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Dining Etiquette

What to do and what not to do at dining

+Agenda

The Place settings

Handling utensils

Cutting, seasoning and so on

Top 10 – Table Manners Don’ts

+Place Settings

Informal place settings

Basic rule is utensils are placed in the order of use

Forks go to the left; knives and spoons go to the right of the plate

Drinking glasses of any kind go to the top right of the dinner plate

+Place Settings

Formal place settings

Everything is geometrically spaced: the centerpiece in the exact

center, the place settings at equal distances and utensils balanced.

No more than 3 of any implements are ever placed on the table. If

there are more than three courses before dessert , the utensil for

the fourth course is brought in with the food.

+Handling utensils

How to Hold?

Continental style: Once the food is cut, the knife is kept in your hand

or laid across the plate as the other hand lifts the fork to your mouth.

The fork is held tines down with the index finger touching the neck

of the handle. The fork remains in the left hand.

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How to Hold?

American( zigzag style): After the food is cut. The American method

calls for placing(not propping) the knife on the edge of the plate.

Then switching the fork to your right hand before raising it, tines up

to your mouth.

+Resting utensils

+Cutting, seasoning and so on

Cutting food. Cut your food into one or two bite size pieces at a time.

Seasoning food. When at a dinner party or restaurant, always taste your food before seasoning it.

Chewing food. Once you start to eat, don’t literally bite off more than you can chew. Take a manageable bite, chew it well and swallow it before taking another.

Reaching. Don’t lean past the person sitting next to you to reach for something on the table. A request to “ Please pass the (item)” is required for everything beyond that invisible boundary, as is a thank you to whoever does the passing.

Using a finger bowl. Dip your fingers into the water and then dry them with your napkin.

+Top Ten Table Manners Don’ts

Chewing with your mouth open or talking with food in your

mouth.

Slurping, smacking, blowing your nose, or making any other

unpleasant noises

Picking your at teeth the table

Failing to place your napkin at the table or not using at all

Taking a sip of drink while you are still chewing your food

+Top Ten Table Manners Don’ts

Cutting up all your food at once

Slouching over your place or leaning on your elbows while

eating

Executing the boardinghouse reach rather than asking

someone to pass

Leaving the table without saying excuse me.