/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14920619]

Is it true Americans eat with the fork in the right hand? I've even heard they often cut up the entire meal first and then just use one hand (the right hand) to shuffle the pieces with a fork into their mouth. Is it real or just a meme?

Pic related is the way we eat in norway and until recently I thought it was the same in usa too

[Anonymous No.14920620]

>>14920619

it's true

t. European

[Anonymous No.14920623]

>>14920620
weird. Is it a lack of being taught how to do it as a child by the parents? I would love to see a video of how it looks in action if any ameribros care to post a video

[Anonymous No.14920625]

>>14920619
Certified American here. I usually see people eating like in your pic. Cutting up the entire meal is usually done for people who are incapable of cutting their own food, i.e. small children.

[Anonymous No.14920633]

No. It's fork on the left, knife on the right. Same being held.

[Anonymous No.14920640]

>>14920619
Americans usually have fork on the left and knife on the right. However, if they're done cutting their food they will drop the knife and put the fork in their right hand.
You also very often see americans not being able to hold their cutlery properly, it's like a retarded child trying to use a tool they've never used.

[Anonymous No.14920641]

>>14920625
>>14920633
ok, so I've been had then.

Is it still true though, that you walk inside with your outside shoes? It seem plausible to me after seeing that guy Tim Pool wearing his beanie inside which would be almost as unthinkable and rude as wearing shoes inside in Norway, but americans don't seem to view it as rude that Tim use his hat inside

[Anonymous No.14920645]

>>14920640
>However, if they're done cutting their food they will drop the knife and put the fork in their right hand.
Ok, this is interesting. So it is normal for you to first cut everything up first? We cut off one piece of the steak, maybe add a piece of potato on the fork and then eat it, and then we repeat until finished. No pre-cutting everything.

>You also very often see americans not being able to hold their cutlery properly, it's like a retarded child trying to use a tool they've never used
Maybe they don't eat the proper way when home, but they try to do it when eating out? It would imply they actually know they don't eat in a "proper" way, but still don't care unless other look at them

[Anonymous No.14920646]

Why would you need your knife in your right hand unless you were trying to hack through well-done meat or something?

[Anonymous No.14920651]

>>14920646
Because a steak is to big to fit in my mouth? What are you getting at?

[Anonymous No.14920656]

>>14920651
Unless your meat is tough you don't need any particular strength or dexterity in your knife hand, whereas fork benefits from dexterity. Why not keep knife in left?

[Anonymous No.14920677]

>>14920619
I’ve seen them do both at the same time. The literature calls it “zig-zag” because they hold their cutlery normally (right knife, left fork), cut a piece and then switch hands (right fork, left knife), take the single piece they just cut and eat it, then switch yet again to cut another piece. No wonder some cut everything beforehand like when feeding a child.

>>14920656
Stabbing something to hold it in place takes much less dexterity than cutting, which requires you to keep a straight movement

[Anonymous No.14920684]

>>14920641
Tim Pool just wears a beanie when on camera due to his balding insecurity, similar to gymbros wearing caps indoors.

[Anonymous No.14920686]

>>14920677
>zig-zag
lmao why would they even do that. I mean if they already have the cut piece of meat attatched to the fork why not just put it directly in the mouth? What is the point of moving the fork to the other hand first? Are they trying to dribble to avoid people snatching their food or something? This is the weirdest thing I've ever heard lol

[Anonymous No.14920687]

>>14920641
My understanding is that you generally take your shoes off when you're a guest in someone's house, but if it's your own place then it's whatever. I think it really depends on where you go but in general people don't care as much. Though, I've never actually heard of having a hat on inside being considered rude, unless it's in a church or something like that.

[Anonymous No.14920703]

So it’s partially true.
We Americans do hold the fork in our right hand, yes.
But we do not hold the knife in our left, hardly anyone I know holds a knife throughout the meal.
More so what we do is when we all sit for a meal, we each take out our own personal Slap Chop and go around our entire plate making sure everything is Slap Chopped into bite-sized pieces.
It takes about 2 minutes of Slap Chopping, you can tell what households are eating dinner by the large amount of pounding and slapping coming from the house.

