You are invited to a dinner party, and the hostess serves food
that you just hate! Just thinking about it makes you feel sick. You
look at it, and wonder how to get rid of it without actually eating
it. There is no dog around to serve it to under the table, and you
do not want to insult your hostess so you have to think of ways to
eat it, or at least look like you are eating it!
Steps
- Stare at the food you have to eat, and push it over so it does
not touch any other food on the plate. Take a bite of something
else, and with your fork, push the 'hated' food around, as if you
are going eat it. While playing with it, think to yourself, "It
isn't going to kill me."
- Take a forkful of more food on your plate, and again, push
around the 'dreaded' food so it looks like you have eaten some.
Make sure that when you push it, the plate shows through so it
looks like some of it is gone.
- If the food is soft, try adding it to another soft food on your
plate, so that you do not taste it as much.
- If it is solid food, then add a condiment to kill the
taste.
- Try to seem as if you enjoying your meal, so your hostess will
not be offended, but keep pushing the hated food around to look as
if you are eating it.
- If it is solid food, then cut it into very tiny pieces so you
won't choke, then maybe pick up some potatoes with it, and chew it
together so you won't taste it.
- Don't breathe! It sounds silly but many studies suggest that a
considerable portion (about 80%) of our sense of taste depends on
our sense of smell. Just remember how dull some meals taste when
you have a cold and a stuffy nose. Try not to smell the food and
you should be fine. However, be prepared to experience the
aftertaste when you finally do breathe through the nose.
Tips
- You do not have to finish everything on your plate. When you
feel you cannot stand another bite, then just push the plate
slightly away from you, put the napkin on the plate and just sit
till others finish.
- If your hostess questions you, just tell her that you were not
very hungry, but that it was delicious.
Warnings
- Remember to chew your food well so that you do not choke.
- Remember eating food that you hate will make you a better
person to yourself and the comunity.
