eric forbes’s book addict’s guide to good books, a blog I recently discovered, discusses the ever important topic of how to eat while reading.
From the piece, written by Sharon Bakar...
Certain foods lend themselves to being consumed by fervent readers. Sandwiches are the most obvious, of course. They were deliberately designed for one-handed eating by the Earl of Sandwich when he did not wish to forsake his card games at mealtimes. However, I must confess that I find lamentable the present-day trend for doorstop-sized sandwiches with foliage and mayonnaise spilling out in all directions, by those with scant regard for British tradition. The genuine British sandwich is a dried-up slice of cheddar cheese or Spam slapped between two slices of stale white bread, its lack of taste more than outweighed by its inherent convenience because surely, if you have to eat it with a fork and knife, it defeats the object of ordering a sandwich in the first place?
Noodles are a good choice for readers, provided that you are adept at using chopsticks and don’t baulk at the thought of a few grease spots on your shirt when the noodles splash back into the sauce. Here’s a hint: avoid wearing white if you are planning a prolonged reading session over noodles, or choose the drier noodle dishes: you really can’t do much harm with a plate of Singapore fried bee hoon. With sufficient practice you should be able to consume an entire plate of noodles without taking your eyes of the page even once. Spaghetti may be consumed in a similar fashion: Marco Polo did steal the idea of pasta from the Chinese, after all.
Malay food and Indian banana leaf curries are other possibilities.
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