All the things we eat right above the sink
We’d be willing to bet that there are plenty of people who, just like us, always eat certain things standing at the kitchen counter. But recently we came across the ultimate version of that: things you don’t just eat standing at the counter, but even hanging over the sink!
Recognizable? When you really can’t wait until everything is neatly sliced and/or topped and carefully arranged on a plate or in a bowl, and for the truly messy work you simply stay where you can cause the least damage? We get it. Because these are the things that never make it any further than the kitchen in our house:
The rats
FavorFlav’s Sabina talks about “warm baguette, coming home from the baker’s as if rats had gnawed on it. But that’s me. In the parking lot, I already break off the end (or the cap), and on the way I pick off a few more bites; at the traffic light I break off a really big piece, then the other end, and well, you get the idea. And shaving a few extra slices of cheese for my sandwich, then eating them at the counter.” Yes, exactly that!
Now we’re moving into the fruit category, and thus getting ever closer to the sink…
Fruit and crumbs
Lauretta: “I always spoon kiwis out over the sink. And pieces of melon, because you can slurp all you want, but if it’s really juicy, the juice gets everywhere. And otherwise I always cut freshly baked rolls over the sink, because the crumbs always end up next to the plate or cutting board anyway.” Interesting, that last bit!
Inhaling cherries
Sharon: “Cherries!! Oh man, I love cherries. I buy them as often as I can and they never, ever make it any further than the sink. It goes like this: buy cherries, wash cherries in the colander, and then: eat one, spit the pit into my hand, eat another, spit out the pit, etc. etc. I simply can’t stop once I start and the entire colander gets emptied (usually half a kilo of cherries in a matter of minutes). And all of that above the sink, where the colander is left to drain. And of course I also eat nectarines, peaches and apricots above the sink. Again because of the pit—and of course because you’re always covered in juice when you eat stone fruit. Or at least I am.”
Rebellious cheese curds
Personally, I can mindlessly polish off half a baking sheet of freshly roasted cauliflower or broccoli (nicely drizzled with garlic oil) straight from the oven while standing at the counter. And right above the sink: watermelon! My God, where else? I also eat a slice of toast with cottage cheese there (yes, I like that, with furikake and cherry tomato, don’t hate on me), because even a giant plate isn’t big enough for the free will of the rebellious cottage-cheese curd.
So, if you ever think it’s strange that part of your grocery haul always seems doomed to be devoured standing in the kitchen—we understand that all too well!
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