While replying to a work email the other morning (really, I wasn’t looking at Instagram), I flipped my phone face first into a slice of sourdough spread with peanut butter and honey. It was impressive the extent to which the caramel goo got in everywhere: under my shiny rose-gold cover, in the grooves along the screen protector thingy, and yes, into the holes for the speaker. No cranny was left unbesmirched! It’s true: eating while tweeting is a thoroughly dangerous undertaking. Besides that, there are some foods you should just enjoy unencumbered by your device. Put those screens away, pals.

1. An open peanut butter sandwich

Enough said.

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2. Slap chips

Repeated hand washing will be necessary to thoroughly degrease before you touch anything that is not the slick wax paper at the bottom of your chip packet/plate. Also see: any food that requires the use of your hands. (Cellphones are dirty, yo!)

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3. Big bowls of face-meltingly hot soup

There’s no coming back from a dip in the deep.

 

 

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4. Curry and naan bread

It is imperative that you tear off the buttery naan and scrape up the sauce. Cutlery won’t cut it here.

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5. A Gatsby

I mean, you’ve seen these, right?

 

 

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6. Fish tacos

So pretty; so impossible to eat in a dignified fashion.

 

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7. Juicy fruit like naartjies or mangos

These are best enjoyed with both hands. Preferably naked.

 

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8. Pizza

Be at one with the cheese.

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9. Ramen

You know this sucker is going to splash.

 

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Falafel

If it’s a decent falafel, more sauces and fillings will be dropping out of the bottom of the pita than will stay inside.

 

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11. Doughssants

Welcome to the triple threat of butter, oil and cream.

 

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What’s the worst phone-meets-food disaster you’ve ever had? Tell us in the comments below.