My least favourite rule is that your fork must always be held in the left hand and you may NOT turn it over (ie to scoop things, scooping is a no-no).
As a kid, trying to press all the peas or sweet corn onto the back of my fork with a knife was hell. I mean, it’s hard enough to do as an adult...
And did you know that, unless the dessert is something like ice cream, you may use a dessert fork by itself, or a dessert fork by itself *and* a spoon, but you may not use a spoon by itself to eat dessert? My mom was more relaxed on that rule, though, so it only really applied at my grandmother’s dinner table.
My least favourite rule is that your fork must always be held in the left hand and you may NOT turn it over (ie to scoop things, scooping is a no-no).
As a kid, trying to press all the peas or sweet corn onto the back of my fork with a knife was hell. I mean, it’s hard enough to do as an adult...
And did you know that, unless the dessert is something like ice cream, you may use a dessert fork by itself, or a dessert fork by itself *and* a spoon, but you may not use a spoon by itself to eat dessert? My mom was more relaxed on that rule, though, so it only really applied at my grandmother’s dinner table.
So many ridiculous classist rules.
As a fellow Brit I have never encountered any of these rules and I feel I must inform you that your mother was trolling you
They are genuine British dining etiquette rules! I actually found all those in one link, here.
If you ever watched Mrs Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances, that was my grandmother. From a Yorkshire mining family, not that she’d ever let you know, of course.
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there's got to be some kind of science to explain why corn tastes so much better on the cob (besides all the extra salt and butter, although that helps)
They are genuine British dining etiquette rules! I actually found all those in one link, here.
If you ever watched Mrs Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances, that was my grandmother. From a Yorkshire mining family, not that she’d ever let you know, of course.
That's absolutely what my english grandparents impressed upon my brother and I whenever we visited
I was told off hand by my Nan that turning over your fork to use it like a spoon was very "American"
And in response my Dad ate his meal with his fork turned up like a spoon and affected an overdone American accent, something which he and I found very funny and nobody else did
I was told off hand by my Nan that turning over your fork to use it like a spoon was very "American"
And in response my Dad ate his meal with his fork turned up like a spoon and affected an overdone American accent, something which he and I found very funny and nobody else did
When you say turn your fork "over," what constitutes upside down on a fork for you? Tines curving towards you or tines curving away from you?
Reminds me of how I grew up with so many dinner rules.
Like, one UK dinner rule is that it’s actually considered rude to cut open a bread roll, a bread roll is always torn open with your hands.
Did you have to tear it in a specific way? When I was learning 4-H banquet etiquette we had to tear it so that the breach was facing downward, so that all the crumbs would spall toward the plate instead of your dining companions.
I always thought that was an admirable level of foresight. Then again, the rolls at the Albuquerque Ramada were uncommonly crusty, so maybe that was just us.
They are genuine British dining etiquette rules! I actually found all those in one link, here.
If you ever watched Mrs Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances, that was my grandmother. From a Yorkshire mining family, not that she’d ever let you know, of course.
My Dad's from Huddersfield and my Mum's from Knutsford, and besides "chew with your mouth closed", "don't talk with your mouth full", and "no elbows on the table", all other dinner etiquette bullshit was utterly disregarded. Dad's working class as fuck, I'm the 4th generation of mechanic on that side of the family, and despite going to a nice grammar school on scholarship Mum turned out to be a socialist, so that might have a lot to do with it.
I still consider wearing a hat inside quite rude though, I don't know where I picked that up from.
Reminds me of how I grew up with so many dinner rules.
Like, one UK dinner rule is that it’s actually considered rude to cut open a bread roll, a bread roll is always torn open with your hands.
Did you have to tear it in a specific way? When I was learning 4-H banquet etiquette we had to tear it so that the breach was facing downward, so that all the crumbs would spall toward the plate instead of your dining companions.
I always thought that was an admirable level of foresight. Then again, the rolls at the Albuquerque Ramada were uncommonly crusty, so maybe that was just us.
Not so far as I know! But I can definitely imagine that being a thing.
but if the tines face down, wouldn't soft stuff fall off? Like mashed potatoes
No? I mean mashed potatoes are soft but not like, gloopy or slimy.
