The Food Issue: Dishes not found on the kids menu
Wendy of Housewyfe and Caveman summarizes one of the keys to superb sex.
The old menu [was] precise and orgasmically-focused. Now the orgasms are just part of the pleasurable equation.
Ever been to a restaurant with small children?
Do they seem to care much about...
- making plans to go out to the restaurant?
- discussing where to go with the people you'll go with?
- thinking about other people you might want to invite along?
- picking out nice clothes to wear to the restaurant?
- meeting companions out front and chatting in the lobby?
- perusing the menu?
- selecting a nice wine that goes perfectly with the meal?
- nibbling the bread and olive oil?
- enjoying the corking ceremony, tasting, and then approving the wine?
- pouring wine for everyone else?
- contemplating the menu?
- asking about specials?
- eating the salad?
- chatting while you eat?
- eating the entree?
- joking and laughing while you eat?
- commenting on one's own selections and hearing other's comments?
- offering each other morsels of this and that?
- savoring the flavors, textures, aromas, and appearance of each tiny bite?
- the sensation of slowly, pleasurably getting comfortably full?
- contemplating the dessert menu?
- murmuring pleasantries as you wait for dessert to arrive?
- sitting back and relaxing after?
- savoring cordials, coffee, or port after?
- sitting together talking and laughing as you wait for your meal to settle?
- maybe going for a nice walk afterwards?
- bidding your companions a leisurely farewell as you leave to go your separate ways?
No. They care mainly about
- dessert
While we're on the topic, there are a couple of other things about dining with children.
- they're not very patient with anything that doesn't cut right to the chase: dessert
- if it were up to them they'd go straight to dessert
- you can tempt them to try other things you know are good for them by pointing out exotic, adventurous-sounding items on their special menu but no matter what it's called it's really just the same five bland choices they always want.
I'm not saying what a child cares about in a restaurant is wrong. Just immature.
