This thought came to me while eating my dinner (rather than in the place I’m supposed to be having these ‘weird thoughts’). I have just eaten my dinner and I’d put it on a square plate. I am sure that my dinner tasted nicer than it should have done given the non-posh nature of the contents.

Tonight for tea we had sausages, baked potatoes, green beans and coleslaw (with a drizzle of ketchup). On a square plate, this looked amazing. On a square plate, it tasted amazing. If I’d dished it up on round plates, it would have looked fairly bland and would have tasted ok.

Put this on a round plate and it looks much less exciting

Put this on a round plate and it looks much less exciting

Why is that?

And as for food in bowls, that looks positively slap dash.

Who would want to eat that in a restaurant?

Who would want to eat that in a restaurant?