[Anonymous No.14920705]

why are americans so retarded

[Anonymous No.14920709]

>>14920686
I do not know either, but I swear that I have seen it. Maybe they tried to hold the piece by scooping it instead of stabbing it, that motion is awkward for some when done with your non dominant hand, even for me, but is not like you can’t train to have some dexterity with your left hand

[Anonymous No.14920711]

>>14920687
>but if it's your own place then it's whatever
But it still gets dirty. Don't understand why anyone would want that in your own house

> I've never actually heard of having a hat on inside being considered rude
Really? At least in Norway it is considered very very rude, especially if it is in a private house and it just won't happen. Kids being kids sometimes forget and then they WILL hear it. We even have a popular kids song about not forgetting to take of your beanie before you enter the house. Well you take it off in the small room you walk into first when entering the house where you have all the outdoor clothes like jackets and beanies, gloves, scarf etc. Don't know what you call this room in english.
In school if you don't take off your beanie or caps you will be asked to do so or you may get a note home if you refuse

[Anonymous No.14920714]

>>14920619
Wait why would you not use your left hand to cut and right hand to eat?

[Anonymous No.14920721]

>>14920687
The hat thing depends on the culture, jews do the opposite. But for goyim, just like how taking your hat off is a sign of respect and empathy, not taking it in certain situations is rude. Which is why sex with hats on is so lewd, so naughty, so forbidden

[Anonymous No.14920795]

>>14920619
Im french and i eat with fork in right hand, you're the odd one for being left handed

[Anonymous No.14920804]

>>14920619

What the fuck? Right-handed Canadian here, what kind of retard wouldn't cut with their dominant hand? Fork in the left always.

Chopsticks in the right though kek

[Anonymous No.14920817]

>>14920619
left hand holds steady and right hand cuts everything

cut before eating

[Anonymous No.14920829]

>>14920817
But why do you pre-cut everything? I don't get it. Why not just eat as you cut?

[Anonymous No.14920830]

>>14920640
What a faggot, are we supposed to square up every meal? 90% of table etiquette is for insufferable assholes.

[Anonymous No.14920832]

[Anonymous No.14920835]

Table manners seem like a foreign concept to amer*cans. Had to travel to amer*ca many times for job reasons and they all eat like pic related.

[Anonymous No.14920839]

>>14920835
haha fucking lol at that pic. Looks like he is trying to kill the steak with his fork.
Do amerians really?

[Anonymous No.14920842]

>>14920829
if you're not eating at the table, carrying a knife around with you is awkward

a lot of americans no longer eat at the table

[Anonymous No.14920854]

>>14920619
Yes, but you must understand that the plate is also entirely inverted, negating any issues from right handed fork operations. It's like how the toilet water spins backwards in Australia.

[Anonymous No.14920855]

>>14920830
You're a baby who can't hold his eating ustensils. Silence yourself.

[Anonymous No.14920863]

>>14920619
It’s certainly not true of everyone, but speaking as someone who grew up in rural Appalachia, a lot of people I ate with growing up would eat as you describe. Also, tons of people hold their fork like this: >>14920835

I think it is pretty accurate to say table manners are not something that is considered important by most Americans, even ones that still eat a family dinner at the table. It probably has something to do with our lack of strong unified cultural traditions.

[Anonymous No.14920874]

>>14920863
>even ones that still eat a family dinner at the table
huh? You don't eat the dinner together?

[Anonymous No.14920884]

>>14920874
We take our plates back to our room/in front of the tv. Rarely do we all sit together unless it’s out at a restaurant

[Anonymous No.14920888]

>>14920874
I have no idea about the statistics, but a growing trend is for families to eat separately (some go to the bedroom, some go to the living room, etc.). A disturbing number probably eat out or get fast food regularly for dinner. The idea of everyone sitting down together for a home-cooked meal is unfortunately on the decline.

