GENERAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4633, 8 December 1934, Page 3

GENERAL.

EATING IN PUBLIC.

If at any time you are at a banqu'et, and game is in season, it very often takes the place of a joint. Presented with half a 1 small bird reposing on a bit of toast, and garnished with watercress, many of us wonder

secretly whether the toast and the garnish are intended to be eaten as well as the bird itself.

The answer, I must tell you, is “Yes” to the toast, and “No” to the watercress. The toast, you see, is the most delicious part of it all, so it would be ci’uel not to let us eat it, whereas the garnish is only fcr decorative purposes. The French fashion of treating vegetables as a separate course has somehow crept in, and asparagus and globe artichokes are nearly always served to us in this fashion. The eating of asparagus does make some people quite embarrassed, and has been the subject of many jokes, but in reality there is only one way to eat asparagus—with the fingers. But I can hear you say: “What about the asparagus which is green and soft to the very end, and wobbles dangerously when anyone tries to lift it toward her mouth ? ” I agree that is a hard case: one has to solve it by just using a fork.