# How to eat pasta with sauce and seafood with tails still on

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-pasta-with-sauce-and-seafood-with-tails-still-on/528960>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 14, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-pasta-with-sauce-and-seafood-with-tails-still-on/528960 "2010-02-14T16:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat-pasta-with-sauce-and-seafood-with-tails-still-on/528960/21 "2010-02-15T06:33:44Z")

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> [@devilsknew](#):
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> Here’s what I figger’… the shrimp tail- that’s one of the culinary world’s natural “handles”. Like a rib, a drumstick, or a stem it is beggin to be picked up and grasped, handily and digitally…

I agree. If anyone doesn’t like it they can bugger off. There’s certainly nothing wrong with eating certain foods with your fingers, especially shrimp or a fried chicken leg. It’s silly to fight it with a fork when it comes complete with an inedible handle.

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