bring something to read.

Hmmph. Though I'm sure you're all titilatted by my observations on processed food, I had originally intended to describe the pace at which eating actually occurs. Recall the buffet, smorgasburg concept. Flat fee, eat as much as you want. Tarja feeds me lunch in this fashion on a pretty regular basis. So the first day i'm here, I follow the example set forth by my host and serve myself some assorted salads. And I take a piece of bread.

Big Mistake.

Four of us sit down to eat. We talk, with much of the questions directed at "New York".

Boom. I look up from my plate mid-bite, and realize they're all done. Zip. Plates empty. They ate, as my father would put it, as though they were afraid someone was going to take their food away.

My response, though not original, was deemed sufficiently clever for the Finns.
"Did you taste it on the way down?" was met with a titter of giggles.

You are now warned.
Irene has learned to eat fast.

(any now maybe you share my confusion over the use of napkins. when you're spooning it in that fast, you're bound to drop something.)

posted by irene @ 7/31/2002 04:22:00 AM