The use of the westernstyle food tableware.
How to use knives and forks 1. When eating, eat dish in the middle, the knives and spoons placed on the right side of the plate, the fork on the left. Generally people write right hand, when drinking western-style food, naturally with the right hand with a knife or spoon, left hand fork, glass also with the right hand side. 2. The knife and fork is put on the table, generally not more than three pairs. More than three course meal, have to put the knife and fork placed again after use with serving new knives and forks. 3. The knife and fork from the outside to the inside in order to use (that is to say in advance by using order by extroversion, in turn, put in). 4. When eating, are generally both cooperate with each other, that is a knife a fork into pairs. Some exceptions, when you drink soup, just put a spoon in the right, with his right hand holding a spoon. Consumption of raw oysters in general and the oyster fork to eat with his right hand. 5. A knife and fork with different specifications, according to different purposes determine the size of the size also have difference. When eating meat, regardless of whether or not to cut with the knife, use large knife. When eating salad, dessert or some appetizers, want to use the knife. The size of the fork or spoon in general with the knife. When you drink soup, with a large spoon, and drink coffee and eat ice cream, with a trumpet is advisable. 6. Taboo with his own tableware for others to Tony.
A knife is used for cutting food, do not use a knife to stir up food into her mouth. Right hand knife. If during the dinner conversation, there are three kinds of different specifications of knife appear at the same time, the correct usage is commonly: with little jagged that one used to cut meat; Medium-sized to large vegetables cut into small pieces; And the small, some point is round head, the top up a knife, is used to cut the bun, and then use it to select some jam and butter on the bread. Don't make a mistake. fork Left hand fork, the fork to deliver up the food into his mouth, the movement wants light, pick up the suitable amount of disposable food into the mouth, don't procrastinate, a large bite down again, this is very indecent. Fork to pick up the food into the mouth and teeth only encounter food, don't bite the fork, do not put the knife and fork on the tooth or pan sound. Spoon on formal occasions, there are many types of spoon, small is used for coffee and dessert; Flat for butter and eat cake; The larger, used to drink soup or scrawled food; The largest is the public to eat soup, common in the buffet. By place by place is according to order food from outside to inside. Some vegetables after use, can remove part of the knife and fork. A knife and fork to put the direction and position are exquisite. Knife and fork on the pad plate is eight, blade itself, fork pointed down means you want to have dinner; Put a knife and fork parallel on the pad plate edge to place, fork pointed up you don't want to have dinner. Spoon placed horizontally in the pan, soup spoon up heart, also said tableware can 収 go with soup
Note: only the banquet or allowed to add meals in consumption is likely to add the course to apply. If only a plate of each dish, you don't need to put the tableware into this appearance.
Western food knife and fork in meaning When western-style food, knives and forks put also has meaning, you can have your meal will put through the fork and knife to convey: 1. I haven't finished meal: no, plate, if you want to continue eating, put the knife and fork points open, roughly triangular, then the waiter will not take your offer. 2. I have already finished eat, can put a knife and fork parallel on the same side of the plate. At this moment, even if your plate and things, the waiter will also understand that you have finished with the meal, will take the dishes at appropriate time. 3. Please give me to add the food: plate is empty, but you still want to have dinner, put the knife and fork points open, about eight, then the waiter will give you add food.
