On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:40:04 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:26:21 -0500, blake murphy
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:23:07 -0800, sf wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:23:46 -0800, "The Ranger"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Goomba > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >>> sf wrote:
>> >>>> I absolutely hate family style, but I do require a properly set table
>> >>>> - fork on the left, knife on the right, napkin (folded) and placed
>> >>>> *under* the fork.
>> >>> Just a small point but... napkins aren't supposed to be under the fork but
>> >>> rather on the left side of the fork. You're not supposed to have to move
>> >>> utensils to get to the napkin, especially since the napkin should be the
>> >>> first thing touched (when opened up in ones lap) after sitting down.
>> >>
>> >> Hmm. The three cookbooks (Pillsbury 1963, BH&G 1959, Betty Crocker 1965,
>> >> 1970) from my Sainted Mother(tm) are incorrect in their
>> >> display/illustrations and accompanying text if this is true.
>> >>
>> > Must be a Southern thing. I've never heard of it, but Emily Post says
>> > "The napkin is folded or put in a napkin ring and placed either to the
>> > left of the forks or on the center of the dinner plate. Sometimes, a
>> > folded napkin is placed under the forks". She also calls this an
>> > *informal* table setting
>> > http://emilypost.com/component/content/article/371 Placing a napkin
>> > under the fork is more common than old Emily thought, but she ran with
>> > the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts so I don't think she was in touch
>> > with commoners who weren't servants.
>>
>> what, then, should i do with the half-sized paper towels i most often use
>> for a napkin?
>>
>Tuck it under your chin.

Hmm... we all know the mick dines with a roll of TP.