Jan 26, 2016 3 min read

If you read my last column, you’ll remember it focused on whether I was making my bed incorrectly. Since strange and silly questions like that amuse me, I started thinking about something else I find funny. If I knew how to create one of those Twitter polls, I would have you vote on this.

I remember watching an episode of “All In The Family” as a kid that made me laugh. Archie Bunker was having an argument with his son-in-law about the best process for putting on socks and shoes. One of them opined that you put on both socks first and then proceed to your shoes. The other countered he always put on one sock and then his shoe and then repeated the process with the other foot. His reasoning was if there were ever a fire and he had to run out of the house, he’d at least have one shoe on rather than none. The other countered that with two socks, he would at least have something covering each foot in case of said fire.

I can see the merits of both sides in this argument, and I usually put on both socks first before my shoes. One could argue that if you had one sock and one shoe on the same foot, you could switch the shoe to your bare foot once you’re safely outside. Maybe the best course of action would be to just grab socks and shoes, run like crazy and worry about it later.

Something else that always amuses me is how other people in the kitchen react to my being left-handed. Let me be clear: I cook only when I have to and only when I need to eat. I still venture that my favorite thing to make for dinner is a reservation. The only thing domestic about me is I live indoors. I’d like to take credit for that joke, but I have found it on a cute little sign that’s hanging in the house. I did manage to find a cute spot for it and make sure it matches the décor.

Anyway, when I was growing up, my mom would watch me chopping vegetables or cutting something and say, “Here, let me do that.” My technique was and is still horrible, though I’ve learned to chop better by watching too many cooking shows. I think mom thought it looked awkward since I was cutting with my left hand.

Since I also use my left hand to stir and sauté, I always turn the handles on pots and pans to the right. It cracks me up when a right-handed person is helping and constantly turns the handles to the left. That’s when it becomes one too many cooks in the kitchen and I end up flipping the handles back the other way just to annoy them.

Kristin Emery can be reached at kristinemery1@yahoo.com.