Dear Queenie,
My sister thinks I eat too slow and I think she eats too fast. She says it’s rude to make everyone else wait while you eat and I say it’s not healthy to gobble up your food as fast as you can.
Queenie, who is right?—Eating Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
You are both right. If dawdling over your food makes everyone else wait for you to finish, tell them to go ahead and have dessert and not wait for you. But gobbling up your food too fast can make you eat too much, which is why dieting experts advise against doing so. Try to find a “happy medium” speed.
