To not want you to tongue my plate

[NigellaSeed]

Drinking the milk from the bowl after eating cereal = smart thing to do

Licking all the sauce off an empty plate after eating = totally vile and unacceptable!

I would finish the milk in a bowl with a spoon but never drink out of it. I would no sooner lick a plate than eat off the floor.

@StCharlotte

I confess I licked my plate the other night after mushroom stroganoff. The sauce is sooo nice and I don't need the extra carbs that come with bread. Soz!

I'd have to confess I've very occasionally done the same 🤭. Only when it's just us at home or me on my own. I wouldn't drink the milk from the bowl in public, but yes it's a lesser sin than licking the plate.

I cant lick as I have an abnormally small tongue but even of I could i wouldn't. Cereal milk is fair game, in private.

I can understand the “waste” argument when it comes to the remaining soup or liquid in a bowl that a spoon can’t quite gather as that’s likely to be substantial

But not with residual gravy/sauce/cream on a plate, sorry. I mean we’re talking about a slather of liquid. That’s not “wasting food”. That “food” is just waste at that point - you’re not particularly getting any more nourishment from licking up the remnants

It’s your house, your plate, but I do think it’s slobby to lick a plate clean

I’m even worse, if it’s just me and DP I run my finger over the plate and then lick it clean. Come at me

For some reason, I think that’s considerably less bad than actually picking up a plate and licking it.
How do you even lick a plate, it’s flat so when you tilt it to lick it, doesn’t the sauce drip on you? Or do you take your face down to the table? Am I misunderstanding?

Lolloping your tongue around on a plate

I thought this was going to be about snogging with dentures.

Our dogs lick our plates clean, yep, no shame in admitting it, the dishwasher kills the germs. Seeing a human do the same would be disgusting manners, lol.
Oh, and we have a different set of china for when we have visitors, dogs not allowed them and weirdly they know when the best china makes an appearance.

Assumed some kind of cunnilingus/piercing issue, slightly disappointed.

@Scotstar

I cant lick as I have an abnormally small tongue but even of I could i wouldn't. Cereal milk is fair game, in private.

You can't lick anything ? Lollies? Ice cream? Stamps? You poor thing

Both are equally grim, especially in company.

I let the dog lick the plates

waits for someone to tell me how disgusting I am and this why they never eat anyone's house ever

Our dog used to lick our plates. And anything else we let near her.
Well, we didn't have a dishwasher, someone had to do it!

Bleugh. Do adults really do this? It's grim.

I’ll trade my picky eaters for your plate lickers.

Agree with you op

@Bluetrews25

Our dog used to lick our plates. And anything else we let near her. Well, we didn't have a dishwasher, someone had to do it!

We call it the pre-wash cycle

I used to do it as a kid but don't now. The plates get washed so it wouldn't bother me that someone's tongue has been on it! It just isn't great table manners 😅

I still remember as a small child my parents had the local town solicitor over for dinner and he did this….my eyes were out on stalks!

I was brought up to believe that plate licking is the height of bad manners.

The solution to this is to offer to clear up, so you can take your plate off to the kitchen and lick it to your hearts content with no witnesses.

Then stir mint sauce into the remaining gravy and drink it out of the jug...

@LuluJakey1, my French exchange girl’s mother would have disagreed with you.

Every morning she drank her milky tea from a bowl, into which she dunked her bread and butter, so the tea had melted-butter globules floating on top.🤮

On a caravan holiday at dinner time I glanced across to the adjacent caravan and saw the occupant holding his plate up to his mouth and scraping the remains of his roast dinner directly into his mouth. He proceeded to drink the contents of the gravy boat.

Obviously, after seeing this, I kept on looking back to see what he would do next. After pudding, he drank the leftover custard directly out of the jug too.

I was about ten years old and I was transfixed by such an audacious display of gluttony.

Another person saying they're equally bad. Equally?! You're posts have been reported

I don’t think drinking the remaining milk out a cereal bowl is as bad as licking your plate. However I do deem both bad table manners, just one milder the other extreme.

I think licking your plate is disgusting. I’ve never actually seen anyone do it though,

I have a real hang up about bad table manners, , people shovelling food in, using their cutlery wrong, eating with their mouths open, and picking their plate up and licking it would be the worst.

I can do lollies etc but cant stretch my tongue to do plates and the like. Also cant kiss for long, it hurts!