@chimerror Without an ounce of sarcasm here: ritual is important. Especially for food.
Of all the things that it actually makes a lot of damn sense for human brains to want a lot of ritual and formality and reassurance around... food is pretty far up there. (I keep reminding Peg of this when she apologizes for being a "fussy eater.")
You are indulging something deep and often sensible in your brain--whether it's objectively needed in this _specific_ case is kinda irrelevant.