Knives and forks

[Senator Jack]

Nah, the Red Baron's hair's too short. Besides, he flew a tri-plane. Not very red when you think about it. Some planes had one wing while he had three. They needed to disperse the surplus fairly.

 

[Smithy]

Yes, correction. I added the reverse for lefties bit for PC sake it is isn't correct after all!

Exactly, everyone knows lefthanders are evil.

Not to worry, BK. These rules only apply if one eats with utensils.

...or if you are the kind of person who would never blow their nose on the curtains unless you could reach the tablecloth first.

 

[Mid-fogey]

It does matter...

Good table manners matter. Colleges have taken to teaching prospective graduates proper manners at the table before they humiliate themselves during a lunch interview. We often decry the decline in proper dressing as it expresses respect for others. It's no less important in table manners -- which also evolved to show respect for others.

I will say that during our trip to Europe last month we noted the difference in "knife work." It sure seemed more practical.

 

[RIOT]

For those of us who have done meals-on-the-go in the most unusual places, here is my trusty spork. Left, right, it's the best of both worlds. lol

 

[Senator Jack]

Knife work? 95% of the population can't seem to chew with its mouth closed. Give me that and forget about the business of left-fork/right-fork.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Exactly, everyone knows lefthanders are evil.

The heraldric word for "left" is "sinister."

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[Marc Chevalier]

In Chile, it's customary to eat sandwiches with a knife and fork. Pizza, too. And all chicken -- including the KFC kind.


Chileans look on in horror as American tourists dig into their sandwiches, pizzas, and fried chicken with grabby, grubby fingers. lol

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[Lady Day]

Emily Post was adamant that the American Method of "zig-zag" eating (putting down the knife, transferring fork to right hand after each morsel cutting) was foolishness. She strongly urged adoption of the method seen in GB and elsewhere - keep fork in left hand, knife in right (reverse for lefties).

I was taught the right handed way, and it all but traumatized me

Well, made me dizzy.

LD

 

[Miss Neecerie]

In Chile, it's customary to eat sandwiches with a knife and fork. Pizza, too. And all chicken -- including the KFC kind.


Chileans look on in horror as American tourists dig into their sandwiches, pizzas, and fried chicken with grabby, grubby fingers. lol

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well it is in that upside down Southern Hemisphere...

Brazil is much the same way....

 

[Mid-fogey]

Remember the Seinfeld episode...

In Chile, it's customary to eat sandwiches with a knife and fork. Pizza, too. And all chicken -- including the KFC kind.


Chileans look on in horror as American tourists dig into their sandwiches, pizzas, and fried chicken with grabby, grubby fingers. lol

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...when George took to eating candy bars with a knife and fork?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Typical strange manners I learned (about) as a child were that some people crush peas onto the back of the fork (I never did that),

Crush? My man, the British way is to balance the peas on the back of the fork. Crush? The very thought!

Lots of fun for kids and adults, alike!

bk

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Lots of fun for kids and adults, alike!

Now you that you mention it, I have a faint image before my inner eye how when I was a child, some aunts of mine did that balance thing, just crushing/cheating a little bit. I wonder who had more fun!

 

[Haversack]

Then there is the British school of practice that uses mashed potatos as a mortar for attaching peas to the back of the fork...

Haversack.

 

[Haversack]

Growing up, I was always a very slow eater and followed the US method of knife and fork work. When I was stationed in Germany, I endevored to blend in when eating on the economy and taught myself the German/Continental method. It took and has become my default. One big difference I found is the placement of one's hands when they are not engaged with utensals. In the US, the unused hand is kept in the lap. In Germany, it is kept on the table. Similarly, there are different patterns of knife and fork placement which signify when one is done eating.

Haversack.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Then there is the British school of practice that uses mashed potatos as a mortar for attaching peas to the back of the fork...

Haversack.

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

you've just brought back more memories than you can imagine. :eusa_clap

bk