for all of you appropriate types out there..

[girlthatthinks]

what is the proper protocol for eating a piece of sushi (think roll) that is too big to fit in your mouth in one bite? (and not risk certain death from a blocked airway

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[twirlingtulip]

if there is no possibilty of ordering a smaller roll, one must learn to unlock jaw. or practicing opening one's mouth as wide as possible.

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[girlthatthinks]

i tried, i swear. i managed to get one in there, almost.. but it felt like a severe choking episode was about to happen.

[darkadaptedeye]

i know the dilemma.

personally, i also hate that the rolls with the larger diameter like that also tend to be the ones that are cut thinner, thus guaranteeing their inevitable collapse upon biting.

personally, i try to stick to things that are better sized and constructed.

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[girlthatthinks]

you might be right.
but i love eel rolls, and this huge monstrosity was the only available one. bastards!

[circekills]

personally, i just say FUCK IT (literally, i say FUCK IT) and shove the damn thing in my mouth. or i bite it and let it fall apart. if i am in the company of someone i want to hump, i tell him or her to look away while performing said shoving entirety into mouth. i then mumble through a full mouth for them to keep looking away until i've managed to chew and gulp down the offensive thing.

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[girlthatthinks]

which is basically what i did as well. it was a fucking work lunch, which is stressful enough.... but, i'm one of the younger people in the office, and everyone here treats me like i'm 9. if you would have saw me at lunch today.. whoo. i think they downgraded me from 9 to pre table food age. i was picking rice out of my lap for 20 minutes.

[grn]

That's 80% of the reason why I rarely eat sushi. There's no good solution. I just shove it all in and it's no fun at all eating like that.

[shaheen]

The small mouth is good. No need to do anything to alter that. Instead, alter the sushi. Contrary to common practice in America, it's totally acceptable in Japan to eat sushi with your fingers. And with that as an option, you can more easily control the unweildy hunk and bite it in half while not destroying the other half. Ignore that in Japan it is proper to eat the whole piece in one bite. It's my view that bitting more than one can chew would be more offensive than biting in half what would normally be one bite. I favor dainty and practical over compliance with unwritten public expectations.