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Excessive Eating Utensils Intimidate Me
Anything more than a knife, fork and spoon is overkill.
As you probably know, if you’ve read much of my stuff, I like to eat. And when it comes to eating, I’m basically a meat and potatoes type of guy. I also am not a great one for ambiance. I like a place to be clean, the staff friendly and the food good. Beyond that, I’m pretty apathetic.
Possibly because I equate ambiance with expensive. Plus, it puts me out of my comfort zone. Sometimes I’m forced to make choices I’m not used to making. When those situations arise, I hope I can handle the situation as well as Jed Clampett and the rest of the Clampetts did.
The Beverly Hillbillies used common sense in a new situation.
One of my favorite TV families, the Clampetts, found themselves dining in a new environment. They used something they deemed, “the fancy eating table.” To some, it looked like a billiards table. Due to the size of the “fancy eatin table” “pot passers were needed. To the untrained eye, these looked like pool sticks.
The Clampetts are my inspiration when it comes to acclimating to new social situations.
My kids try to expand my eating horizons.
We had supper with our youngest son and his wife last night. Salmon and crab legs were on the menu. I’ve had salmon before and it’s a pretty straightforward process, generally requiring only a fork. But crab legs are a different animal.
I’ve generally shied away from seafood at restaurants, unless you can call fried catfish seafood. You can’t? Ok, then I’ve generally shied away from seafood at a restaurant. Especially if it requires additional eating utensils.
In the picture above, those utensils look more like what a person would use in surgery rather than what they would use to eat a meal with.
But in the comfort of my family’s home, I gave it a shot.
Shades of Zoolander.
First of all, the crab fork is tiny. As it turns out, my family wasn’t trying to limit my portions after all. You just use that little fork to dig out meat from crab legs.
