Thread: Dinner

Originally Posted by Mendip

^ I may have something to offer later, now that the bar has been set so low!

Get the gardeners ya dong into ya and join us

Off the grill tonight.

Originally Posted by Stumpy

I am just poking fun at Toots as he is me. Whatever works. It's just food. In my upbringing, my elders taught me how to set a proper table when guests were coming. Salad plates, all utensils etc. Never understood all the hype but some how doing all that shows a higher level of class and etiquette. I used to go to large FooFoo dog and pony show exec dinner parties for work and all that set up made me laugh but I played along as it's all part of the show.

Still don't get the peas on the back of a fork though.

There are significant differences in etiquette though. The biggest difference is the fork being passed to the dominant hand by Americans, whereas it remains in the weaker hand in the UK. It means that Americans often cut their meat into pieces before eating - which is cute as that is what we do for kids in UK......

Originally Posted by nidhogg

There are significant differences in etiquette though. The biggest difference is the fork being passed to the dominant hand by Americans, whereas it remains in the weaker hand in the UK. It means that Americans often cut their meat into pieces before eating - which is cute as that is what we do for kids in UK......

Not for me or any anyone I know. I hold the fork in my left hand (I am right handed) and use the steak knife with my right.

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Not for me or any anyone I know. I hold the fork in my left hand (I am right handed) and use the steak knife with my right.

Dont know one person who eats like that either Stumps. I have heard it before but never experienced it.

I guess this is all wrong, then...

http://https://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/table-etiquette/na_table_manners/american.html

After cutting food, the knife is laid down and the fork is switched to the right hand, to eat the cut food.

Originally Posted by cyrille

I guess this is all wrong, then...

Seems like that to stumpy and I. I also dont see anybody coming on board saying, "yup, I cut my food and then eat with my right hand".

Well, a sample size of about four isn't really representative.

Though I'm not saying your statements are incorrect, of course.

I do wonder why 'Yellowstone Publishing LLC' would put that on their site if it has no basis, though.

Well I had never heard of a person using a fork backwards to eat peas either.

Originally Posted by cyrille

After cutting food, the knife is laid down and the fork is switched to the right hand, to eat the cut food.

Odd. Seems like a ton of wasted effort but then again if you are eating dinner with a royal family and the King and Queen are present then one must abide by the rules. Thankfully in the US we do not have such rules and no King and Queen crap. So we cut the meal and put it in our mouths to eat.

In our house growing up there were only 5 basic rules of table etiquette.

1. Always wash your hands before sitting down for a meal
2. Never put your elbows on the table
3. Never belch at the table
4. Never fart at the table
5. Always pass the served food to the right.

There were a few others and I would have to ask my pops. There was never any special utensil mandate or control.

I was the cut my food up with the knife in my right hand then switching to the fork in my right hand until my Australian girlfriend corrected such uncouth behavior.

I think if one of your rules has to be don't fart at the table then the bar isn't that high in regard to etiquette

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Odd. Seems like a ton of wasted effort but then again if you are eating dinner with a royal family and the King and Queen are present then one must abide by the rules. Thankfully in the US we do not have such rules and no King and Queen crap. So we cut the meal and put it in our mouths to eat.

In our house growing up there were only 5 basic rules of table etiquette.

1. Always wash your hands before sitting down for a meal
2. Never put your elbows on the table
3. Never belch at the table
4. Never fart at the table
5. Always pass the served food to the right.

There were a few others and I would have to ask my pops. There was never any special utensil mandate or control.

That's BS, I've watched nearly 3 seasons of 'Young Sheldon'.

Tables?

We ate off our laps with a newspaper or magazine to stop us getting burnt through the plate.

Tasted good, but this is the strangest shaped T bone I’ve had before.

^ that is a section through the pubic bone

Originally Posted by Stumpy

In our house growing up there were only 5 basic rules of table etiquette.


Always wash your hands before sitting down for a meal
Never put your elbows on the table
Never belch at the table
Never fart at the table
Always pass the served food to the right.

No saying grace ?

Never took you for a communist, Stumpy



And then again

Avanti populo, comrade

You’re a fool if you think that’s incinerated. It was a perfect medium rare nicely charred on the outside.

Saya mau pesan tikus bakar sekali dan French fries, terima kasih

Originally Posted by helge

No saying grace ?

I grew up in a trailer park, we knew God had forsaken us so why bother?

Originally Posted by DrWilly

It was a perfect medium rare nicely charred on the outside.

You mean "micely" ?

I've had Lao neighbors; I know a burnt rat when I see one

Didn't the smell of burnt fur give it away ?


Fries look good though