I do that - my food not only doesn't touch but I eat only 1 thing at a time. No taking a bite of mashed potatoes then a bite of steak. You eat all of one thing and then something else.
I think mine comes from the 'clean your plate' mentality of my parents - you only put on your plate what you want to eat so I'd only put one thing at a time so when I got full I was done. My sister would have to sit there for an hour picking at her's because she piled everything on.
I'm not a freak about it though, restaurants where there are several things at once don't bother me.
|