HuffingtonPost.com just published another one of my new articles. An excerpt:
“It’s interesting to reflect upon why ‘hand food’ is so popular. It’s a well-known fact that the natural process of digestion starts with the digestive juices flowing before we put the food in our mouths. This was revealed long ago by Pavlov’s experiments. A natural stage of the process of digestion is picking up the food with our hands. Even from an evolutionary perspective, there was food way before there were knives, forks, and spoons. Our ancient ancestors began their feasts by picking up the food with their hands and putting it in their mouths”…
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“Hand Food: Why Eating With Your Hands Is So Satisfying”
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Fun article! Once I set my New Year’s Resolution to eat only with my hands… That didn’t last long, but it was fun. I did however eat only with a wooden spoon for a couple years. Even wood felt way more ‘natural’ than metal in my mouth!
I say it felt natural because it felt more “invisible”… it was less noticeable as a foreign object interjecting itself into my meal. It intrigues me that often what is most natural is least noticed, because it just fits, works, seamlessly.