How do you eat from your plate?

My father-in-law ate one food at a time, finishing off, say, the meat, then the potatoes, then the vegetables or whatever. Some people clear their plate from one side to the other. Some adults and often, children, don’t want the different foods to mix on the plate. Some eat their favorite food first; others start with what they like the least. Others, taste a little of this, a little of that, mixing and matching as they go. How do you clean your plate?