Do you lick your plate?

[classical_hero]

I am wondering how many people lick their plate after they have finished?

I do it all the time and mother used say this to me, "Where have I seen that before? Oh wait I have seen the dog do that." Trying to discourage me from doing it, but it never worked. Of course I never did that when I was out eating, just at home.

 

[Antilogic]

I do rarely, but only in private.

Especially after pancakes. Nothing as good as pancake crumbs, blueberries, and syrup.

 

[Agent327]

No thanks. (I do like crumbles, though.)

 

[Tee Kay]

Only occasionally, like if there's tomato sauce on it.

 

[azzaman333]

Nah, I still have my dignity.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I rarely finish the stuff on my plate.

Makes it kind of hard to lick it.

 

[emzie]

I can't recall ever licking a plate.

 

[shadowplay]

Seems kind of gluttonous to me.

 

[Antilogic]

Seems kind of gluttonous to me.

It is in all the right ways.

 

[Borachio]

Yup. I do it. In private, and to save a bit of effort on washing up.

According to Solzhenitisyn in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, a prisoner licking his (and possibly others') bowl is the beginning of the end.

The truly dignified mop up with a piece of bread.

 

[Quackers]

I haven't licked a plate. I never enjoyed savoury food that much.
Now, if its a bowl of ice cream I will employ the tongue on the sly

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

We're talking food right?

 

[cybrxkhan]

Rarely.

I know some older folks from poorer countries who do it often even in America. Understable, though, as those folks tended to come from much more desolate backgrounds.

 

[Nobody]

sometimes after icecream

 

[Leoreth]

Assuming "plate" isn't an euphemism I'm not aware of ...

Yes, but rarely. And I always feel so uncivilized about it.

 

[Camikaze]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone licking their plate for anything other than (poor) humour value. I thought it was just used because 'they cleaned the platter clean' wouldn't be much of a zingy ending to Jack Sprat.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Its food awesomeness dependent.

 

[Visorslash]

Rarely, but I have on occasion.

 

[Winner]

Often

 

[NickyJ]

Nah, I still have my dignity.

This.