Is it rude to lick plates, bowls, whatever?

[redqueen]

I do this, and was wondering if it's a bad habit I should try to stop.

Food tastes so good, though.

I like-a the juice!

[purr]

1. I do it at home...

not out or at someone elses house.. I just feel weird doing it therer.

[arcane1]

2. not rude at all

except when we can't watch :silly:

[ohiosmith]

3. It depends. Do you lick only your plates or others? Do you wait until

they are finished if so? Do you lick stranger's plates when you are eating out?

[redqueen]

5. haha no! Just mine.

:silly:

[miss_kitty]

4. Not if it's Ice cream

then it's rude not to.

[all.of.me]

6. i do this all the time, just not in public!

[Sanity Claws]

7. It's okay so long as you are

a cat or a dog. If you're human, I suggest you hide this habit.

[Debi]

8. I scrape the side of the bowl with my finger and the lick my finger off

(then the hubby thinks I'm giving him a come hither look and we go have sex)...Oh, was I supposed to say that? :blush:

[redqueen]

10. I do that sometimes...

like with a yogurt container... that little edge thing I can never get my tongue all the way underneath, so I scoop out that yogurt with my finger. :9

[Debi]

13. Thank goodness you continued to explain

from the subject line of your post I thought you were having sex with my husband....:grr:

[Nikia]

9. My mother in law thinks I'm rude for something not quite as bad

I tend to use rolls and other bread products to wipe up extra sauce of all types off my plate. I never realized that this was rude.

[redqueen]

11. That's not rude.

There is no way I'll ever accept that that's rude. That's just good sense!

Now what I do, that seems to be considered rude... but not sopping up the sauce with bread. No way.

[miss_kitty]

12. You know, it may not be the height of etiquette, but lower still

in the hierarchy of etiquette is pointing out to someone who is doing something innocuous that their actions are bad manners is, in and of itself, bad manners. I hope you told her that.

[Nikia]

26. Thanks for your support

Good point.

[Debi]

14. The 'correct' way of doing that

(If you want to make Emily Post and Ms. Manners happy) is to accidentally drop a piece of bread or roll on to the plate and in picking up the dropped piece also sponge up the sauce/soup. That is considered okay.

[6000eliot]

15. Should you then loudly exclaim, "Whoops?"

[Debi]

19. I believe the term is

Whoopsie daisies. :P

The drink from the finger bowl...by then no one will remember that you dipped your bread in the sauce!

[curse10]

18. it appears gluttonous

but sometimes the sauce is too damn tasty!

[curse10]

16. not if you are either a) a cat or b) alone

:-)

[redqueen]

17. I'm so wrong.

I do this all the time, in public.

I guess I have to stop. Or move somewhere it's not considered rude. :)

[micrometer_50]

20. manners, manners.

[Mutley]

21. I do it when no one is around

[Left Is Write]

22. I wouldn't do it in public.

Though if you like the juice/sauce/gravy/whatever - that's what a good piece of bread is for. :D

[miss_kitty]

23. Tell that to Nikia's MIL

She seems to think it's 'rude' (see above)

[Left Is Write]

28. I'd love to.

No sense wasting that good gravy or sauce when it tastes so good with bread.

And I agree with you - pointing out someone's "rudeness" is even more rude.

[Debi]

24. The horrors

I cannot dine with you animals :puke:

[LostinVA]

25. I do it at home, too *blush*

[youthere]

27. Not rude to lick a plate

as long as you have the denture wearer's permission first.

[Taxloss]

29. It's very rude in company.

In your own home, it's your own home.

[Magrittes Pipe]

30. At home? Yes. At Chez Panisse? No.