[Anonymous No.14920890]

>>14920835
>tfw I can tell you’re a German, just by your writing-style

[Anonymous No.14920891]

>>14920711
That is called a mudroom.

[Anonymous No.14920901]

>>14920884
same but thats because we dont have a dining room in our current house

[Anonymous No.14920906]

>>14920804
What are you eating that's so tough that you need your right hand to cut it?

[Anonymous No.14920912]

>>14920619
we hold the meat when nobody is looking

[Anonymous No.14920920]

>>14920855
Wrong, but your a self aggrandizing faggot so why bother engaging with you?

[Anonymous No.14920925]

>>14920884
>>14920888
Jesus fucking christ america. I made this thread to get a few chuckles of americas weird eating style, but now I'm just sad. Every single dinner should be eaten together your family if you live in the same house. You guys need to stop mutilating your kids penises and start eating dinner together with them. Seriously america, get a grip

[Anonymous No.14920926]

>>14920641
The shoe thing varies, Americans tend to not be as autistic about removing their shoes as other cultures, although obviously they take them off if their shoes are covered in mud, snow ect. The famous “Welcome” mats are of course specifically for making sure your shoes are clean before coming inside

[Anonymous No.14920936]

best way

[Anonymous No.14920937]

>>14920619
>Is it true Americans eat with the fork in the right hand?
some/most, yeah
>I've even heard they often cut up the entire meal first and then just use one hand (the right hand) to shuffle the pieces with a fork into their mouth. Is it real or just a meme?
meme

[Anonymous No.14920939]

>>14920906
It’s not a matter of food toughness, it’s a matter of cutting things with your non-dominant hand feeling weird as fuck, I guess you’re used to it tho, you guys seem to use your forks more as shovel, rather than to pierce your food too, I’ve seen Filipinos eat in a similar way

[Anonymous No.14920940]

>>14920925
Yes, let us all sit together to enjoy this “home cooked” meal of frozen, heat and serve foods. Sounds great.

[Anonymous No.14920941]

>>14920891
>mudroom
Thanks, I learned something new. In Norway we call it a "gang" or "entrè" or sometimes "vindfang" which translates to "wind catch"

[Anonymous No.14920946]

>>14920940
Unironically still better than eating in your room like an anti-social autist, most cultures still eat takeout food together at the dining table

[Anonymous No.14920951]

>>14920939
Fork does most of the work, it belongs in the dominant hand. Seems straightforward to me.

[Anonymous No.14920953]

>>14920946
Not when your family sucks

[Anonymous No.14920957]

>>14920677
The switch hand method is what I was taught as a child. Most American idiosyncrasies are rooted in older English traditions. Like saying soccer instead of football. It's how it was when the country was founded and people never changed it.

[Anonymous No.14920966]

>>14920686
>>14920709
Supposedly was to slow down the meal and not be a glutton. AKA religious traditions that became regular culture.

[Anonymous No.14920967]

>>14920940
I don't get why you can't eat together even if you eat microwave food. Besides I would think most americans eat regular food

[Anonymous No.14920975]

>>14920967
>>14920953
Here

[Anonymous No.14920978]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNE2DhQ1AZ4

[Anonymous No.14920987]

>>14920951
>Fork does most of the work, it belongs in the dominant hand. Seems straightforward to me.
I have eaten with fork in left hand all my life because that's what I learned growing up. The fork dexterity in my left hand is much much greater than my right hand even though my right hand is the dominant one

[Anonymous No.14920989]

>>14920953
Well then find a nice girl, coom in her and make your own family that doesn’t suck. Legit if your family is so shitty that you can’t even stand eating a meal with them, you should be trying to move out ASAP desu

[Anonymous No.14921003]

>>14920957
It’s definitely not an Anglo thing, other anglo countries don’t eat with the zig-zag method

[Anonymous No.14921011]

>"""Norway""""
>black hands
>stock image
>Is it true Americans
Y'all fell for the worst bait this board has ever seen

[Anonymous No.14921018]

My parents always tried to make me hold the fork in the left hand but i always hated it and didnt really understand all the hassle. Imagine caring about how other poeple hold thier cuttlery. Everyone in this thread should be hanged.

