The introduction of western tableware
1. Use etiquette to eat western-style food tableware, must pay attention to the position of the arrangement and implantation of table utensils, do not haphazard get mess. Formal dinner party, every food, dishes that match a set of corresponding cutlery (knife, fork, spoon), and the order of the above food outside-in. When dining, both side should take the most out of a set of knives and forks. Every eat a dish, will be folded knife and fork side by side put in dish, said the dish is exhausted, the waiter will take the initiative to come forward to removed this set of tableware. Such as has not been finished or temporary pause, knives and forks show eight word should be around or cross on the plates, blade inward, meaning is to tell the waiter, I haven't finished, please don't put the dishes away. When using a knife and fork, try not to make its impact, in order to avoid big sound, more not waved a knife and fork to talk with others. 2. The dining etiquette Western-style food variety, different flavors, so the order of serving, because of the different cuisines, different specifications and different, but the basic is the same order. Complete meal content of western food generally have seven or eight, is mainly composed of several parts: first, cold drink (juice), fruit or basin, also known as an appetizer, the goal is to increase appetite. Second, the soup (i.e. head dish). Need a spoon, butter, bread, usually at this time. Third, vegetables, cold dish, or fish (also known as deputy food). Can use pad plate on both sides of the corresponding knife and fork. Fourth, the main course (meat or cooked food). Meat course generally equipped with cooked vegetables, at this time feeding is put meal after cutting knife and fork dish. If you have salad, need salad spoon, salad fork cutlery etc. Fifth, after eating food. For dessert commonly (snacks), fruit, ice cream, etc. Finally for the coffee, coffee coffee spoon, long-handled spoon should be used.
In the western-style food tableware knives, forks, spoons and plates, is an extension of the hands, such as plates, it is the expansion and extension of the hands; The fork is on behalf of the fingers of the hand. Due to the progress of civilization, the many like the tableware of shape gradually merge simplification, for example, in China, finally only chopsticks and spoons. Sometimes a little dish. While in the west, so far, still the full table when eating utensils, such as a big plate, small plate and saucer, deep dish, salad fork, fork meat fork, drink soup spoon, dessert use spoon and so on. Description on the diet culture, western not only started late, progress is very slow.
