Is licking the yogurt lid really awful?

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I was raised in a real waste not want not household. I was taught that when eating a yogurt, you lick the lid to avoid wasting any. In the days when lids were foil you had to be careful not to cut your tounge, I was taught that too! I've always thought this was normal and what everyone does.

Just today, for some reason I've wondered if it might not be the done thing in the staffroom?!

Just had yoghurt and automatically licked lid! Also lick lids of cream evaporated milk well almost anything lickable in the food line!!

Also scrap and lick mixing bowls, pie dishes etc and my dh would mop up crumbs from frying pan! Most tasty bits! Waste not want not - scavengers are disappointed with my waste bin!

I literally just licked the lid a minute ago!

I just scrape it off with the spoon

not what adults do at all
Today I learned I’m not an adult because I lick yoghurt off something. Who knew. I’ve been allowed to vote and pay taxes for years, who do I inform about this mistake?

At home, yes. In public, use a spoon.

God no, you use a spoon, my dad would have gone mad if we'd done this as kids.
I have however been brought up by very uptight parents.
Ladies don't drink from pint glasses, dunk biscuits, have tatoos , the list is endless but I am completely indoctrinated.

Only in private if you feel you really must

It's the best bit. Something to do without others around, though.

Revolting!

Urgh lid licking and scraping the pot to within an inch of its life make my toes curl!

@Bertucci you have obviously never seen anything actually revolting

It’s really grim and I think it’s so rude of people to do it in public especially 🤢

At home I would lick it, in public I would scrape it off with a spoon.

I have literally just done that. Why waste good yoghurt? I don't care who sees me.

LST

But I have! I had a colleague who regularly licked the lid of his yoghurt. It caused me (and others) intense disgust = revolting.

@Bertucci in what way? Wow. You live an extremely sheltered life. I think when lockdown is lifted you need to get out a tad more

It's fine. The yoghurt advert even says so.

How silly you are. Revulsion is subjective.

I don’t do it and seeing others do it is a bit yuk.

Haha. How silly I am when you are judging people who lick a yoghurt lid as revolting 🤣🤣

My revolting colleague that was a lid licker, also scraped the bejesus out of the pot and made lip-smacking noises when he ate. We hated him.

Wouldn’t give it a second thought.

It really is a sign of poor manners and background.

It’s the best bit of a yoghurt. Probably wouldn’t do it in a restaurant though!

This thread has made me go and get a yoghurt.😋

Gross.

I also worked with someone who, on finishing a bag of crisps would tear it open, lay it on the table, lick her fingers and smear them around the innards of the bag and continue licking the fingers until she was satisfied she had exhausted every grain of salt and drop off grease from it.

It was revolting.