In every person's life there are situations where the table need to show their best side. To do this, you need to know which hand to hold a knife and fork on etiquette, as well as some other rules. differences may exist in different cultures, but the general concepts of etiquette are the same for everyone.
General rules of conduct and etiquette at the table - this is the minimum that needs to know every cultured man.
Content
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1 How and to what hand to properly hold appliances
- 1.1 Fork
- 1.2 Knife
- 1.3 A spoon
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2 How to eat properly
- 2.1 Dessert
- 2.2 Spaghetti
- 2.3 Meat
- 2.4 Hot sandwiches and bread
- 2.5 Salad
- 2.6 fish
- 2.7 poultry
- 3 How to behave at tea or coffee
- 4 How to use a napkin
- 5 VIDEO: Etiquette - How to behave at the table.
How and to what hand to properly hold appliances
Etiquette dictates how to use those or other utensils.
The basic rules of etiquette must be instilled from an early age.
Fork
European rules of etiquette dictate that the plug is located on the left side of the plate guest. If a portion involves having multiple plugs, it is located next to the tableware is used for the main course, and future - for lettuce.
Arrangement of devices according to the rules of serving.
Take the device is prescribed with his left hand, the teeth at the same time go down. The index finger should be placed behind the device, but at some distance from the base, otherwise you can touch the food. fork handle must be hidden under the palm, and its end adjacent to the wrist.
Hold the fork in the left hand. The teeth should be directed downwards.
There is a different style (call it American). It prescribes hold the device like a pencil, the teeth are directed downwards.
If a dish does not involve cutting food, the fork must be kept in the right hand, prongs up.
Knife
And he and the other etiquette prescribe hold the knife in his right hand. The index finger is located on the side opposite from the sharp edge, the other fingers holding the handle, and its end adjacent to the wrist. American etiquette rules suggest that the instruments can be changed. That is, after the desired portion of the food is cut, the knife clean on the edge of the dish so that the blade facing up, and the handle - slightly to the right and down. Take the right hand fork, and continue to eat only this device.
If the knife is in her right hand, then the plug must be on the left.
Important! often the question arises as to which hand to hold a fork and knife on etiquette, if a person is accustomed to act largely with the left hand. In this case, nothing changes. If the left-hander has so uncomfortable, it is worth to practice at home.
A spoon
Spoon is always held in the right hand. During the meal it held between thumb and index finger, the middle is the same as if the stand. Liquid dish scoop spoon slightly inclined direction - to himself.
Spoon during meals taken hold between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
How to eat properly
When using the cutlery you need to consider some points. If a dish requires the presence of small parts, you can not use a knife. When a plate of considerable size piece, a fork will not do.
Certain products should be given special attention and know exactly how to eat, not to get into an awkward situation at the table.
Dessert
Cakes and pastries, soft drink with the help of a special dessert fork. It can be distinguished by two or three large teeth. If this equipment is not available, it can be replaced by tea or dessert spoon. When used desserts need to adhere to the following rules.
Dessert etiquette differs some nuances.
- Triangular cream cakes or sliced cake to eat, starting with a narrow margin. For solid cakes need a knife. From almond pastries break off small pieces and put his hands in his mouth.
- If the cakes are a common plate with special napkins, then they must move, without removing tissue. Eat dessert directly from it.
- Rum cakes, donuts, donuts, eclairs can be taken by hand, breaking off small pieces. If you do not want to dirty hands, it is permissible to use a dessert fork.
- Cream, jelly, ice cream eaten with dessert spoon. If caught berry seeds, they need to shift from the mouth to the spoon, then on a paper napkin, which blotted his lips or his dessert plate.
Before serving dessert, the table is removed everything except the glasses of water or juice, and wine glasses.
Spaghetti
In restaurants, at parties spaghetti served in deep plates of diners, pasta supposed to file a fork and spoon. During the meal, spoon in the left hand and the fork - the right. Plug to hook a few pieces of spaghetti, wound, shift in a spoon and eat. Permissible to eat spaghetti with a fork right, but all the time podstrahovyvayas spoon to food fell. I need a spoon in the case filed pasta carbonara. With this instrument eat cream, eggs.
Spaghetti seems to many very complicated dish, because it is inconvenient to eat.
Meat
Meat dishes are eaten with a fork and knife. A piece of meat is not cut immediately into small pieces, and cut off the first one or two small pieces. After they eat, cut the next portion. If you filed a stew, the first bone separated from the pulp, bone deposited on the edge of his plate.
Take a bone in the hand can be only in case if it is wrapped with paper.
Chops immediately divided into three or four pieces. In the process of eating slowly cut from the bone pulp.
Chop or other large pieces of meat cut into smaller portions.
If served hot large piece of the mistress or the person to whom it is a charge, shared a piece into small pieces and distributes to all present, beginning with the guests of honor or older age.
Cut off a piece of the desired size - ate cut off again, and so on.
