“’Tis substantial happiness to eat.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “As You Like It” (1599)
“Nicko! Don’t play with the food! When I was your age, we didn’t have food!” -Lainie Kazan, in the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (19 April 2002)
“The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel.” -André Simon
Soup Fork
There was a young lady from Cork
Who went at her soup with a fork.
When her parents looked pained,
She proudly explained,
“That’s the way they eat soup in New York.”
by Ogden Nash (Frederick Ogden ‘Ogden’ Nash (1902 - 1971))
Overheard: I’m so full that I couldn’t possibly eat another bite . . . oh, look, dessert!
“Unless you live alone in a cave or hermitage, cooking and eating are social activities: even hermit monks have one communal meal a month. The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.” -Laurie Colwin
Mrs. Mannerly: What would be the proper thing to say if, in carving the duck, it should skid off the platter and into your neighbor’s lap?
Mrs. Learner: Be very courteous and say, “May I trouble you for that duck?”
When should we begin eating? Wait until everyone has been seated, grace has been said, and everyone has been served before beginning to eat. At formal dinners, people often start eating only after the host, guest of honor, or other person with the highest social status or rank in the group has begun eating.
Alfie: What did one plate say to the other plate?
Flora: “It looks like lunch is on me again!”
In Elizabethan England, the spoon was such a novelty and such a prized rarity that people carried their own folding spoons to banquets.
“It’s okay to play with your food.” -Emeril Lagasse
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” -Calvin Trillin
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Arthur.
Arthur, who?
Arthur any leftovers?
Donald: What is the best thing about eating a hippopotamus?
Arnold: The mountains and mountains of leftovers.
Eat slowly: only men in rags
And gluttons old in sin
Mistake themselves for carpet bags
And tumble victuals in.
-Walter Raleigh (Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861 -1922)): “Laughter from a Cloud” (1923)
“They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.” -Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
France’s Louis XIV (1638 - 1715) was recorded as eating “four soups, a pheasant, a partridge, a plate of salad, sliced mutton with garlic, two lumps of ham, a plate of pastries, fruits, and preserves” at one sitting.
“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” -Adelle Davis
“A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.” -Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Overheard at the dinner table: “Eat your cookies, or you won’t get any vegetables!”
A Few Basic Table Manners
- Say grace before meals.
- Ask others to pass food rather than reaching far or awkwardly for it.
- Do not talk with a mouth full of food.
- Sit up straight.
- Keep elbows off table.
What can you add to this list?
If we were not meant to have midnight snacks, why is there a light in the refrigerator?
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Table Talk
Said Madam Goose to Mister Pig:
“My friend, I really feel
You should be told you eat too much -
Your manners aren’t genteel.”
Said Mister Pig: “Your kind advice
Is really of no use -
A Pig’s a Pig, you know, my dear,
And not a Perfect Goose.”
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Getting fussy eaters to eat is easy. Just wrap spaghetti around meatballs, and say they’re hot yo-yo’s.
Mary
Mary had a little lamb,
A lobster and some prunes,
A glass of juice, a piece of pie
A plate of macaroons.
She gobbled up a sponge cake,
And what else we don’t know.
But when they carried Mary out
Her face was white as snow.
by Author Unknown
“A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
The town of Gainesville, Georgia, United States of America - known as the chicken capital of the world - has a local ordinance that makes eating chicken with a fork illegal.
“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.” -Fran Lebowitz
Like the goodness of the five loaves and two fishes,
Which God divided among the five thousand men,
May the blessing of the King who so divided
Be upon our share of this common meal.
by Author Unknown
Good table manners start before we even get to the table, when we wash our hands, make sure we are dressed and groomed properly, and put aside our things that ought not be brought to the table, which might include cell phones, books, toys, and pets.
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The Goops they lick their fingers,
And the Goops they lick their knives;
They spill their broth on the table-cloth;
Oh, they live untidy lives.
The Goops they talk while eating,
And loud and fast they chew,
So that is why I am glad that I
Am not a Goop. Are you?
by Gelett Burgess (Frank Gelett ‘Gelett’ Burgess (1866 - 1951))
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Dear Lord,
Thank you for this food.
Bless the hands that prepared it.
