/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Do people actually do this?

correct but worthless post

>>19287943

Americans do.

>>19287947
He was asking if people did it not animals

>>19287940
Who else here cut with knife in your right hand place knife down and pick up fork master race?

>>19287940
I hold it like this and I assumed everybody else did as well. This position allows for the easiest switch from "tines-up position" for scooping to "tines-down position" for poking or holding, and a simple inward scoop of the wrist brings the food to the mouth.

>>19287949

xD

CMV: The overhand fork grip, or "shovel" grip, is the SUPERIOR way to hold a fork


I have been using this grip since I was a child and, despite being chastised at the dinner table, see no reason to change. Not only this, I see it as the superior way to hold a fork. This is because the overhand grip is more firm, and allows you apply much more force with the fork. This has a few benefits. One, it makes it easier to pick up tough foods like raw vegetables. Second, it makes the fork a more effective weapon should someone attempt to assault you or someone near you while eating. I realize this does not happen very often, but it could possibly save a life. And lastly, when you wish to cut something with the side of the fork you do not have to change grips, and so it is more efficient.

The only benefit of the standard grip, as far as I can tell, is that it is more socially acceptable. However, I reject this as a valid reason for using the grip as I strongly believe that utility and function should always be chosen over conformity and form. Change my view!

>>19287940
>not having your loli sex slave hand feed you your meals
ngmi

>>19287954
Note: from this stance can be differentiated from the stance on the right by
>the position of the thumb (above the fork as opposed to below)
>orientation of the handle of the utensil relative to the line of the knuckles
and differentiated from the stance on the left by
>The index finger being held below the handle of the fork rather than above
>The thumb being parallel to the handle of the fork rather than intersecting it
>not looking like a flaming faggot

Pic related is how I hold it, it looks nice but also holding fork and knife this way makes it a lot easier to cut/slice food with the knife.

I only see fat people use the shovel grip, for maximum efficiency. The people who hardly chew their food before swallowing, or take another bite before they finish chewing, because maximizing intake is all they care about.

>>19287953
USA! USA! USA!
We used to give my friend shit because if he was eating a steak, he would cut it all into pieces to avoid the switch of fork and knife.
But now I realize he is right.
If a food cannot be eaten with chopsticks, it isn't prepared correctly.
I shouldn't have to cut my own steak, the chef who prepared it should prepare it in edible portions already.

>>19287940
What kind of ape countries do the right?

>>19287940

>>19287940
I just eat with a spoon, fuck forks and knives

>>19288579
no he wasn't, cutting up your steak like that is the fastest way to lose all heat from the meat

>>19288599
You often see americans eating like that.

>>19289231
no i don't.

based people use right

>>19287940
What if I do left but press the handle into the middle of my palm

>>19287940
using a fork in your right hand makes you subhuman garbage anyways

Why would you not have your fork in your dominant hand
>bb-b-but the rules say!
I make the rules

>>19287940
>If you hold your forks or spoons with a shovel grip like the right pic, then you are an american
ftfy

What kind of fucking loser gives a shit about how you hold a fork? God damn you people are whiny faggots. All fucking day it’s stupid garbage like this to pretend you’re better.
You’re going to work til you die like every poor, quit pretending you’re better than others

>>19287940
facts

>>19287947
no we fucking don't hold it "fist over"

Brits can't into logic apparently because they think this makes sense

>>19291109
skill issue

>>19291109
class issue

>>19289397
using a knife to cut food requires more dexterous maneuvers than spearing something with a fork, thus it is easier for me to keep my fork in my left and knife in my right.

>>19291109
Apparently, the intended way to eat peas when using a fork continental style, is to mash the peas onto the back of the fork with your knife.

>>19291119
>>19291122
>>19291197
when explorers fist came in contact with remote tribes they introduced spoons and the tribal people held the spoon upside down just like the Brits hold forks

In hindsight this makes a lot of sense

>>19291297
yet the brits are here and the romans are done gone.

>>19291530
I once pulled into a popeyes chicken and took a look around and left
they're still there and im long gone

>>19287983
this.