We don't eat our peas with honey

Very interesting write, and very imaginative too. I like the walk-around-the-subject you've made of this. Besides making interesting a simple thing like pea-eating, you've touched on the kind of consciousness kids actually experience.

I have only one nit, which is the change of voice in the "informality is the rule" stanza. You begin with "we ate" to "you pick up". I realize it's the general "you", but it sounds awkward.

Frankly I'm a scooper - never realized it was an impolite way to eat. Then again, unlike the Brits, we habitually leave the right hand free of utensils.

Alcuin