[starbase]

I know what you mean. It seems obsessive. Many moons ago I went to France and met different groups of French in different settings. It always seemed to take FOREVER to eat. I guess that's the strategy, they wait for "the 20 minutes or so" for your stomach to trigger it's not hungry, then you stop eating the carefully crafted, delicious food that you're nibbling on in small portions.

This German girl I knew at the time and I concurred, the French eating style also meant you always felt like you were STARVING!

[Soaring Feather]

I would not do well there I fear, but then I probably eat too, fast. ;)