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Right handed; but use left hand.
Green Giant:
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--- Quote from: Mysterioii on April 03, 2012, 02:22:45 pm ---If I'm eating with just a fork or spoon I hold it in my right hand, but if I'm eating with a knife and fork I'll switch the fork to my left hand and use the knife with my right. Apparently other people don't tend to do that? My family always said it was odd. I know why I do it though, I just like having more control with the hand I'm cutting with...
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Nope, that's what I do, knife goes in the right hand.
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2nd'ed
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That is the proper Emily Post way to eat.
If you are right-handed, you use the knife in your right hand to cut the food. Then you switch the fork to the right hand to pick it up and eat it. It requires lots of switching, but that is the truly proper way to eat.
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on April 04, 2012, 12:10:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: lilshawn on April 03, 2012, 03:47:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on April 03, 2012, 02:28:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mysterioii on April 03, 2012, 02:22:45 pm ---If I'm eating with just a fork or spoon I hold it in my right hand, but if I'm eating with a knife and fork I'll switch the fork to my left hand and use the knife with my right. Apparently other people don't tend to do that? My family always said it was odd. I know why I do it though, I just like having more control with the hand I'm cutting with...
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Nope, that's what I do, knife goes in the right hand.
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2nd'ed
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That is the proper Emily Post way to eat.
If you are right-handed, you use the knife in your right hand to cut the food. Then you switch the fork to the right hand to pick it up and eat it. It requires lots of switching, but that is the truly proper way to eat.
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Don't know about the "properness" of that method, but it's the only way that feels comfortable to me. I don't have the same level of control with my left hand as I do with my right.
God knows I was never taught how to eat "proper"... :laugh2:
Vigo:
Proper western dining form for most the world is fork always in left. I don't know if Emily Post ever did instruct on switching fork hands or not, but I was under the impression that Emily Post often is cited as the excuse for most our wonky American habits in dining. In most settings I will incorrectly use the fork in my right hand if I don't need a knife, but I wouldn't try that at a business lunch.
Nephasth:
Well... How do you hold a fork then?
A:
or
B:
I go with B when just using a fork (in my right hand), and A when using a fork (in left hand) with a knife.
Vigo:
A: For Steak
B: For Mac and Cheese
I have no clue if that is correct. My lame college dining etiquette lessons only went so far. (I have a hospitality and tourism degree) :lol
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