While forty bites for each morsel is absurd, there are indeed benefits to eating slowly,
and chewing food intil all the lumps are gone. It has been so long since I read any
physiology that I can't remember the details about oral enzymes beginning process,
and gtomach and intestinal enzymes being secreted, and peristalsis being facilitated.
And peace, quiet, and pleasant surroundings, interesting conversation and other
amenities contribute significantly.
Only idiots need to have "the hind lick maneuver" - surely everyone has heard that
story. If not, PM me.