Comments on: The Last Bite http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/ Food and travel writing by Zora O'Neill Wed, 02 May 2012 16:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: beverly http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-3031 beverly Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:58:07 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-3031 um, your mother does it -- and congratulates herself when the balance is especially exquiste (which is most of the time) um, your mother does it — and congratulates herself when the balance is especially exquiste (which is most of the time)

]]> By: zora http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 zora Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-2994 AV--so true on the trickiness of an omelette! I think that's an advance-level eating job, there. (Unless, of course, you've got an amateur-level omelette where the filling is visible...maybe that's why my omelettes rarely look nice--I'm subconsciously sabotaging them so I can keep an eye on the fillings!) And re: C&Z, <a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2004/01/the_last_bite_axiom_and_corollaries.php" rel="nofollow">here's her post on the last-bite business, plus a whole lot of even weirder food habits</a>. I'm kind of with her, but then maybe I'm not, because she went to so much trouble to break it down, when really, it's the same principle over and over again: you want each bite to be well balanced, and you often have to eat the less-desirable bits first so you don't get stuck with them at the end. AV–so true on the trickiness of an omelette! I think that’s an advance-level eating job, there. (Unless, of course, you’ve got an amateur-level omelette where the filling is visible…maybe that’s why my omelettes rarely look nice–I’m subconsciously sabotaging them so I can keep an eye on the fillings!)

And re: C&Z, here’s her post on the last-bite business, plus a whole lot of even weirder food habits. I’m kind of with her, but then maybe I’m not, because she went to so much trouble to break it down, when really, it’s the same principle over and over again: you want each bite to be well balanced, and you often have to eat the less-desirable bits first so you don’t get stuck with them at the end.

]]> By: AV http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-2993 AV Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:36:39 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-2993 Ha! That's so funny, because just yesterday I made a _big_ omelette for breakfast, and my housemate and I split it, and we both commented to each other about how perfect our last bites had been--just the right proportions of cheese, mushroom, and egg--and how it's difficult to tell in an omelette that's closed if you're squandering your last bit of cheese or not before the last bite, since it's camouflaged. Ha! That’s so funny, because just yesterday I made a _big_ omelette for breakfast, and my housemate and I split it, and we both commented to each other about how perfect our last bites had been–just the right proportions of cheese, mushroom, and egg–and how it’s difficult to tell in an omelette that’s closed if you’re squandering your last bit of cheese or not before the last bite, since it’s camouflaged.

]]> By: zora http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 zora Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:53:26 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-2972 Huh. I guess if I read other people's blogs, I'd already know I'm not alone! Huh. I guess if I read other people’s blogs, I’d already know I’m not alone!

]]> By: megc http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 megc Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:48:07 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-2971 I also try to have a great last bite by making sure I have the most delicious elements of the meal ready for my last forkful. I was first made aware of this practice by Clotilde from Chocolate & Zucchini. I also try to have a great last bite by making sure I have the most delicious elements of the meal ready for my last forkful. I was first made aware of this practice by Clotilde from Chocolate & Zucchini.

]]> By: zora http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 zora Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:06:00 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-2828 It is indeed! Too bad it often falls by the wayside in the whole cooking-and-eating project, at least for me. It is indeed! Too bad it often falls by the wayside in the whole cooking-and-eating project, at least for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/2008/09/22/the-last-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 Anonymous Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:49:44 +0000 http://rovinggastronome.com/mainblog/?p=776#comment-2804 The "pretty plate" is so important! All the best to Zora. Parsley C. The “pretty plate” is so important!

All the best to Zora.

Parsley C.

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