The only food I ever really struggled with was peas.
Attending my grandmother’s four course dinners was somewhat torturous to a small child but I’m still a little sad to think my kids won’t experience them. They were always quite the event.
Janson your grandmother sounds like the exact opposite of mine.
I feel like few things described my grandma's lack of pretension better than her name being Cordelia and refusing to let anyone call her anything but Corky.
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They are genuine British dining etiquette rules! I actually found all those in one link, here.
If you ever watched Mrs Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances, that was my grandmother. From a Yorkshire mining family, not that she’d ever let you know, of course.
My Dad's from Huddersfield and my Mum's from Knutsford, and besides "chew with your mouth closed", "don't talk with your mouth full", and "no elbows on the table", all other dinner etiquette bullshit was utterly disregarded. Dad's working class as fuck, I'm the 4th generation of mechanic on that side of the family, and despite going to a nice grammar school on scholarship Mum turned out to be a socialist, so that might have a lot to do with it.
I still consider wearing a hat inside quite rude though, I don't know where I picked that up from.
literally all I know of Huddersfield is that Huddersfield Ben was an early yorkshire terrier that is considered the progenitor of the breed
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They are genuine British dining etiquette rules! I actually found all those in one link, here.
If you ever watched Mrs Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances, that was my grandmother. From a Yorkshire mining family, not that she’d ever let you know, of course.
My Dad's from Huddersfield and my Mum's from Knutsford, and besides "chew with your mouth closed", "don't talk with your mouth full", and "no elbows on the table", all other dinner etiquette bullshit was utterly disregarded. Dad's working class as fuck, I'm the 4th generation of mechanic on that side of the family, and despite going to a nice grammar school on scholarship Mum turned out to be a socialist, so that might have a lot to do with it.
I still consider wearing a hat inside quite rude though, I don't know where I picked that up from.
literally all I know of Huddersfield is that Huddersfield Ben was an early yorkshire terrier that is considered the progenitor of the breed
It's an old textile mill town! The house my Dad grew up in was built some time in the 17th century, and only had running water on the ground floor. They literally set a fire under the bathtub to heat the water!
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I was told off hand by my Nan that turning over your fork to use it like a spoon was very "American"
And in response my Dad ate his meal with his fork turned up like a spoon and affected an overdone American accent, something which he and I found very funny and nobody else did
When you say turn your fork "over," what constitutes upside down on a fork for you? Tines curving towards you or tines curving away from you?
Which way do you think is easier to use it like a spoon?
No? I mean mashed potatoes are soft but not like, gloopy or slimy.
The only food I ever really struggled with was peas.
Attending my grandmother’s four course dinners was somewhat torturous to a small child but I’m still a little sad to think my kids won’t experience them. They were always quite the event.
My mum has the same rules passed down from her parents who were a mechanic from Sheffield and an accountant from Stockport. The shortcut was always to mix the peas with some mashed potatoes as a kind of mortar
It's made me really judgey of people who don't hold their cutlery properly (fork left, tines down, knife right). I was horrified when in a fancy restaurant in the US I saw someone at the next table pin half a chicken down on a plate with a fork held upside down in their right hand then used their knife in the left hand to tear the meat away.
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I eat as many of my meals as possible (and you may be surprised how many that is) with just a spoon.
I have very little patience for people who critique other people’s utensil use but I am paranoid as hell about how I use chopsticks and bark like a fuckin’ trained seal when somebody compliments me on how I use them.
What I've learned in 15 years of using chopsticks is that friggin' everyone uses chopsticks differently and if anyone says there's one right way of doing it they're a big liar
What I've learned in 15 years of using chopsticks is that friggin' everyone uses chopsticks differently and if anyone says there's one right way of doing it they're a big liar
I worked with a dude who held them in the palm of his hand and would just open and close his fingers and could pick all kinds of shit up that way, that dude was a fuckin’ wizard.
What I've learned in 15 years of using chopsticks is that friggin' everyone uses chopsticks differently and if anyone says there's one right way of doing it they're a big liar
I worked with a dude who held them in the palm of his hand and would just open and close his fingers and could pick all kinds of shit up that way, that dude was a fuckin’ wizard.