Dutch btw

[Anonymous No.14921025]

>>14920978
OP here again
lol who uses the backside of the fork to scoop up food? If I want to use the fork to scoop up smaller stuff like pees or mashed potatoes I turn the for around and put it flat against the plate and use my knife push food onto the fork. Other than that she is on point except from the placement of the fork and knife when done eating. The handle should not be put inside the pate, but stick out so they don't get dirty

[Anonymous No.14921031]

>>14920925
There’s a reason that there’s often a lot of talk in America for decades about “restoring family values.” The traditional nuclear family lifestyle has degenerated significantly in a relatively short period of time, roughly the last 40 years

[Anonymous No.14921046]

>>14921018
>being so autistic that you can’t even comprehend basic social norms like table etiquette

Wew lad, do you legit have Aspergers?

[Anonymous No.14921052]

>>14921031
>restoring family values
I never realized this entailed somethin as basic as eating dinner with your family. I unironically didn't know so many of you don't do that. It is just so unthinkable to me as a Norwegian it didn't even cross my mind. I remember as kid when getting PC I would ask if I could eat in my room, but the answer was always no so I stopped asking. Heck I was lucky if I was even allowed to leave the table before everyone else was finished eating if I had eaten fast because I wanted to go out playing with my friends or computer

[Anonymous No.14921063]

>>14921052
That sounds awful.
I sit at my computer desk and watch crunchyroll during dinner. I literally could not imagine having to sit down at the table with my family for dinner.
It’s bad enough when we go out to eat at Olive Garden or wherever. Thankfully covid put a stop to this

[Anonymous No.14921074]

>>14921046
I always found most basic social norms to be annoying and unnecessary.

I also never take out my mobile phone while having dinner, unlike about 80% of the population which will do so without even thinking about it. This for me is taking more of a shit on table etiquette than having your fork and knife hand reversed. I can hold them the proper way but because i am used to the reverse doing so will make me look like a 4 year old because it feels so unnatural to me

[Anonymous No.14921090]

>>14921063

Lucky you, being able to reminisce on the great days of watching anime alone in your room

[Anonymous No.14921097]

We slice the food like in the pic and place the knife down between bites. Do Europeans keep the knife in the hand the entire time like they can't wait to get to the next bite or something? Like, we are typically talking to somebody if you aren't eating alone, we aren't holding it the entire time, that's weird. That would be like eating a burger and never putting it down the entire time you ate. I'd think you were a glutton

[Anonymous No.14921098]

They also shit in their mart.

[Anonymous No.14921099]

>>14921090
I’m glad you have a decent family desu

[Anonymous No.14921113]

>>14921097
We put them down if it is natural, like talking as you say or drinking. If not there is no reason to let go of the eating tools

[Anonymous No.14921134]

I pick up the food and eat it with my hands, with my shoes on or off as I please, because I am a free American and wasn't indoctrinated by my parents into a bunch of inane bullshit.

[Anonymous No.14921162]

>>14921097
>Do Europeans keep the knife in the hand the entire time
Yes, we hold both utensils throughout the entire meal, unless we’re using our hands for something else like drinking a beverage. When using cutlery in the European manner we also tend to take much smaller bites of food tho, since we don’t usually use our fork to shovel our food like Americans do. That’s not exclusive to Europeans tho, Asians usually hold their chopsticks throughout the whole meal too. On the other hand Filipinos use their cutlery in a more American manner

>I'd think you were a glutton
That seems to be a recurring theme, that due to tradition, Americans somehow think eating with a zigzag pattern makes them less gluttonous, like >>14920966 said.