Meats are served in sliced form. With a total of plates or serving cutlery take its fork supporting a knife.
It is important to ensure that their devices are clean.
When used hamburgers and other products of the processed meat knife is not used.
Cutlets from minced meat eaten with a fork only.
Hot sandwiches and bread
Buns, baguettes and other breads eaten by hand. They are taken from the common basket and put on your dinnerware. Nibble on a piece of ugly, you need to hand to break off such particles, which can be immediately sent to the mouth. Hot sandwiches are eaten with the help of instruments. If it is assumed that the man himself is laying on a piece of bread filler, then you should do it with a fork. When fed bread and jam, jam, butter, jam, bread, then take your left hand and right lubricate it.
Eat sandwiches small hands, fingers for holding the bottom layer.
Salad
Sometimes people hitting on the reception or gala evening in the restaurant, are lost and can not figure out how to have a salad fork and knife, because usually only one device. However, if vegetables or other ingredients cut into large, still have to use a knife. In this piece adheres to the fork, the knife as it is cut into two parts. Usually this is enough, because the salad can not be too large components.
For the salad on the table is served a special plug.
fish
Purified fish fillet is eaten with a fork and a special knife, blade-like shape. At the same time holding back the fillet knife, fork and divided into parts. If the meat is very soft and it should not be cut, then the plug must be turned up teeth and a knife not to impose it the necessary amount of meat.
Fish, filed as a whole, eaten with the help of special devices.
If whole fish served, you must first remove the knife head and tail, putting them on the edge of his plate. This is followed by making incisions along the spine and abdomen, remove the peel. If you get a bone, then they must be invisible to push closer to the teeth, put on the cutlery, and then - on the edge of their dishes.
First of all you need to remember: if the fish served whole, the first step is to get rid of the head, tail and peel.
poultry
Poultry meat with a fork is held on a plate, a knife cut meat with bones. However, you can eat it and hands. If the board is present slop-basin, it is possible to take up the bone and eat it with meat. After the meal, hands should be thoroughly rinsed with water or wipe.
Bird can eat with your hands only in the family circle, but not on the big celebrations, as according to the rules of poultry dishes eaten with a knife and fork.
At the official reception is still better to use the devices. Eating bird so.
- Remove the plug and remove the skin on the edge of the dish.
- Keep the meat tines of a fork, a knife to cut the pieces.
Important! Share the chicken did not immediately several pieces should not be. It is better to cut a piece to eat, then the next cut.
If the broth is served with meat, then eat it first, and then later the bird.
How to behave at tea or coffee
Tea or coffee table can complete the meal, and can serve as a separate occasion to collect guests. For such a table will also need tools, so it is necessary to know how to keep the dessert spoon and fork.
Before serving, sweet need to make room on the table.
Tea and coffee table covered with a cloth, decorated with flowers, candlesticks. Everyone present is given a napkin that should be put right. The center of the tea table serves tea and coffee - a nice service. Also on the table must be present in the milk pitcher, cream, sugar or crushed (lumpy) sugar. If it is provided that before being offered drinks toasts, sandwiches, etc., dessert container is placed for each guest, put her left fork for appetizers, to the right - for cakes.
When dessert devices carry, for cakes utensils placed on the left side of each present, and on the right - a glass.
To make a good impression at the table, you must adhere to the following rules.
- Prevented beverage spoon do not leave in the glass, and is taken out and put on the edge of the saucer.
- Omit cakes, bread, crackers impossible to drink.
- Drink a sip of the contents of the cup can only be after bitten off pieces to be swallowed
- Drink any drink you need to silently.
- Saucer held in the left hand, a glass - on the right. In some cases, such as if the coffee is served with milk, saucer should not be taken in hand.
- Hot drinks only drink from a glass, pour them into plates or saucers unacceptable.
- Looks very ugly when a person blows on the contents of the cup, frills, down his little finger to the side, push your fingers into the ring handle.
- Chopped pieces of sugar tongs take. In the absence of this device - the fingers.
How to use a napkin
At the table it is common to use two types of tissues: from fabric and paper. Most often it is used tissue. They are different in size. At official banquets present napkins large. They need to expand by half. Average decomposed by two-thirds, and the small - completely. Napkin of any size is placed on the knees. It protects clothes from dripping or splashing. However, if the table no paper napkins, tissue can be wet mouth, rub your fingers. If the fabric is folded to half or two-thirds, lip blotted top folded area.
If the tissue is fully deployed, then blotted the lower right edge.
Important! Refill cloth collar can be only in one case - if the lobster is served.
Paper napkins used during meals. They blotted his lips, wiped his hands, etc. After the end of a feast All towels should be left on the left side of the plate.
In a festive atmosphere important to look worthy of taking food.
Good manners adorn. A person with them, will always be able to make a positive impression on others. Therefore, to know how to behave at the table, in which hand should be on etiquette fork and knife, is a must. Especially because to learn this is not difficult.
