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When used in conjunction with a knife to cut and consume food in Western social settings, two forms of fork etiquette are common. In the European style, which is not uniform across Europe, the diner keeps the fork in the left hand, in the American style, the fork is shifted between the left and right hands.
Dining utensils will include a pair of chopsticks and a spoon. Common chopstick etiquette should be followed, but rice is generally eaten with the spoon instead of chopsticks. Often some form of protein (meat, poultry, fish) will be served as a main course and placed at the center of the table within reach of the diners.
Chopsticks – East and Southeast Asian utensil; Skewer; Tongs; Toothpick; Cocktail stick; Drinking straw; Cutlery – A set of Western utensils: usually knife, fork and spoon; Sujeo – A paired set of Korean utensils: a spoon and chopsticks; Food pusher - a utensil with a blade set at 90° to the handle, used for pushing food onto a spoon or ...
This refresher on modern table manner rules can help guide you during business and social occasions.
These etiquette mistakes you don't know you're making can be accidentally rude. From common misconceptions to bad habits, avoid these embarrassing faux pas.
Dinner at Haddo House, 1884 by Alfred Edward Emslie. Table manners are the cultural customs and rules of etiquette used while dining. As in other areas of North American etiquette, the rules governing appropriate table manners have changed over time and differ depending on the setting.
Once the food is tasted with a utensil, it is put away to be washed. Food which has been dipped with fingers and cutlery used for eating is considered jootha or Uchchhishta (contaminated). The precept of not contaminating all the food or a drink with bacteria or viruses in one's saliva is of particular concern as the health of someone could be ...
Utensils are placed inward about 20 cm or 8 inches from the edge of the table, with all placed either upon the same invisible baseline or upon the same invisible median line. Utensils in the outermost position are to be used first (for example, a soup spoon or a salad fork, later the dinner fork and the dinner knife). The blades of the knives ...