Bless it to our use and us to your service,
And make us ever mindful of the needs of others.
Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.
-Author Unknown
Riddle: What are two things you should not try to have for breakfast?
Solution: Lunch and dinner.
Why is it that whenever someone attempts to catch something that’s falling off the table, he or she always manages to knock something else over? Sounds amusing, but could it be that perhaps our tables are populated with all sorts of things that have multiplied themselves beyond necessity?
Gabe: How do you eat an elephant?
Gabriel: One bite at a time.
Overheard: I always eat the broken cookies first, because I feel sad for them.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Justin
Justin, who?
Just in time for dinner!
“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
I Can Help Do Dishes
Swishety-swish the dishes go
In the water to and fro
Mother washes while I try
To get the dishes very dry!
by Author Unknown
“I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest bread, butter, olive oil, a generous spirit, lively appetites, and attention to what we are eating.” -Sybille Bedford
“We must eat to live and live to eat.” -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
We thank Thee Lord for giving us
Thy gift of bread and meat
We thank Thee too - a little more -
That we are here to eat.
-Leverett Lyon
A woman said, “I have changed my system for labeling homemade freezer meals. I used to carefully note in large clear letters, ‘Meatloaf’ or ‘Pot Roast’ or ‘Steak and Vegetables’ or ‘Chicken and Dumplings’ or ‘Beef Pot Pie.’ However, I used to get frustrated when I asked my husband what he wanted for dinner because he never asked for any of those things. So, I decided to stock the freezer with what he really likes. If you look in my freezer now, you’ll see a whole new set of labels. You’ll find dinners with neat little tags that say: ‘Whatever,’ ‘Anything,’ ‘I Don’t Know,’ ‘I Don’t Care,’ ‘Something Good,’ or ‘Food.’ My frustration is now reduced because no matter what my husband replies when I ask him what he wants for dinner, I know that it is there waiting.”
Heavenly Father, bless us,
And keep us all alive.
There’s ten of us to dinner,
And not enough for five.
-Author Unknown
Oliver: What is a napkin?
Olivia: A sleeping relative.
In 1808, dinner was a late meal and supper was a snack before going to bed.
Names for Various Mealtimes
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Supper
- Fourth Meal
- Snack Time
- Tea Time
- Can you name any others?
- What times of day are these mealtimes held?
- What is your favorite mealtime?
“One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to suffice for a man.” -George Fordyce (1736 - 1802): as attributed in Maturin M. Ballou: “Treasury of Thought” (1884), page 125
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Peas.
Peas, who?
Peas pass the butter!
“At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965))
Gourmet Billy
There was a gourmet named Billy
Who dined from Beijing to Philly.
His only complaint
About the places he ate
Was that the chili in Chile was chilly.
by Author Unknown
Jack: What can you serve but not eat?
Jacques: A tennis ball.
Overheard: Why does cooking take six hours, and eating three seconds, and washing dishes seven days and seven nights?
Table Graces
God is great and God is good;
Let us thank Him for our food.
By his hand we all are fed;
Thank You, God, for daily bread.
Amen.
by Author Unknown
Old Man of Louter
There was an Old Man of Louter,
Who dined at four and a quarter,
But in eating his chowder,
He grew louder and louder
Till they tossed him out of Louter.
by David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “That Isn’t Even Funny”
‘Stone Soup’ is an old folk story in which hungry strangers persuade local people of a town to give them food. It is usually told as a lesson in cooperation, especially amid scarcity. The story often goes like this: Some travelers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travelers. Then the travelers go to a stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire. One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travelers answer that they are making ‘stone soup,’ which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavor, which they are missing. The villager does not mind parting with a few carrots to help them out, so that is added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travelers again mention their stone soup, which has not reached its full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by everyone, traveling strangers and villagers alike.
Sing a Song of Washing Up
Sing a song of washing up
Water hot as hot
Cups and saucers, plates and spoons
Dishes - such a lot
Work the dishcloth round and round
Wash them clean as clean
Polish with a dry white cloth
How busy we have been!
by Author Unknown
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” -Luciano Pavarotti
This is MFOL! . . . the website for grownups who play with their food . . . and the children who frown upon this strange behavior . . .