[Anonymous No.14921163]

>>14921098
My God, do they really?

[Anonymous No.14921170]

>>14921163
Of course, its part of their culture.

[Anonymous No.14921172]

>>14920703
This.
Also, if the restaurant doesn't have a stack of Sham-Wows™ on the table for soaking up the juices, then it's peasant tier.

[Anonymous No.14921177]

>>14921074
>I always found most basic social norms to be annoying and unnecessary.

Well that’s certainly a major symptom of autism. Do you have any other symptoms like difficulty making eye contact or reading peoples facial-expressions?

[Anonymous No.14921182]

>>14921097
Yes, and desu I don’t think I’d put a burger down while I was eating it either, non-Americans wouldn’t regard that as gluttonous tho, unless you were also eating your food at an unnecessarily rapid pace

[Anonymous No.14921194]

>>14920623

Its more of casual vs. formal thing. If we (Americans) are in a formal dinner setting, we never use the right hand to wield the fork. If we are just casually eating dinner with friends and family, we will. Oftentimes, we don't use a knife at all and just use the edge of the form for any cutting that might be necessary, in the right hand.

I dunno why, but I am sure there is some historical reason for it. Probably something to do with frontier living and manufactured resources like forks and knives being scarce. But that is just me guessing.

Most parents do teach their children proper use at the table though, again, for when they are in a formal setting.

[Anonymous No.14921197]

>>14920641

>Do we eat with our fork in the right hand?

No, that's a /ck/ meme.

>Do we really wear shoes inside?

Often yes and I hate it. I make people take them off in my places, but when I visit other people's houses/apartments, nobody else has their shoes off so I leave mine on or else I'd be the strange one. If it's raining sometimes people will take their shoes off to avoid mud/water getting in the carpets

[Anonymous No.14921203]

>>14920711

That room is called a mudroom in America (at least where I'm from). They are not very common, however.

[Anonymous No.14921208]

>>14920925

I don't know about those other responders but my family eats together almost every time, even when we bring in takeout.

[Anonymous No.14921233]

Wtf people use their fork with their off hand? Never in my life have I heard this.

[Anonymous No.14921235]

>>14921203
>They are not very common, however
You must have some sort of "first room" you enter when you walk in the front door?
Where do you hang off your jackets and put your shoes then?

[Anonymous No.14921238]

>>14921208
Based and well adjusted human bean pills

[Anonymous No.14921258]

>>14921235

Most of my friends houses have some coat hooks/racks and a mat to put your shoes on when you enter, but the front door enters into the living room or some other room. It's not a whole dedicated mudroom area.

[Anonymous No.14921261]

>>14920619
Ooo sure why not that’s a fun rumor to get started on here. They also use plates upside down like a minibowl

[Anonymous No.14921277]

>>14921099

now I feel bad for taking the piss

[Anonymous No.14921280]

>>14921258
>but the front door enters into the living room
I'm sorry, but visualizing this made me laugh out a little hehe. Every single house here has a mudroom here, even flats. Most houses even have kind of two mud rooms. The first is the smaller one where you put all the shoes and clothes in daily use, the second room is larger where you store all your other outdoor clothes and shoes. This room most often act as "corridor" and connects to other rooms like living room bed rooms bathroom and so on.

I guess you don't need a buffer against the outside if you live in a hot area, but you must still get a lot of dust and shit in?

[Anonymous No.14921287]

>>14920619
Obsessed

[Anonymous No.14921293]

>>14921235
Most houses in America built in the last 60 years you enter through the garage and almost no one uses the front door. You'll have hooks or a rack in the garage for your coats, or a small closet area next to the garage entrance. Mud rooms are more of a rural thing, which most Americans are no longer familiar with. I have a mudroom, but my house is 110 years old and has a detached garage.

[Anonymous No.14921384]

>>14920677
You don't switch both, you put the knife down then move the fork to your right hand. Do Euros hold the knife the whole time or set it down? Etiquette is silly but maybe it's something about not looking like a barbarian pointing your knife around, or so you're forced to have the knife set down as often as possible

[Anonymous No.14921400]

>>14921384
Oh I just saw the guy saying euros do hold the knife the whole time.

