I love to get the plate clean if I have enjoyed my food, and when I am at home I do lick my plate.

If we are out, I will make sure I have some bread to soak up any juices that I cannot get up using a fork too.

But my Ems, well, she leaves that much on her plate I just can't believe it. Even when she empties a tin of say beans, there is a spoonful still in the bottom. I will wash it out to get everything out.

Maybe it was my way of growing up, never to waste anything. And yes, we did not have much, but surely my Ems did not have much either.

Hey ho, it gives me an extra lick when I take the plates to the washer!