Pluggers by Rick McKee for July 30, 2022

seriously? who eats peas with a knife?

The only person I know of to do that was Dudley Do Right.

Whirl your peas with mashed potatoes.

I eat my peas with honey, I’ve done it all my life. It makes my peas taste funny, but at least they stick to my knife.

Any knife will do, if you hold the dish at a bit of an angle to the open yap and use it to shove everything in.

I remember once seeing a Groucho Marx scene (pretty sure it was him – might have been Oliver Hardy) where he was trying to eat his peas with his knife and wasn’t able to keep them on it long enough to get them into his mouth. He solved it by pulling out a pair of pliers and bending the knife blade into a trough shape then scooping the peas onto it with his fork.

Where is your Fork or Spoon ?

You mean I can’t use my spoon?

Got a question: In what ‘place serving’ do you get two knives and no fork ??

I am with IndyMan, a true Plugger would know two knives are not at any regular dinner setting. A knife was used to push the peas onto a fork to eat in lieu of bread or a biscuit used to push food onto forks more commonly now.

The only place for peas is: Fresh picked, cold, in a salad. Any other way they are just nasty. Only thing worse is a lima bean.

You’re a Plugger if you are totally confused if there is more than one fork, knife and spoon in your place setting. I know I was when I had 3-forks, 3-knives, and 3-spoons of different sizes. 1 big and 2 little plates didn’t help either.

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A plugger would realize that one of the knives was actually intended for someone else at the table—who will probably have two forks or spoons. Plugger spouses don’t always have time to set the table formally. They are more concerned with getting the food ready at the same time. And pluggers often prefer to sit in their easy chairs instead of at the table so they grab their own plates and silverware and dish up at the stove.

Real Pluggers don’t eat peas!

Sort of funny how things change. I like English Peas now but loathed them as a kid. My mother went through a phase where dinner was sort of a production and she had small bowls of peas set by each plate. Again, I loathed peas.

My mother told me to eat my peas and I said, “no thank you.” She repeated the directive to eat my peas and again I said, “no thank you.” Then my dad chimed in and said “eat them or wear them.” Thought and deed were one and the same; I scooped up the bowl of peas and planted them on top of my head.

Yes, I got a spanking, not for not eating my peas as such, but for being a smart aleck…and yes, I deserved it. (My dad howled with laughter the whole time.)

A real plugger would have a spork.

jt doesn;t matter just use the mash taters to help.

I figured the peas-on-the-knife routine was an excuse to drop them all over the floor so you wouldn’t have to eat them.