[Anonymous No.14921468]

Well I’m right handed Englishman and eat like that, I taught my son to aswel just to fuck you who are bothered up

[Anonymous No.14921625]

>>14921177
I said annoying and unnecessary, not that i dont know what they are.

[Anonymous No.14921654]

>>14920619
I'm american, right handed, and use my fork in my right if I am not eating like a steak or something, if I need a knife to cut my food, knife goes in the right hand, I sorta thought everyone did this

[Anonymous No.14921664]

>>14920619
I'm American and I've eaten continental style since I saw it on a Spanish cultural video in high school (so 25 years ago) and I think right hand fork is stupid as fuck.

[Anonymous No.14921671]

I'm left handed and eat with my left hand. It feels more natural.

[Anonymous No.14921716]

There is a difference between the UK/Europe and America in terms of which hand the fork/knife are held in, and a few other details, like switching between different hands. People who are particularly old fashioned, or people who have strong European roots and exposure to Europeans may know both forms of etiquette, or even just the European one. And similarly, more casual European or British families may have a more lax, American view of things, whether due to American media or laziness.
>>14921671
Proper etiquette does actually take into consideration left handedness. Depending on your dominant hand is how you should do things, people ITT are just generalizing to right handedness.

[Anonymous No.14921727]

>>14920619
I’m Murica and I don’t eat steak with a fork and knife I pick that bitch up with my bearclaw hands and sent it straight to Mouthtown. Mm mm yummy that is good eatin yes sir

[Anonymous No.14921731]

>>14921716
>Proper fork etiquette

[Anonymous No.14921734]

>>14920619
No, I use two knives. A dull knife and a sharp knife.

[Anonymous No.14921740]

>>14921235
In older split family houses that have a shared entryway, the hallway leading up to the entry of your house can end up as a defacto mudroom. Otherwise I assume >>14921293 is right and the garage or hallway leading inside from the garage would serve a similar purpose.

[Anonymous No.14921750]

>>14921731
Yep. There's etiquette for a lot more than just that. Although you're free to mostly disregard it, I usually do.

[Anonymous No.14921756]

>>14921750
debunked

[Anonymous No.14921763]

>>14920619
I’m in the US and I eat steak with the fork in my left hand and knife in my right. Sometimes I’ll cut 2 or three pieces off at a time but never the whole thing. Who really cares though?

[Anonymous No.14921782]

>>14920641
I always take my shoes off before going inside as an American. It’s how I was taught as a kid. However I’ve had a surprising amount of people over to my house that leave their shoes on when they come inside despite seeing me take mine off.

What really puzzled me was when I told one of them to take their shoes off before coming in he made such a big deal out of it and acted like it was a bizarre thing to ask. Said he’d just wait outside

[Anonymous No.14921805]

i cut the first slice and then eat it, then halfway and eat the last one. I don't think it's ettiquette as much as it's the best way to enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.14921823]

Are you telling me people cut a piece, set the knife down, take the fork in the other hand. eat the piece, then change the fork hand, pick up knife again and cut another piece, instead of cut with one hand and put in mouth with the other?

[Anonymous No.14921847]

>>14920711
I know what you're talking about but that room isn't common, a lot of houses have a closet by the door for shoes and coats tho. Or just go in through the garage into a laundry room which has tile floor lul.

[Anonymous No.14921856]

>>14921280
America has grass dog it isn't a desert (mostly).

[Anonymous No.14921863]

I only use a spoon to eat because it's the only thing that can handle my sloppas

[Anonymous No.14922092]

>>14921856
>grass dog
What is this?

[Anonymous No.14922103]

>>14922092
he forgot punctuation. how is this not immediately apparent to you? are you ESL?

[Anonymous No.14922130]

>>14922103
How would punctuation make grass dog any more meaningful?

