Asian Lady Skills

My mom is visiting. Today we went to dimsum and she passed on the ancient secret of how to shell a shrimp in your mouth. It took quite a few tries, some wasted meat, lots of swallowed shells, and one shrimp bit in my lap before I did it properly (and then still she said I obviously didn't chew the head properly to get all the juice out since the eyes were still intact). Conclusion: not really worth all the effort. But, as she also pointed out, this valuable skill could save me from having to use dirty swine-flu infected fingers to shell my shrimp. Oh joy!