ay carumba!
I don't know why I didn't notice this thread earlier.
Here's just a few:
1. Shaking individual store bought salads. These are normally sold in plastic "bowls" with plastic lids on top - like miniature spaceships. And the lettuce and other ingredients are all jammed in the given space so the salad can't be tossed without getting it all over.
What I do is pour in my salad dressing, replace the lid back on the bowl, then shake. It's the same as tossing, but without the mess.
2. Grid-cutting the spaghetti noodles on their plate. This must be so common I don't even have to explain it, right?
3. Crushing the soup crackers in their plastic packages. I'm beginning to think I'm too fussy, but this one works wonders. Once the saltines are crushed into crumbs (of whatever size you prefer) rip open the plastic wrapper and dump them in the soup. Nothing is wasted! No crumbs on your hands! I can't believe other people don't do this.
4. Licking the edges of the ice cream sandwich. This is one of my favorite foods. I can't explain why, but the edging is mass produced, unnamed ingredient goodness. I personally prefer when the sandwich is soft and not rock solid from the freezer. Then I lick out the edges and squish it down to save the sandwich part 'till last. Sometimes I leave a little ice cream to enjoy a flattened sandwich at the end.
[sblock]BEWARE!! This is not the best way to eat ice cream sandwiches in public. I learned the hard way in the 9th grade lunch room. One of the girls said she came to lunch every day just to see me lick the cream out the sandwich
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