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hmonkey
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as i have been whining about, we are spending the weekend with the inlaws. there is at least one trip to a seafood restaurant planned, and ideally more.
dh and i have a pair of seafood scissors. i suggested we bring them and offer them to sil and bil, in case the kids want them or if it will make it easier to open crab legs for the kids. (there is one restaurant some of us want to go to, and it does not do scissors -- it is mallets only.)
dh said that it was presumptuous and insulting to sil and bil's parenting. i feel it is merely helping, and if they don't want them, i will use them.
am i in the wrong here?
dh and i have a pair of seafood scissors. i suggested we bring them and offer them to sil and bil, in case the kids want them or if it will make it easier to open crab legs for the kids. (there is one restaurant some of us want to go to, and it does not do scissors -- it is mallets only.)
dh said that it was presumptuous and insulting to sil and bil's parenting. i feel it is merely helping, and if they don't want them, i will use them.
am i in the wrong here?
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Re: settle this argument.
Can you send an e-mail and ask if they want you to bring them?
But I don't think offering is at all a commentary on their parenting
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[QUOTE]I would not bring my own utensils to a restaurant. I also don't see why you need anything more than a mallet and a semi-sharp knife to open crabs legs. But I don't think offering is at all a commentary on their parenting
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]
<div>You wanna give kids a mallet and a semi-sharp knife?!</div><div>
</div><div>Bring it for the kids. It's not a comment on parenting, it's offering a useful tool. I'm not going to snap at someone who offers me a wet-wipe when they see me using Magic Mom Spit to clean Bacon's face. </div>
If the kids are too young to be handling the utensils than someone should be picking the crabs for them. In that case, the scissors are a moo point.
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[QUOTE]I'm talking about a step above a butter knife. I've been eating crabs that way since I was 4 or 5. You're more likely to cut yourself on the pointy ends of the shell than you are on the knife. If the kids are too young to be handling the utensils than someone should be picking the crabs for them. In that case, the scissors are a moo point.
Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]
I agree with everything about this.
[QUOTE]I'm talking about a step above a butter knife. I've been eating crabs that way since I was 4 or 5. You're more likely to cut yourself on the pointy ends of the shell than you are on the knife. If the kids are too young to be handling the utensils than someone should be picking the crabs for them. In that case, <strong>the scissors are a moo point.
</strong>Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]
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And I don't think mallets and knives should be given to children under the age of 8-10.
the kids are 2 and 4. they would not be using the scissors; bil and sil would to make opening seafood faster and more efficient.
i imagine that the restaurant uses mallets because it's more fun and less expensive to replace.
I also imagine that scissors would tend to crush the shells and send little shards into the meat. If you use your mallet and knife correctly this doesn't happen.
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