Thread: Dinner

Originally Posted by Mendip

Baked pork chops.



Deliciarse.



I try to teach the daughter to eat properly... and to my mind, part of this is to keep your fork around the correct way. I remember as a kid, wondering why I shouldn't turn the fork around upside-down in the American manner and simply scoop up the peas. The daughter asked me the same thing today as she watched me balancing peas on he back of my fork.

But some things just ain't right. I think that standards are worth preserving.

As a lad I was In the habit of just shovelling it down the gob any which way but my old mum would quickly rap me on the knuckles with the heaviest bit of cutlery she could find, consequently I learnt table manners. Or at least how to hold a knife and fork

^ Good man!

Originally Posted by Mendip

Correct etiquette places the fork in the left hand, with tines pointing down. No problem for pancakes and the like, but a bit problematic for peas.

Where? I have travelled the world and never once encountered this.

I'm thinking it could be a Turkish kebab for me tea!

Originally Posted by aging one

Where? I have travelled the world and never once encountered this.

Neither have I but a quick google search shows that it was proper table etiquette....300 years ago.

^ This was how I was raised in the 1970s, and I'm no Jacob Rees Mogg.

Originally Posted by aging one

Where? I have travelled the world and never once encountered this.

Yes mate, but have those travels included high society England?

Originally Posted by Mendip

but have those travels included high society England?

LOL, have yours?

^ One of my sisters has an OBE... that's pretty classy.

Tbh I think the erosion of proper table etiquette is the thin end of the wedge. What's next... a mob instead of a queue (sorry... 'Line'), feet up on the seats of public transport, etc etc

Originally Posted by Mendip

One of my sisters has an OBE... that's pretty classy.

But does she let you eat with her?

Originally Posted by Mendip

Tbh I think the erosion of proper table etiquette is the thin end of the wedge.

It is the sign of social decline...

Originally Posted by Topper

It is the sign of social decline...

We agree on that, at least.

And I'm sure my sister would love to eat with me more often, but busy lives... different countries, conflicting schedules, etc etc.

Also, she married a German.

^ At least your brother in law prefers Kraut to peas...

Originally Posted by Mendip

This was how I was raised in the 1970s, and I'm no Jacob Rees Mogg

I wonder what your mom would make of your dogs sprawled out on the outdoor dining table. A good clip around the earole I'd imagine

Originally Posted by Mendip

I'm sure my sister would love to eat with me more often, but busy lives... different countries, conflicting schedules, etc etc.

Also, she married a German.

You'd share the same dining etiquette there then, albeit with your fork sat to the left of a human winnit instead of one of Yogis

Are those little shrivelled up orangey black things-carrots?

^ Quite astute for so early in the morning...

The little spherical green things are peas!

Originally Posted by aging one

What the hell Mendy? Is this a joke?

As a kid, if I 'scooped' the peas my father would say 'You're not in America, now!'

Knives and forks are a challenge for them, you only have to look at how they hold the exotic implements.

^^ As I said to my daughter last night.

Today she called her wardrobe a 'closet'. That annoyed me as well.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Quite astute for so early in the morning...

These early buses don't drive themselves you know.

^ they will soon.

What's in that jar?
And did your family own 2 gravy boats, Mike?

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

And did your family own 2 gravy boats, Mike?

Not Mike but we just used the measuring jug it was made in.

^^ Apple sauce, you can see it on the plate at 9 O'clock.

We do in fact have 3 gravy boats but I don't like to show off.

Originally Posted by Mendip

have those travels included high society England?

Oh, my. Did you flash your back hair at the Queen?

Originally Posted by Mendip

^^ As I said to my daughter last night.

Today she called her wardrobe a 'closet'. That annoyed me as well.

Hopefully she won't hit you with 'gotten' this afternoon, and round the atrocities off.