Jump to content

Knife and Fork Etiquette


Mekong
 Share

Recommended Posts

Is it just me or do others remember “The Rules” for knife and for placement before, during and after a meal. 
The paused and finished position were drilled into me as a kid, except pause in our house was quarter past nine handles on table.

It’s just that our lass keeps grabbing my plate saying finished when my knife and fork are in the paused position. I keep telling her, not finished my knife and fork don’t say that she looks at me as if I am from Mars as if to say “What the fuck are you on about” 

Once I showed her a website about this she just said “ stupid Farang rules” which to some extent she is probably right, the irrelevant crap we were taught as kids.

 

295B5DE0-EE83-4C96-A540-AD5F9F6DE683.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 Migrant,

In my experience that is how all Americans use cutlery, that calls for holding the knife, the beauty of the placement method is it is achieved hands free. 
I wouldn’t expect Americans to do such, uncouth race who swap fork hands to eat, and use it tines up. Many an American spy has been caught by this. I would hate to do a time and notion study on an American meal, what with that and incessant talking. Half the time you don’t bother with a heifer and fork and use you hands. You look funny to an Indian or an Arab shoving food into you mouth with your left hand. 
 

Coss,

As I said Stop, Pause and Stop for me, no idea about the others. My folks were working class with no designs of grandeur. Mums cooking was always excellent so no need for that one, and we only ever had one dish.

I summaries therefore it must be a civilised colonial habit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I also had the dubiously exalted, training as a Cordon Bleu Chef, this was done by matrons, no other word for them, think Hyacinth Bucket, who were flown from the UK to oversee, the assembled rich person's daughters and one horny kiwi bloke of 19, me.

They did not approve of me, or the speed, that I was rooting my way through, the rest of the class.

 

iu-1.jpeg.4a433198de62cb4908489a69e4118800.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...