Eating with a facemask

With the easing on the opening of restaurants, and before I make my reservations, I experimented with a number of ways of how to tackle one of my favourite pasta dishes – that of spaghetti olio, aglio e peperoncino – all while wearing a facemask.

The face mask itself must be of the disposable type as it’s bound to end up rather messy.

My recipe calls for using pasta – spaghetti – from a good Italian brand name, oil from pure and untouched virgin olives, expensive locally grown organic garlic and the juiciest hot peperoncini available.

The dish is served with sprigs of freshly cut parsley and a tablespoon or two of grated parmeggiano.

So, the first possibility is to try the mask on, check that it sits well on the face, covering nose, mouth and chin. Then carefully pierce a hole exactly where it covers the mouth. The hole need not be very large, but big enough to take in a fork rolled up with the scrumptious spaghetti. This method also allows to drink a nice red Lambrusco from a fine, stemmed, balloon wineglass.

If one doesn’t wish to make an opening in the facemask, then the other possibility is to slip each pasta strand (a spaghetta) underneath the facemask and pull (as in suck) it in. The sound might annoy your dining companion, but they should be two meters at least away from you, so the sound would have dissipated by the time it reaches delicate ears. This method also allows one to sip the nice red Lambrusco albeit through a straw, also passed underneath the facemask.

The last option of the three possibilities is the most difficult to perform. Order and wait for your dinner to be served, and then while you only ogle at the food on your plate, enjoy watching your company consume theirs, chatting about the Covid19 situation, how easing on the opening of restaurants is positively effecting the nation and other pandemic stories. You have nothing to worry about as long as you continue wearing your facemask and of course not eating.

Don’t forget to pay the bill on your way out.

Stay safe.

Peace

thevirgosign
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Fourth possibility, make a flap in the mask. thumbs up
Wear an edible facemask
A sheet of Lasagne..mm mm
Thanks for the recipe and the Italian lesson. thumbs up

As for the tips of how to eat with a mask on...
Thanks, but no thanks!

I'd rather eat at home.smile
Metamaus, they'd better start production REALLY soon with approved vaccines popping up all over the place laugh no limits to human ingenuity but can you imagine going on a first date in these? rolling on the floor laughing
Virgosign, top blog. I think though that takeaway (takeout) is the best solution for now laugh
VivienLee2 ... a first date in those would be a surprise, it’s a second date in those that could be interesting ??
I'll skip the diner and eat at home as well.I'll skip the mask too.
@ Virgo~ - wave ......




..... grin cheers
Good and funny virgo I will pass also and eat at home.............wave
I think a person can become contaminated with the virus with that mask.

I'm not eating out. I saw a video where the virus was pass from one person to the other as they ate in a restaurant.
I'm not sure I like the idea of these Pac-man masks. I think you could stick a prong of the fork in your lip, and with your tooth behind your lip it could be sore, maybe even bloody.
Also I was wondering, while you are taking care putting the loaded fork through the mask, what about your breathing. Do you breath in or out before taking a mouthful. You might breath in at the wrong time and end up requiring the Heimlich Manoeuvre.
Yeah, I foresee liability issues ahead. Let me see. You could sue the Mask manufacturer, the Restaurant, the Government for allowing you to go to the restaurant. I'm sure there more.
Soooo.. I'm beginning to like the idea of these masks after all. Now I wonder where I can get one. laugh
Easy option cheering
Make it at home yourself dunno
You wouldn't need to even think about wearing face mask dunno
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