On 4/17/2013 5:22 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
> Tara > wrote in
> :
>
>> I can keep my elbows off the table, but the nicety I always forget
> is,
>> "Little ships go out to sea." Spoon your soup away from yourself.
>>
>> Tara
>
> In Asian countries, it's perfectly acceptable to pick up the bowl of
> soup, hold it just under your mouth with one hand and spoon the soup
> in with spoon held in the other hand.
>
They've got cool spoons, too!

Jill