The Science of Bowl Licking
September 22nd 2009 21:00
Bowl licking is one of my nasty habits. Another one is using my finger to swipe up any remaining sauce before licking it. It drives my parents crazy. They also hate it when I scrape off all the leftover sauce.
“For God’s sake, if it’s that delicious go and get another serving,” they admonish. They have missed the point here: it’s not about hunger but about not wasting any leftover food when millions are starving in the world.
My friends were equally horrified when, after eating all the chicken and vegetables, I picked up the bowl of red curry and started drinking it.
“Bowl licker!” said one of them.
“Drinking curry is not good for you,” said the other.
“I don’t care,” I said. “It’s not like I eat like this every day.”
I think I have been a bowl licker/swiper all my life. I even remember in fourth grade saying that if I could choose to be any animal, I would be a cat so I could lap up all the milk from the saucer.
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