Julia Altshuler wrote:
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> I'm curious about how we learn these things. I don't recall my parents
> ever showing me how a knife and fork were used specifically. They'd
> correct me at the table if I did anything overtly disgusting, but they
> were lax about specifics. I do remember a time in elementary school
> when I was eating with a friend. I was holding my fork in my left fist
> and having trouble managing the meat. My friend's mother showed me how
> to hold the fork correctly. Other than that, I think I learned
> everything from observation. Now it's so ingrained that I'd have
> trouble using another method.
>

I think we just "do what our parents do" without really thinking about
it, and that's what we get used to. Even though my Mom is "left handed"
in every other aspect, she still uses her knife and fork the way most
right-handed people do to cut up her food. I suppose her parents did it
that way, so she did it too. She says she can't cut her food properly if
she holds the knife in her left hand and the fork in the right And she
doesn't "switch" to eat her food once its cut up either...
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