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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.
Just as in Western cultures, communal utensils (chopsticks and spoons) are used to bring food from communal dishes to an individual's own bowl (or plate). It is considered rude and unhygienic for a diner to use his or her own chopsticks to pick up food from communal bowls and plates when such utensils are present. Other potentially rude ...
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.
Similarly, cleanliness and hygiene are important. While cooking, the cook does not taste food and uses the same utensil to stir the food. 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 ...
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 ...
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Dinner with various cutlery positions, waiter taking empty plates (1950) In the United States, [1] the silent service code is a way for a diner to communicate to waitstaff during a meal to indicate whether the diner is finished with their plate.