A mother didn’t want to do the dishes, so she dumped the whole spaghetti dinner on the kitchen table. Her kids thought she was “losing it.”
Hannah Levine, age 30, was told to “throw dinner on the table,” which she did when she served spaghetti to her “10-year-old daughter Willow and 4-year-old son” Oakley.
On video, Willow and her five-year-old son watch as Ms. Levine puts the pasta, then the sauce, and then the meatballs on the table. The children look confused.
The 10-year-old girl from Dunmow, Essex, can be heard asking her mother, “What are you doing?” Her mother then tells her that they are having a “fun dinner” tonight.
They started eating right away, leaving their knives and spoons on the table, and the family’s three Yorkshire Terriers climbed up on the table to join them.
Ms. Levine said that the totally vegan meal cost about £10 to make and that it only took “30 seconds” to clean up because there was no need to do any dishes.
The mother of two also said that the trick helped her get her kids to eat more at dinner.
“It was just a joke. She said, “When I told my husband dinner was ready, he said, “Throw it on the table, and I’ll be there in a minute.” So I did.”
“They loved it, and when we gave up on cutlery, it was a free for all.”
Ms. Levine put two plastic tablecloths and tin foil on the table before calling her kids down for dinner to protect the surface and keep the food warm.
She said that her family didn’t know what she was going to do, and when she started spilling their tea all over the table, they thought she was having a “breakdown.”
When I first put the noodles on the table, they asked, “Mum, what are you doing?”, the cleaner said.
“When I put the sauce on the table, my daughter might have thought I was going crazy,” I said. My son asked me why we didn’t have any plates.
She said, “Usually, I cook a big dinner, and my husband takes any leftovers to work the next day.”
“This time, my dogs joined in and ate what was left. The rest went in the trash.”
“This tea was so fun that my kids ate more than they usually would.
It turned into a competition to see who could eat the most from the table.
Hannah told her friends about the fun thing she did at teatime and posted a video of her kids’ reactions to the “plate-less” spaghetti meal on Facebook.
The mother said, “I got mixed reactions when I posted the video on Facebook and sent it to some of my friends.”
Some people said it looked like a lot of fun, while others said they wouldn’t do it at home because it would be too messy. However, this dinner makes less mess because it’s so easy to clean up.
“It looks messier than it really is, but it’s easy to clean up.”