/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11616255
Huh?

In my world it's all about the handles. If they're pointing towards me then I'm resting but if they're pointing away from me then I'm done.

>>11616255
continental is the most natural to me

why are you just resting when there's no food on the plate?

>>11616377
This, american style is stupid because any sauce/whatever on the knife gets on the side of the plate

Continental and American follow the same principles. When you're resting, you put down the utensils in the same position you're grabbing them, but once you're finish, you put both in the right hand and then put them down. I'd argue the continental way is the most intuitive but both are better than whatever meme shit the British one is.

Shitty pic, shitty thread and, as always, OP is a faggot.

>>11616392
who cares?

>>11616400
It is impolite to the server, and is generally tasteless. You don't really think a noble would get the side of their plate dirty while eating do you, you filthy unwashed laborer?

>>11616255
Reminder that americans use their american style because they can't use a fork with their left hand so they start with the knife in their left and fork in right (often times in a downward grip) and then carve, switch hands, eat and car repeat. Some even go far as to carve everything on the plate first and then set the knife down and just use a fork.

Pic related.

>>11616490
Only flyovers you fucking bitch

>>11616392
>>11616412
>>11616490
You eat bananas with forks and knives, don't you?

>>11616255
Honestly american stle is best for most things euro fags will try to tell you its inauthentic or bland but they are just used to trash food, sure our recipes may not be original but we easily do them better than anyone else

>>11616490
Reminder that fork in left hand is the most retarded meme in history. If you're right hand, you use your dominant hand to stab food, not the other way around.

>>11616255
the british ones are basically the same, wtf

ITT: autists who eat pizza with a fork and knife

do americans really rest during their huge meals of burgers?

>>11616412
the server is my fucking servant. a lower being that is so utterly useless their entire job is condensed into bringing me my meals. they don't dictate the rules of fucking engagement or what they clean up in my wake.

the definition of plebeian. treat them as such. as replaceable as a tire.

>>11616684
at least we put the knife out of the way when we are resting, not down there mucking up in the food.

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>>11616255
When would you ever need to do this and who the fk really cares. If you are finished and still at the table, the service would ask before taking it away.
Also would you normally leave the table before finishing the meal to find your half eaten meal taken away?

>>11616690
>>11616490
I am a left handed american. I use the knife in my left hand, fork in my right. It only makes sense to use your dominant hand for the knife. Gently cutting your food requires more coordination that simply holding the food in place and transporting it from plate to mouth. I've used both continental and american style for when i'm resting or finished. I don't find myself needing a rest mid meal though. How much are you fat fucks eating that you need to stop and catch your breath so often that you need to develop non-verbal communication with utensils?

>>11616779
>the server is my fucking servant
I had some cunt say this to me once: you're providing a service for me so you should behave as my servant.
He didn't get the service after that. Actual servants lose their income by refusing service; artisans, such as myself, can tell you to gtfo.

>>11616690
stronger grip is necessary for slicing and should be done with the dominant hand, which the the right hand for many

>>11617003
As a Muslim, I use the fork in my right hand. I don't have any difficulty slicing my foid with my left hand either.
You can switch hands too. Or go fork left knife right and then hold the food on the fork put down the knife and take the food from your fork with your right hand and gobble from hand to mouth delicious

>>11616690
Who the fuck let you out of your cage you retarded niglet

When I see a person using the fork with the right hand I assume they also need to wear a diaper when going out

I do the continental resting but the American finished. Everything else is wrong, sorry.

>>11616255
>british
>no knife
>mfw
OI BIN THAT KNOIFE MATE

>>11616400
>muh system is better
>actually it's shit because reasons
>WHO CARES
>USA USA USA

Every single time

i would prefer them to just ask me insted of building sculptures on my plate made out of cutlery

>>11617154
>muh system invented by inbred royalty is totally better because reasons
>im totally a royalist and not a marxist
every single time

>>11616255
How fucking fat and disgusting does one have to be that the meal they are eating is soooooo huge, that one needs to rest at some point while finishing?

>>11616392
We lick our knives after every bite.

>>11617619
how fat are you that you can't put down the fork? stop inhaling, are you afraid someone might take a bite of yours?

>>11617619
>he doesn’t take a nap halfway through a big comfy bowl of pasta and leave signals for the waiter that the food isn’t finished so you can rest comfortably and wake up to some waiting food
God I pity non Americans

>>11616992
Based
>tfw kicking out or turning away retarded patrons that show up at closing or have stayed past a gentle warning

>>11617684
I'd like to see you "kick" me in any form, bitch boy. Your ass is grass, kid.

>>11617686
Based boomer poster

Why the fuck would you go though the trouble to use and memorize these abstract ass symbols? Just ball up a napkin, place it on your plate, and push it away from you.

>>11616992
Thats how exactly to not get tips and end up having to cry about your minwage job
Serve me like a king dumb wagey

>>11616751
Yes we need to stop for cola every 15 minutes

>>11616992
>artisans such as myself
Pls be real

>>11616954
Its for high end multi course dining where the meal is served in several courses to be brought and taken away by silent, unintrusive wait staff. You're right at the local Applebees this is meaningless.

>>11616255
There's nothing wrong with continental style. I'm an American myself, but it's like most Americans don't realize you can use a fork in your left hand and keep your knife equipped in the right. I like to eat steak plates that way.

>>11616690
>t. retard

>>11617767
>ohh I hope the waiter notices that my plate now looks like the top of a garbage can!
How civilized

>>11617767
>memorize these abstract ass symbols
>literally 2 positions

>>11618029
that sounds incredibly pretentious

>>11618068
Its so they won't interrupt the conversation at the table. Servants should be seen and not heard unless they are asked a direct question by their patron or are delivering information from the chef. Its actually a very comfortable way to dine.

>that poor british eater
I guess he had to bin that knoiif, m8

>>11616779
>>11616992
The most hilarious experience I've had with an American tourist was at a restaurant one time where he got kicked out for being rude to the waiter. His face was hilarious when the waiter kicked him out.

>>11616490
Am I supposed to even pay attention to what hand I use for whatever utensil? I just fucking eat the food

>>11618103
What did he do? I don't think that I've ever seen someone be rude to a server before

>>11618102
>someone finally gets the joke

>>11616619
Is flyovers really an insult? You know planes fly over everywhere right?

>>11616255
I've always done the "continental style 'I'm finished'" one, but the others are fucking stupid. What is "resting"? If I'm not actively eating and put my utensils down, I just lean them against the plate.

>>11616255
Are these actually the universally accepted non verbal signs? I'll start using them if so.

>>11618738
Its for when you take a drink or converse with your nonexistant friends I suppose, and not shoveling carcass meat into your gullet.

>>11618758
>drinking while eating
Do L O W S A L I V A "people" actually do this? The only time I'll drink while eating is if it's a slab of meat more dry than the mojave.

>>11618160
The point is that traditional "American style" requires you to pick up and swap utensils between every bite of your meal.
BTW the reason why burgers don't use the same resting style as everyone else is because making a cross with your utensils is offensive to Jesus, lmao

>>11616322
Based huh poster

>>11616255
I'm American and was taught to use continental style in law school.

>>11618877
Do Europeans really call triangles crosses?

>>11616255
the british style has to be a meme
unless their waiters walk around with microscopes

>>11616779
Based

>>11616255
>tfw learned this in elementary school
>first restaurant I try "resting position" in while going to take a piss
>come back
>plate is gone
my entire world shattered
I was only 5