How is this "unclassy"? It's just the way some people choose to eat. So long as one isn't smacking, slurping, and talking with a full mouth, eating food one item at a time isn't exactly breaking any rules of etiquette.

Hey, some people just like to save the best for last! Now what is so wrong with that?!

Really, who'd want to even know someone who gets pissed about something as inconsequential as this?... I mean, you know, imagine how incensed they could be about  maybe having a different race or gender or something? I'd hate to see what else would be suggested under a souljunkie system of government, or a  dictatorship run by Souljunkie and his toadies the Soul Junkers...

Obsessive worrying about an issue like this seems more indicative of a lack of class, than the activity itself.

I don't eat my food one item at a time, but I know others do this. I would not necessarily rate this as "low-class". I just look at it as some people have different ways of doing things.

One petit-pois at a time?

A quirk maybe but this is not what I would call as lacking class.

First, I happen to do this myself. Don't ask me why, I'm just very wierd about it. Anyway, I'd rather see someone eat slow and one item at a time, than see someone cram their face like an animal.

The worst. Ugh. I'll tell you what, anyone who doesn't pile up all their food in one huge mound and eat it without any utensils lacks class in my book.

Actually, I find it more disgusting when people mix all their food together. Some things go well together, others don't. Some people don't like having to cleanse their palate after every bite simply so they can keep taking a bite of something different. If I want to eat my vegetable before eating my meat, what's the big deal? Especially if it's a vegetable I don't particularly enjoy. I'd rather get it out of the way before eating the things I do like and ruining their taste. If you don't mix everything together it doesn't mean you lack class. It simply means you have good taste.

I don't know, this is just a matter of preference. Although I heard in some countries it's considered rude. This is america you can eat anyway you chose... just don't chew with your mouth open ew!

It's not classless. So you don't like to mix the flavors of your steamed brocolii and your steak by eating them at the same time. Big deal, everyone else just needs to get a life and stop watching you eat.

Who cares. I mean if anyone judges a person for this, they should get a life! The only time this is a class issue is like aDios said, if you are in a snobby environment or an environment where you have to impress people and act all sophisticated. i couldn't imagine eating like this at a company , executive formal dinner.

Just a matter of personal preferance. Has nothing to do with class.

when i was younger my brother would do this when we went out to eat but he did it to irritate but it wasnt that he ate one food item at a time that really did get to me its that he took so damn long to do it if i had plans for the evening and then hed act all innocent but i love him though

. . . as opposed to inhaling it all at once?

Alright, so the world won't end if you eat one food item at a time but etiquette dictates otherwise...

Class to me is a lot about the behavior we have when in public. I'd like to think that while it may be nothing to the average Joe this kind of behavior would be noticed amongst a group of upper crust or more sophisticated people, and not noticed for good reasons. Class does not always mean acting upper crust But small things like this say a lot about your background and upbringing. I was taught that class is the ability to mix with all groups. This is not the way to do it.

I could care less how people eat,unless they are loudly chewing their food with their mouth open-now THAT lacks class!

Does not bother me at all. if this is their preference for eating food so be it.they are not hurting anyone.

When I was a kid I was more inclined to mix everything together (this really peeved my mother) than do this. But really - other than to parents trying to teach table manners - what possible difference does it make except to the person doing it? Now, if you start piling up mashed potatoes in the middle of your plate in the shape of the Devil's Tower then I might be concerned.

The suggestion that one might be revealing something about class by the order in which they eat their food is spectacularly ridiculous.

eh to each their own.