Unofficial Etiquette Pollage

[primroseburrows]

After hearing a discussion on the radio about table manners and cultural/national ways of eating, I got curious and decided to ask you guys about it. According to the program, there is more than one way people in Western countries use a knife while eating. I did not know this, which shows just how much I don't know about culture.

So anyway, a poll:



[Poll #1409363]

Comments

[trempnvt.livejournal.com]

I keep my utensils in the same hand, but to be fair, my fork is always in my right hand (I'm a righty) and my knife is always in my left. Nobody else in my family does it, but I can't imagine eating with a fork and knife any other way.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Hmm. *mimes doing this* That's definitely a new one. You may be unique in the world. :) Do you see a general trend in Israel? There are people there from liek, everwhere, so I'd imagine there would be different ways of doing stuff.

[trempnvt.livejournal.com]

There probably would be, but I honestly don't notice this stuff. (In fact, I thought what I did was normal until it was pointed out to me that it's not.)