Seems to me there are people who chomp on bones and revel in the lasting tastes of the meat. Others just eat around the bones and leave some small specks of meat on the bones, which the former group would never do.
Do you chomp?
How bad is chomping for your teeth?
If you chomp too much and injure your teeth, is that chomp pain? (sorry )
(I am talking about at home or at a barbecue, not at a three star Michelin place)

My dad is a master at getting every tiny morsel of meat off a bone. I wouldn't classify him as a "chomper" though. He does revel in this art. I have never asked him why he does this, but I believe it is because he was dirt poor growing up and absolutely detests wasting food, which is fine. I hate wasting food too. Watching him do this all these years as rubbed off on me. I wouldn't classify myself as a "chomper" either. My teeth are fine (as well as my dad's).
Whenever I eat wings with friends, I am always amazed at how much meat is still on the bones when they are finished. I do find it a little wasteful.

Depends how much I like what I'm eating. I deffinitely have been known to "chomp" on the bones from a rack of lamb. Bone in pork chop, though... I'd probably just cut around.

Keeno.... When my father came to the U.S., one of his first jobs was as a busboy in a restaurant and he was amazed at how much food was thrown away here, since he came from an environment where he frequently had no food to eat at all.
Yet, he was not a chomper, nor am I.

My parents also came from opposite ends of the economic spectrum. One side cleans the bones, the other does not and it's exactly opposite of which group you would expect.

I'm not a chomper or however you want to classify it. I'm not a big fan of eating the fat either. I wonder if the two are related.

No chomping here. I try to get a big enough steak that it's not necessary.

Few things make me happier than my mother making rack of lamb, and me, gleefully being covered in lamb as I gnaw at the bone. (of course there needs to be nobody besides JC and my parents there...)

Fried Chicken or pork chops? Yep, no question I'm gnawing it after hitting bone.

Rack of Lamb? If not in a restaurant in front of people, yep, I'm gnawing it. Last Friday's dinner was rack of lamb but I behaved myself. Didn't want to embarrass w+a, DoktaP and Longboarder.

Steak? Nope, I outgrew that one, along with eating the fat (uggh).

My late dad always said to "save the bones for Henry Jones" - but it definitely wasn't because dad "didn't eat no meat".

Anyway, so ever since childhood, I always clean the bones. I'm not a chomper, though, more a gnawer, so there's never chomp-pain.

Love digging out the last vestiage of meat on a bone. Many times that is the most succulent.

Love getting the meat off ribs. Am a mess allthe way to the ears.

And don't forget the marrow!!

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And don't forget the marrow!!

Roasted bone marrow on toast, mmmmmmmm.

Chomp. Beef, pork, lamb, whatever.

How about your 9-month-old son chomping on rib bones? And Dad, looking on proudly.

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How about your 9-month-old son chomping on rib bones? And Dad, looking on proudly.

They were a little older than nine months, but I have pictures on my wall at school with Dom'n'Vin smiling away, bbq sauce all over their faces, holding baby backs.

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Originally posted by gigabit:
How about your 9-month-old son chomping on rib bones? And Dad, looking on proudly.

They were a little older than nine months, but I have pictures on my wall at school with Dom'n'Vin smiling away, bbq sauce all over their faces, holding baby backs.

Excellent!

Chomp for me, especially during bbq season.

Chomp, Chomp, Chomp

Its football season. GO GATORS!!!

Gators always Chomp!

You don't leave meat on bones. Especially not in a Michelin starred restaurant. Anyone who says you aren't allowed to use your fingers to eat a rack of lamb can get lost.

I don't gnaw the bones; once the meat is gone it's done, but I make sure to clean them.

We had rack of lamb last evening, amongst friends.

Everyone in attendance was gnawing the bone.

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Originally posted by KSC02:
We had rack of lamb last evening, amongst friends.

Everyone in attendance was gnawing the bone.

New Zealand lamb?

the bone afficionadas seem to outnumber the genteel types.

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Originally posted by KSC02:
We had rack of lamb last evening, amongst friends.

Everyone in attendance was gnawing the bone.

New Zealand lamb?

N-Z Lambs?!

Quebec lambs are top drawer around these parts. And more environmental

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by KSC02:
We had rack of lamb last evening, amongst friends.

Everyone in attendance was gnawing the bone.

New Zealand lamb?

N-Z Lambs?!

Quebec lambs are top drawer around these parts. And more environmental

Sorry, when you get a chance, try the best in the world... New Z.

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Sorry, when you get a chance, try the best in the world... New Z.

Actually... many of the best lamb dishes I've had, the lamb has come from small "artisnal" (for lack of a better word) farms, in the U.S., NZ, and elsewhere. The most consistently excellent lamb I've had, regardless of farm origin, has been Turkish.