Eddie’s food frustrations: that impossible tableware to eat from
Adeline (nickname: Eddie) loves eating, a lot and often, both at home and out. Usually, that goes well, but sometimes it doesn’t. In the series Eddie’s food frustrations, you can read about the latter. This time: that impossible tableware in restaurants.
Just now I was served a meal salad that made my stomach tingle a little. I was so intensely happy because of it. It had prawns, bean sprouts, nuts, julienned carrot, another noodle here and there, lots of lettuce, an insanely delicious dressing and chopped spring onion. It was heaven in salad form.
The only issue was that I got it in an incredibly deep bowl. At first you think: whoooaaa, that’s a lot and it’s all for me. But shortly afterwards, you realise what an enormous hassle it is to eat this.
Devilish bowl
Bowls are made in such a way that you can’t eat from them properly with both a knife and fork. If you do, you’re always rummaging around in an endless abyss, hoping that something will stay speared on your fork. But usually you’re disappointed and, as in my case, at most a rocket leaf, a piece of spring onion and a carrot get caught between the spokes.
The shape of a plate is simply crucial when it comes to the taste experience. Just like the texture of the tableware. Nothing is more horrible than having to scrape a knife and fork over a ridged plate to eat the last bites of a divine dish. Or maybe there is: a ridged bowl. What a hell that would be. I solemnly promise that if I’m ever served anything in such a devilish bowl, I’ll leave immediately.
Simple tableware
I’m also the type who eats right down to the last leaf and last little bit, and then you find yourself scraping a fork over the bottom of your bowl, hoping that a stray strand will still cling to it somewhere. Dear chefs, if you give me a bowl, just give me a spoon too. We all know those two were made for each other, right?
Overly deep plates and bowls are for soup or a meal on the sofa in front of the television. There, you’re perfectly allowed to poke around into infinity with a fork in your right hand, eventually fishing the leftovers out of the bottom with your fingers. Don’t pretend you never do that, because we know better.
That’s why I’m pleading for simple tableware that we can eat from simply. So that it’s simply delicious. No fiddling and poking. Smooth surfaces, without ridges or unglazed patches. Although that salad was still simply heaven in a bowl, for all that.
Also read:
- 14x these mistakes you should stop making if you want a delicious salad
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- Tips for the best, easiest pasta salad
