On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:23:46 -0800, "The Ranger"
> arranged random neurons and said:

>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.

Ahem. According to the 16th edition of Emily Post's _Etiquette_, page
438 under dinner settings:

"At the left of the plate, the dinner fork; at the right, the dinner
knife next to the plate, then the soup spoon or dessert spoon (if
necessary) on the outside; butter plate to the left and above the fork
with the butter knife laid on it diagonally from the upper left to the
lower right; napkin at the left of the fork; salad plate (if
necessary); coffee mug or cup and saucer with the spoon goes to the
right of the mugs."

Class dismissed.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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