How To Use Knife And Fork——Garbo Flatware

In the formal western food banquet, western food tableware is generally placed like this. Usually eat a dish for another knife and fork, so the number of knives and forks is the same as the number of dishes, the whole meal can not use the same knife and fork or indiscriminate knife and fork.

When eating western meal, put the knife and fork mainly have: eat butter knife, eat fish knife and fork (fish knife on the right side of the dinner knife, fish fork on the left side of the dinner fork), eat meat knife and fork (namely dinner knife, dinner fork), eat dessert knife and fork with salad. Knowing that they come in different shapes and are placed in different places will help you distinguish them correctly. Sometimes there will be three pairs of knives and forks placed respectively on both sides of the dinner plate. If you want to avoid mistakes, the key is to remember to take from both sides from the outside to the inside, that is, the food order is appetizer to fish and then to meat.

1.How to take and use knives and forks in Western food

The knife and fork holding method is very simple, generally is the right hand to hold the knife, the left hand to hold the fork (such as the picture above). The use of knives and forks is mainly divided into British and American:

British style: when dining, always be right hand hold knife, left hand hold fork, while cutting food while fork and eat, people think this way is more gentlemanly and elegant.

American style: when eating, first of all, the right hand holds the knife and the left hand holds the fork, but the American habit is to eat all of a sudden cut, and then put the knife of the right hand diagonally in front of the plate, the fork of the left hand to the right hand, and then continue eating. This way is easier and less troublesome than the British way.

When using knives and forks to eat western food, the following points should be noted no matter which way is used:

When cutting food, remember to sink your elbows and do not open the bow from left to right;

When cutting food, pay attention to the amount of food, should be just suitable for the mouth, do not fork up and then bite to eat;

When eating, you should eat with a fork, not a knife;

Pay attention to the direction of the knife and fork, put down the knife, the knife edge always inward, not outward; When both hands use the knife and fork at the same time, the fork teeth should be down, the right hand holding the fork when eating, the fork teeth should be up;

 If you drop your knife and fork on the ground, don't pick it up and use it again. Please ask the waiter to change it for a new one.

2. The placement of knives and forks in Western food

In western food etiquette, the placement of knives and forks is also quite exquisite, different placement methods have different meanings, such as:

The knife and fork are arranged in the following eight characters, indicating that you will have a rest before eating, and reminding the waiter not to take it away until you have finished eating;

Place your knife and fork in the shape of the cross below to indicate that you are still hungry and waiting for the next course;

Put your knife and fork horizontally to show that you are satisfied with the dish.

Put the knife and fork in the following vertical 11, indicating that you have finished your meal, remind the waiter to take away the tableware;

The knife and fork are folded into eight characters, which means that you think the food or service of the restaurant is not good.

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