[Anonymous No.14922139]

I don't know who's baiting or who's actually autistic in this thread for the most part

[Anonymous No.14922144]

>>14922092
You're talking to someone who speaks two languages. Sorry you cant relate, pussy.

[Anonymous No.14922151]

>>14922144
Suck turds out of my dick, bitch!

[Anonymous No.14922164]

I once had an east-german go fucking mad at me for eating like in OPs pic. He meant the correct way is pic related.

Are all ossis this retarded, or just that dude?

[Anonymous No.14922185]

>>14922164

To piss him off more, I started to eat the egg yolk like in my country. He started screaming at me kek.

[Anonymous No.14922190]

>>14922164
I don't know. I've also had a german blow up at me for using the fork in the right hand but using my better hand for the part that requires more manual dexterity just makes sense to me.

I'm sure there's some reason why it's supposed to be done that way but half my meals I eat one handed cutting stuff up with the edge of my fork and reading a book with the other, so I'm not exactly going to be winning any etiquette trophies any time soon.

[Anonymous No.14922211]

>>14922164
I'm british and my parents did try teaching me proper table manners but both of them are left handed and I'm right handed, so the messages got mixed and I do it "wrong" now. I mean the food ends up in my mouth so it's not that bad.

However during uni we had some dutch people stay in the house for a week and they were super anal about everyone eating "properly" to the point where I just left because it was really annoying. Why is it that seemingly every european I've met "travelling" been super autistic?

[Anonymous No.14922224]

>>14922190

We were two handworkers on a fucking cheap restaurant.

I don't understand people who get mad at people for how they hold cutlery. Do they think they're on Dorsia? I don't pay attention at people at all when I'm eating, unless they're doing something incredibly silly like smearing their faces on the plate or something.

>>14922211
I think his problem wasn't about left and right, but that I didn't hold it like on my first pic (which looks extremely uncomfortable and primitive).

[Anonymous No.14922233]

>>14920619
Yes.

There are also people who switch utensils between bites, to allow for conversation based on an old advice column.

There are also people who have learned the left hand fork, tines curved down method and use it predominantly.

Many many people use the fork in the right hand, tines curved up, because they're savages.

[Anonymous No.14922239]

>>14922211
Dutch people are kanker.

[Anonymous No.14922241]

I seem to do fork in right, knife in left
the whole meal
It werks

[Anonymous No.14922249]

>>14920619
my left hand is too uncoordinated for pretty much anything more than holding something so i just pre cut.

[Anonymous No.14922250]

>>14922224
I've no idea. My theory is it's something europeans do that makes them feel better than someone else? I mean the whole thing about eating etiquette is purely to differentiate new money from old money, back when that mattered. So I'm guessing that it's like that but on a national scale, so you can feel smarter than the dumbdumb Americans

Though I've never had that with a british person, but then again I don't think I've ever met any "upper class" brits so I dunno

[Anonymous No.14922266]

>>14922250

I'm spanish myself, I still have to this day no clue how was he expecting me to eat.

[Anonymous No.14922299]

I've lived in both Europe and North America. Most North Americans hold the fork in their left hand and the knife in their right. They cut off a piece of food, put the knife down, switch the fork to the left hand, eat whatever they just cut, then pick up the knife and switch hands again. Repeat until all the food is gone.

I have never seen someone cut up an entire steak or something in one go. It's always just one or two pieces.

[Anonymous No.14922308]

>>14922299
Oops. That should be "switch the fork to the right hand".

[Anonymous No.14922326]

>>14922299
I can't for the life of me understand why they add that extra step of switching the fork back and forth. I mean if you just cut a bit it is on your fucking fork mate. Just put it in your mouth directly. Are they afraid they won't have enough dexterity in the left arm to be able to put the fork in the mouth without hitting the nose and both cheeks first?

[Anonymous No.14922373]

>>14922185
Ummm why do you think they are called dippy eggs? What a donut