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

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Born and originally learned the US way, but I eat continental-style generally--fork in one hand, pointed downward, knife in the other, stab the food with the fork tines or push it onto the back with the knife. I'm left-handed, though, so the switching part doesn't really apply--fork in left hand, knife in right, and just eat.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

So, hmm. I guess it's partly as much a handedness thing as a cultural one.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

I don't know, really? I think most people here eat the same way as me. It's more the Americans who switch hands. From what I've seen. But it's a strange thing so who knows?

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I think it's strange that I've never noticed it before. And I've eaten with people from all over the world, go figure. I'm obtuse, obviously. ;)