[thechat] american table manners -- fork in right or left..?

[Norman Beresford]

Doh, me getting confused.  Right and left :) 

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Sent: 25 August 2004 10:57
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Subject: RE: [thechat] american table manners -- fork in right or
left..?

At 15:11 25/08/2004, Norman Beresford wrote:
>I seem to recall that if you're using a single piece of cutlery you use

>your left hand, however if you're using a pair (ie knife and fork) you 
>have the fork in your right hand.

I do it exactly the other way around. :)

Ain't that European style?


Ashok wrote:

>WIth the fork
>in her left hand, she
>was about to raise it to her mouth -- when he slapped her hand.  "Not 
>like that....
>transfer the fork to your right hand...!"

Americans like him give the rest of them a bad name.


>"I dont know....In the States we always eat it like this...," was his 
>answer....

Uh huh. Default setting for the rest of the world, then.
Wonder if he'll freak out that we Indians use our fingers for Indian
food.

I suggest you don't drive him around then. He might slap your wrist
while driving saying, "Drive on the right side of the road." Could be
dangerous. :(

Madhu

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Madhu Menon
Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine
Indiranagar, Bangalore
http://www.shiokfood.com

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