“Nicko! Don’t play with the food! When I was your age, we didn’t have food!” -Lainie Kazan, in the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (19 April 2002)
“The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel.” -André Simon
Soup Fork
There was a young lady from Cork
Who went at her soup with a fork.
When her parents looked pained,
She proudly explained,
“That’s the way they eat soup in New York.”
by Ogden Nash (Frederick Ogden ‘Ogden’ Nash (1902 - 1971))
Overheard: I’m so full that I couldn’t possibly eat another bite . . . oh, look, dessert!
“Unless you live alone in a cave or hermitage, cooking and eating are social activities: even hermit monks have one communal meal a month. The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.” -Laurie Colwin
Mrs. Mannerly: What would be the proper thing to say if, in carving the duck, it should skid off the platter and into your neighbor’s lap?
Mrs. Learner: Be very courteous and say, “May I trouble you for that duck?”
When should we begin eating? Wait until everyone has been seated, grace has been said, and everyone has been served before beginning to eat. At formal dinners, people often start eating only after the host, guest of honor, or other person with the highest social status or rank in the group has begun eating.
Alfie: What did one plate say to the other plate?
Flora: “It looks like lunch is on me again!”
In Elizabethan England, the spoon was such a novelty and such a prized rarity that people carried their own folding spoons to banquets.
“It’s okay to play with your food.” -Emeril Lagasse
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” -Calvin Trillin
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Arthur.
Arthur, who?
Arthur any leftovers?
Donald: What is the best thing about eating a hippopotamus?
Arnold: The mountains and mountains of leftovers.
Eat slowly: only men in rags
And gluttons old in sin
Mistake themselves for carpet bags
And tumble victuals in.
-Walter Raleigh (Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861 -1922)): “Laughter from a Cloud” (1923)
“They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.” -Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
France’s Louis XIV (1638 - 1715) was recorded as eating “four soups, a pheasant, a partridge, a plate of salad, sliced mutton with garlic, two lumps of ham, a plate of pastries, fruits, and preserves” at one sitting.
“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” -Adelle Davis
“A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.” -Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Overheard at the dinner table: “Eat your cookies, or you won’t get any vegetables!”
A Few Basic Table Manners
- Say grace before meals.
- Ask others to pass food rather than reaching far or awkwardly for it.
- Do not talk with a mouth full of food.
- Sit up straight.
- Keep elbows off table.
What can you add to this list?
If we were not meant to have midnight snacks, why is there a light in the refrigerator?
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Table Talk
Said Madam Goose to Mister Pig:
“My friend, I really feel
You should be told you eat too much -
Your manners aren’t genteel.”
Said Mister Pig: “Your kind advice
Is really of no use -
A Pig’s a Pig, you know, my dear,
And not a Perfect Goose.”
by Elizabeth Moody
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Getting fussy eaters to eat is easy. Just wrap spaghetti around meatballs, and say they’re hot yo-yo’s.
Mary
Mary had a little lamb,
A lobster and some prunes,
A glass of juice, a piece of pie
A plate of macaroons.
She gobbled up a sponge cake,
And what else we don’t know.
But when they carried Mary out
Her face was white as snow.
by Author Unknown
“A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
The town of Gainesville, Georgia, United States of America - known as the chicken capital of the world - has a local ordinance that makes eating chicken with a fork illegal.
“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.” -Fran Lebowitz
Like the goodness of the five loaves and two fishes,
Which God divided among the five thousand men,
May the blessing of the King who so divided
Be upon our share of this common meal.
by Author Unknown
Good table manners start before we even get to the table, when we wash our hands, make sure we are dressed and groomed properly, and put aside our things that ought not be brought to the table, which might include cell phones, books, toys, and pets.
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Table Manners
The Goops they lick their fingers,
And the Goops they lick their knives;
They spill their broth on the table-cloth;
Oh, they live untidy lives.
The Goops they talk while eating,
And loud and fast they chew,
So that is why I am glad that I
Am not a Goop. Are you?
by Gelett Burgess (Frank Gelett ‘Gelett’ Burgess (1866 - 1951))
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Dear Lord,
Thank you for this food.
Bless the hands that prepared it.
