On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:25:26 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:
>
>I didn't get offended LOL. I get the impression that people from the USA
>tend to do the "switch" thing - I've known quite a few that moved here
>and had meals with them. Always looked "time-consuming" or at least
>"awkward" to me. That's why the contributor put the "where were you
>born" question in - a lot depends on what you are used to or "brought up
>to do".
Slowing down (time consuming) is the basis of the zig-zag method of
eating. Apparently Emily Post was tired of entertaining people who
shoveled food into their faces and barely came up for air, much less a
civilized conversation.
Lifted from
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Menu/...uetteGuide.htm
1. American Style: Knife in right hand, fork in left hand holding
food. After a few bite-sized pieces of food are cut, place knife on
edge of plate with blades facing in. Eat food by switching fork to
right hand (unless you are left handed).
Continental/European Style: Knife in right hand, fork in left hand.
Eat food with fork still in left hand. The difference is that you
don't switch hands-you eat with your fork in your left hand, with the
prongs curving downward.
2. Eat to your left, drink to your right. Any food dish to the left
is yours, and any glass to the right is yours.
3. Pass food from the left to the right.
4. If asked for the salt or pepper, pass both together, even if a
table mate asks for only one of them. This is so dinner guests won't
have to search for orphaned shakers.
5. Never intercept a pass. Snagging a roll out of the breadbasket
or taking a shake of salt when it is en route to someone else is a
no-no.
LOLOL! I am soooo guilty of intercepting a pass!
Here is a PowerPoint on proper table manners. Sometimes I wish I
could get up and show people how to use their knife and fork. I can't
stand seeing people (who should know better) in public restaurants
holding their fork with a club grip just to cut a piece of meat.
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:....rock-hill.k12.
click on the url that ends in ppt
If you don't have a power point viewer, get it he
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...798701033.aspx
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