Hi Before you read further, let me tell you what works for one person, may not work for the other. So if you must use the fork at all, try if you can apply my technique. If it works it is a good thing.
Here is what I do in social situations beforehand once I'm ready to have the meals after making me aware of a few general things like proper placement of my chair against the table, my distance from people sitting around me just to ensure that I don't splash any liquid on them or anything if at all the food just in case drops on them while I'm eating, contents of the food, whether I have to finish my meals fast, or I have enough time to enjoy my meal-- etc. . physical properties: The first thing I do before eating is to pick up the fork or spoon and feel it properly - examine it's wait, handle, design and any other physical properties that might impact my dining experience. .While eating: I just feel the food with hands to know what items are placed and where and commence eating from one direction, while I'm continuing my conversation with my friends / colleagues,. And whenever I put the fork into the food I check the depth of the food and just twirl the fork around to ensure that noodles or pasta is rightly caught up with right quantity in the fork and before I put the food in my mouth, I just slightly lift the food couple of inches high and twirl the fork around and just as much as possible ensure that the food is securely wrapped up inside the fork and then eat. . pattern: start eating food from the edges of the plate towards the center of the plate this way you can avoid spilling the food out. . when you are nearly done, just use your spoon to pile all the food on one side and continue to use the fork. . I use tissues if the food falls on my lap or anything, no need to feel embarrassed. . if I just happen to put the empty fork or more food into my mouth, I'm deeply concentrating on what my friend / colleague is saying, which can happen to anyone..lol. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mujtaba Merchant Sent: 04 April 2012 10:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] It's all about using a fork for Mohit the Dork! Why feel concerned and embarrassed about an issue like not being able to fork something on your plate? It is not that you are doing it on purpose or you have a choice of avoiding this situation. Trust me you are not the only one that can't fork something on your plate, I many times have put an empty fork in my mouth and sometimes have hurt my mouth too. It happens and I just learned to live with it, so did my friends and social network. Relax, its not the end of the world or anything remotely close. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mohit Shah Shah To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 2:17 AM Subject: [AI] It's all about using a fork for Mohit the Dork! Hi all, This time, my question is not as weird as all my other questions have been so far. My question is related to using a fork. So, I usually use a fork for having things like pasta, noodles, brownies, etc. However, sometimes, the thing which I'm attempting to have doesn't stick in the fork, so my fork remains empty. So, this can be a bit awkward in social situations. My question is, is there a more definitive way of getting more success with using a fork? Is there a better way to ensure that the piece which does actually stick to the fork is not too big? Please do answer this question ASAP. Controversially yours, Mohit Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