Bless it to our use and us to your service,
And make us ever mindful of the needs of others.
Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.
-Author Unknown
Riddle: What are two things you should not try to have for breakfast?
Solution: Lunch and dinner.
Why is it that whenever someone attempts to catch something that’s falling off the table, he or she always manages to knock something else over? Sounds amusing, but could it be that perhaps our tables are populated with all sorts of things that have multiplied themselves beyond necessity?
Gabe: How do you eat an elephant?
Gabriel: One bite at a time.
Overheard: I always eat the broken cookies first, because I feel sad for them.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Justin
Justin, who?
Just in time for dinner!
“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
I Can Help Do Dishes
Swishety-swish the dishes go
In the water to and fro
Mother washes while I try
To get the dishes very dry!
by Author Unknown
“I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest bread, butter, olive oil, a generous spirit, lively appetites, and attention to what we are eating.” -Sybille Bedford
“We must eat to live and live to eat.” -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
We thank Thee Lord for giving us
Thy gift of bread and meat
We thank Thee too - a little more -
That we are here to eat.
-Leverett Lyon
A woman said, “I have changed my system for labeling homemade freezer meals. I used to carefully note in large clear letters, ‘Meatloaf’ or ‘Pot Roast’ or ‘Steak and Vegetables’ or ‘Chicken and Dumplings’ or ‘Beef Pot Pie.’ However, I used to get frustrated when I asked my husband what he wanted for dinner because he never asked for any of those things. So, I decided to stock the freezer with what he really likes. If you look in my freezer now, you’ll see a whole new set of labels. You’ll find dinners with neat little tags that say: ‘Whatever,’ ‘Anything,’ ‘I Don’t Know,’ ‘I Don’t Care,’ ‘Something Good,’ or ‘Food.’ My frustration is now reduced because no matter what my husband replies when I ask him what he wants for dinner, I know that it is there waiting.”
Heavenly Father, bless us,
And keep us all alive.
There’s ten of us to dinner,
And not enough for five.
-Author Unknown
Oliver: What is a napkin?
Olivia: A sleeping relative.
In 1808, dinner was a late meal and supper was a snack before going to bed.
Names for Various Mealtimes
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Supper
- Fourth Meal
- Snack Time
- Tea Time
- Can you name any others?
- What times of day are these mealtimes held?
- What is your favorite mealtime?
“One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to suffice for a man.” -George Fordyce (1736 - 1802): as attributed in Maturin M. Ballou: “Treasury of Thought” (1884), page 125
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Peas.
Peas, who?
Peas pass the butter!
“At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965))
Gourmet Billy
There was a gourmet named Billy
Who dined from Beijing to Philly.
His only complaint
About the places he ate
Was that the chili in Chile was chilly.
by Author Unknown
Jack: What can you serve but not eat?
Jacques: A tennis ball.
Overheard: Why does cooking take six hours, and eating three seconds, and washing dishes seven days and seven nights?
Table Graces
God is great and God is good;
Let us thank Him for our food.
By his hand we all are fed;
Thank You, God, for daily bread.
Amen.
by Author Unknown
Old Man of Louter
There was an Old Man of Louter,
Who dined at four and a quarter,
But in eating his chowder,
He grew louder and louder
Till they tossed him out of Louter.
by David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “That Isn’t Even Funny”
‘Stone Soup’ is an old folk story in which hungry strangers persuade local people of a town to give them food. It is usually told as a lesson in cooperation, especially amid scarcity. The story often goes like this: Some travelers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travelers. Then the travelers go to a stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire. One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travelers answer that they are making ‘stone soup,’ which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavor, which they are missing. The villager does not mind parting with a few carrots to help them out, so that is added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travelers again mention their stone soup, which has not reached its full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by everyone, traveling strangers and villagers alike.
Sing a Song of Washing Up
Sing a song of washing up
Water hot as hot
Cups and saucers, plates and spoons
Dishes - such a lot
Work the dishcloth round and round
Wash them clean as clean
Polish with a dry white cloth
How busy we have been!
by Author Unknown
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” -Luciano Pavarotti
This is MFOL! . . . the website for grownups who play with their food . . . and the children who frown upon this strange behavior . . .