If he were a wizard why not use them as wands to magic the food into his mouth?
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If you use a fork to gently pry the halves apart, you get some deep nooks and crannies
With the thomas brand style english muffins at least
Honestly, that way is a delight every time.
Like, one UK dinner rule is that it’s actually considered rude to cut open a bread roll, a bread roll is always torn open with your hands.
As a kid, trying to press all the peas or sweet corn onto the back of my fork with a knife was hell. I mean, it’s hard enough to do as an adult...
And did you know that, unless the dessert is something like ice cream, you may use a dessert fork by itself, or a dessert fork by itself *and* a spoon, but you may not use a spoon by itself to eat dessert? My mom was more relaxed on that rule, though, so it only really applied at my grandmother’s dinner table.
So many ridiculous classist rules.
No rules here
No holds barred
Everything goes
Why would anyone eat ice cream with a fork?
I'm so angry
It's called the cob.
Butter that baby up and typerwriter it.
As a fellow Brit I have never encountered any of these rules and I feel I must inform you that your mother was trolling you
If you ever watched Mrs Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances, that was my grandmother. From a Yorkshire mining family, not that she’d ever let you know, of course.
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there's got to be some kind of science to explain why corn tastes so much better on the cob (besides all the extra salt and butter, although that helps)
That's absolutely what my english grandparents impressed upon my brother and I whenever we visited
And in response my Dad ate his meal with his fork turned up like a spoon and affected an overdone American accent, something which he and I found very funny and nobody else did
You know
Be myself
When you say turn your fork "over," what constitutes upside down on a fork for you? Tines curving towards you or tines curving away from you?
You can't use it like a shovel.
And no elbows on the table.
(My dad's family are also Yorkshire mining folks.
He puts his elbows on the table.)
Did you have to tear it in a specific way? When I was learning 4-H banquet etiquette we had to tear it so that the breach was facing downward, so that all the crumbs would spall toward the plate instead of your dining companions.
I always thought that was an admirable level of foresight. Then again, the rolls at the Albuquerque Ramada were uncommonly crusty, so maybe that was just us.
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My Dad's from Huddersfield and my Mum's from Knutsford, and besides "chew with your mouth closed", "don't talk with your mouth full", and "no elbows on the table", all other dinner etiquette bullshit was utterly disregarded. Dad's working class as fuck, I'm the 4th generation of mechanic on that side of the family, and despite going to a nice grammar school on scholarship Mum turned out to be a socialist, so that might have a lot to do with it.
I still consider wearing a hat inside quite rude though, I don't know where I picked that up from.
Not so far as I know! But I can definitely imagine that being a thing.
No? I mean mashed potatoes are soft but not like, gloopy or slimy.
The only food I ever really struggled with was peas.
Attending my grandmother’s four course dinners was somewhat torturous to a small child but I’m still a little sad to think my kids won’t experience them. They were always quite the event.
I feel like few things described my grandma's lack of pretension better than her name being Cordelia and refusing to let anyone call her anything but Corky.
literally all I know of Huddersfield is that Huddersfield Ben was an early yorkshire terrier that is considered the progenitor of the breed
It's an old textile mill town! The house my Dad grew up in was built some time in the 17th century, and only had running water on the ground floor. They literally set a fire under the bathtub to heat the water!
Which way do you think is easier to use it like a spoon?
My mum has the same rules passed down from her parents who were a mechanic from Sheffield and an accountant from Stockport. The shortcut was always to mix the peas with some mashed potatoes as a kind of mortar
It's made me really judgey of people who don't hold their cutlery properly (fork left, tines down, knife right). I was horrified when in a fancy restaurant in the US I saw someone at the next table pin half a chicken down on a plate with a fork held upside down in their right hand then used their knife in the left hand to tear the meat away.
That and also soup plates insted of flat plates. Makes the food to mouth pricess so much easier
I am the lowest hypocrite that has ever lived.
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I worked with a dude who held them in the palm of his hand and would just open and close his fingers and could pick all kinds of shit up that way, that dude was a fuckin’ wizard.
If he were a wizard why not use them as wands to magic the food into his mouth?