We ate dinner in three minutes flat! Our technique was perfect; backs straight, no elbows on the table, no eating with mouths open, or speaking with them full. My father was a fast eater so Don, my brother, and I saw this as a virtue and devised and traded ideas on how to accomplish this skill too.. And
Load up fork, insert in mouth, bite the bit in half, push to right side while loading another fork, insert, bite, push to left, fill middle mouth and chew. While chewing, swallow the small to medium sizes until mouth is mostly empty, then repeat.
My mother was not impressed, she cooked from scratch and dinner took at least an hour to prepare Then she made a fresh dessert every day. She made our bread; an all day job.
I know it took us exactly three minutes to eat because we came the dinner table at exactly six every evening. The television was not allowed to be on although Don and I had a favorite program that starting at four minutes past six. We ate, Mom and I cleared away the dishes, cut and served desert, swallowed it, and Don and I never missed the first minute of that show.
John likes the television on as we eat and I still eat too fast unless I sew on a quilt. I’m finally slowing down and enjoying my meals. And In the winter, when the light is dim I wear a tiara.  nancymauerman.com