Being a slow eater involves planning.

Love the colors of today's second lunch!

I called it second lunch because I had pasta too, but that was eaten with the other interns in the cafeteria. As I am the slowest eater I've ever encountered, whenever I eat with other people and have a timeframe in which the meal needs to happen, the dilemma is eating enough to be full vs. socializing with others. And talking significantly slows my consumption rate, so there's usually some sort of trade-off. So today I ate my pasta and half of my peas (interestingly one of my favorite foods), then went back to my desk, resumed my work, and continued eating at my preferred snail-like pace. :]

Because I took a break between finishing my peas and starting on my apple, it was a lovely lunch that may or may not have taken until 4pm to finish.... >_>