Do you lick the plate clean?

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Whenever I finish any dish, I lick the bowl/plate/etc clean. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing left on the plate to wash off should be saliva. I don't understand why people just leave the last tiny fraction of their food sitting around.

I actually get annoyed if I'm eating something out of a badly-shaped container, such as yogurt, and I can't get my tongue in to lick the rest out. It's so wasteful.

How about you? Do you lick the plate, or are you just too good for those last few crumbs?

Yep	31
Nope	44
Of course not, I love wasting food	5

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Marlboro.Man.Rides.Again

9 years ago | pl

And my ashtray.

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- EccentricWeird
  
  9 years ago
  
  I like the fact that you're just going to be the one character this whole time.
  
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  - Marlboro.Man.Rides.Again
    
    9 years ago
    
    I like the fact that sissies like you make me look even more manly.
    
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    - EccentricWeird
      
      9 years ago
      
      Smokers are jokers!
      
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      - Marlboro.Man.Rides.Again
        
        9 years ago
        
        Eccentric Canadians are bum hole pokers.
        
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        RobinWilliams
        
        8 years ago
        
        Ahhhh I'm using that one.
        
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VirgilManly

9 years ago

I lick other peoples plates and they don't have to be finished eating either

Come to think of it, I don't even have to know them. It happens alot in restaurants.

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Fall_leaves

9 years ago

Nope but I do drink the milk after I finish eating the cereal.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  Wait, there are people that DON'T drink the milk after eating cereal?
  
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- anti-hero
  
  9 years ago
  
  With a straw?
  
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  - Fall_leaves
    
    9 years ago
    
    Nada, like a big coffee cup.
    
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    - anti-hero
      
      9 years ago
      
      ^ class
      
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Who_Fan4Life

9 years ago

I lick my balls clean.

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Petrichor.

9 years ago

I don't lick my plate, but not because it has anything to do with wasting food or not; it's a rude habit, and slightly gross, in my opinion. Besides, there's nothing on my plate to lick up except for a little sauce, maybe...

And now I just wonder what everyone is eating to where there is food left to lick off.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  I'm not talking about doing it in public, though I wish I was. How is it gross?
  
  I can't think of a food or dish where there isn't anything left to lick off.
  
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  - Petrichor.
    
    9 years ago
    
    My reasons haven't much to do with what Holzman_67 said - well, I did say "slightly gross". I find it slightly gross because saliva is gross to me.
    
    Also, I wasn't thinking about licking the plate in public, either. But I do eat in front of my family.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      9 years ago
      
      But it's in your mouth...
      I do it with my family all the time. I wasn't raised to do it, I'm the only one in my family that does it. My family doesn't have a problem with it.
      
      @Holzman_67
      Manners and etiquette don't really apply here unless it's getting in the way or grossing out the other diners. Worrying about something being "animalistic" isn't a real reason not to do it. Otherwise, you're one of those people that eats finger-foods with a knife and fork.
      
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      - Petrichor.
        
        9 years ago
        
        I'm well aware that it's in my mouth, but the whole idea of spreading it across a plate and licking it back into my mouth is slightly gross to me. It's not the same as eating from chopsticks, or a fork or spoon. i'm having difficulties with finding a way to explain why I find it slightly gross, but I just know I do. But as I said before, the food I eat leaves nothing to be licked up save for a little bit of sauce, maybe.
        
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        Anonymous Post Author
        
        9 years ago
        
        I guess I don't understand what you're saying. You can't lick anything more than once...?
        
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revelinthechaos

9 years ago

Only if noones watchinggg

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modernism

9 years ago

I don't really do that, but as long as you're not doing it while sitting with a table full of people, then there's nothing wrong with it.

Unless it's ice cream.

Ice cream always has an exception.

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Holzman_67

9 years ago

Hmm do you mean with liquid food such as soup? I suppose you do as you can get everything else up with a fork knife or spoon otherwise.
So if it was soup, the only instances I would lick it clean is if I'm eating by myself and even then I would rarely do it.
Around others I think it's bad table etiquette. Call me pompous but it was just the way I was raised.

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- Shackleford96
  
  9 years ago
  
  "Around others I think it's bad table etiquette. Call me pompous but it was just the way I was raised. "
  
  You described this really well; I'm the same.
  
  OP, I do this sometimes. Just not around others for fear of being judged badly. It's just not something that's 'proper' to do around others in public.
  
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  - Anonymous Post Author
    
    9 years ago
    
    I'm not talking about in public, though I wish I was. I don't really think it's bad etiquette since it signals to the chef that you really liked the food.
    
    Others tend to judge you for it, though, so blah.
    
    And I mean with any food, doesn't have to be soup.
    
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    - Shackleford96
      
      9 years ago
      
      I get what you're saying. Maybe in different countries/cultures it would be acceptable. In mine it is not though.
      
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Dulse.

9 years ago

I lick plates clean all the time. I have developed the tongue of a dog, It doesn't get tired easily anymore.

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- JohnnytheSnake
  
  9 years ago
  
  That sounded mildy erotic.
  
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  - Dulse.
    
    9 years ago
    
    Tongue of a dogue - Time to get out the peanut butter!?
    
    Sounds like an experimental group.
    
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RoseIsabella

9 years ago

If the food is delicious I lick the plate clean, but if it's not then I won't.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  I lick it even if it's not delicious, but still okay. If the food was completely gross, I wouldn't have finished eating it in the first place.
  
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  - RoseIsabella
    
    9 years ago
    
    I'm finicky, and proud of it!
    
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ThePurplePanda

7 years ago

I often do it with meat, not with anything else, because wasting meat makes me feel really guilty.

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golden_showers

9 years ago

I will lick my gf's plate clean, among other things.

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donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

9 years ago

and the table

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millefeuille

9 years ago

I normally use bowls. Small ones, you know? Plus, my tongue gets quite a workout.

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