DO YOU EAT CAKE OVER THE SINK?
Many years ago I was working in Woody Allen's house in NYC....He wanted a garbage disposer and asked what our experience was with them...well of course we said they are great! after all what the customer wants, he gets!!!...he then went on to say that he likes to work late at night and have a snack afterwards....but did not want to make the kitchen dirty...he said he likes to have cake and milk , but will not eat it at the table , he wants no one to know what he ate , so there is nothing to clean up in the sink....a carryover from the days he lived with his mother and father....I thought...when I was about 16 or 17 , came home on a late night, I took leftovers from the fridge and ate them over the sink........my brother is the one who had Twinkees and milk over the sink!
What do you like to eat over the sink?
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My mother-in-law eats over the sink, regardless of what she is eating or the hour. It's strange to me because she will do this rather than sit down to eat with the rest of us. The other strange habit is that she leaves the water running most of the time while she is at the sink, which I think goes hand-in-hand with an obsession for washing (fruits out of the fridge are washed until they are room-temperature). I've asked my DH about all of this - he shrugged and told me 'that's just mama'. But all that water!!
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steakman55
Sep 20, 2012 03:55 PM
I once had a book, The Joys of Pigging Out. Two maxims that I still remember: Anything eaten over the sink does not count as calories. Anything eaten frozen that is meant to be eaten thawed does not count. Stuck with me all those years.....
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I never heard of this in relation to hiding the snacking, nor to avoid kitchen cleanup. I do have one over-the-sink snack tradition, though. I like to bring a tomato in from the garden, rinse it, and stand over the sink with the salt shaker while eating it like an apple. The salt sticks to the damp skin (first bite - then of course you can salt onto the pulp for subsequent bites). I don't think there's anything else I eat over the sink with the exception of just-washed produce while prepping.
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KaimukiMan
Sep 16, 2012 04:53 AM
Not necessarily over the sink. I had a friend who's parents were vegetarian, and they expected their children to be vegetarian as well. He would call late at night, I would go through drive-thru or take out, then he would sneak out of the house and we would eat down the street, with him using mouthwash before he snuck back in. He got caught sneaking back in and got a LONG lecture about being careful, how STD's and unplanned parenting can ruin a young man's life. Ah, his poor parents, afraid he was sneaking out to his girlfriend's, when all he wanted was a cheeseburger once a week or so.
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re: KaimukiMan
sunshine842
Sep 18, 2012 04:38 AM
because if they'd figured out he was eating meat, the shit REALLY would have hit the fan. LOL
O.o
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bagelman01
Aug 25, 2012 02:00 PM
I don't like to eat over the sink, but to avoid that telltale mess from a late night snack, I open the sliders in the kitchen and step out onto the patio and eat out of doors. The crumbs and leftovers get thrown in the woods for the wildlife. The paper plates, cups and napkins go into the firepit.
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I don't think I have ever eaten anything over the sink - I guess I never even considered it as an option. Interesting (she says with a single raised eyebrow).
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Your post is a trip back in time for me .................... when my father was out of town on business, my mother would invite me to join her for a 'sinkside supper' which I thought was such a treat! We'd raid the fridge and nosh on our [leftover or highly unorthodox] treasures, chatting about all those wonderful mother-daughter things. All other nights were at the dining room table with all its attendant formality. The sink was a sweetly intimate time for us. Thanks for the memories.
Edit: I would be remiss if I didn't admit to continuing this tradition, even though I do not have daughters. My husband and I will share the sink as we share a summer peach, juice running down our arms. There is something cozy about our sinkside eating. I will also admit to eating in the swimming pool and once served a 'finger' supper there, but that is probably another post.
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PHREDDY
Aug 25, 2012 05:13 AM
Thats' so sweet....I have to admit, that I never shared the experience with anyone...When I lived at home, if my mother caught me, well, I guess she would have told me to never do such a terrible thing....as I noted, did catch my brother many times, but I never got busted...
And yes ocassionally I do indulge....from the fridge to the sink is about 10 feet, I open up the fridge with a fork in hand, find and open up the plate, as I make my way to the sink the target is consummed....if any is left, it does get finished over the sink.
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Quine
Aug 24, 2012 02:28 PM
I have never considered eating anything over a sink. I don't know why people do it and could be a deal breaker in a relationship.
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re: grayelf
sunshine842
Sep 21, 2012 08:57 AM
referred to in some regions of the country as "sink peaches".
Not to be confused with "sink maters"
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