"Julia Altshuler" > wrote

> Phred wrote:
>>
>> I'm happy to be shown I'm wrong, but the impression we have here in Oz is
>> that "Americans" chop stuff up, then switch the fork to the other hand to
>> shovel the bits into the mouth. Are you saying they do this one bite at
>> a time? Or have I got my ethnics mixed?

> Standard procedure is to put the fork in the left and knife in the right.
> Cut one bite of food. Put the knife on the side of the plate, switch the
> fork to the right, put the left in the lap, then put one bite of food in
> the mouth.

That's not to say there aren't people out there who might cut up
their whole steak(whatever) at once, it's just not what I do or
anyone I've ever observed eating do.

nancy