dinning procedures?

Question

I have a question about dining manners. if we were to a piece of meat or something else. which is the proper hand to placed theknife and the fork and how we suppose to cut it

if we were to cut a piece of meat i mean

Answer 1

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hold fork in left h and
knife in right

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stab the fork into the meat at about the size you want(giva a little extra room)
3
place firmly your knife right next to the fork on the outside side and CUT!!!!!
4
once done cutting, switch hands, put knife down and stab the meat curtly
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insert in mouth and
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Enjoy!!!

Answer 2

There are two proper ways : One is to hold the knife in youre right hand fork in the left and gently but firmly cut the meat. You do not want to look as though you are trying to saw through it. If your knife is to dull then ask for a sharper one or for a steak knife. Then once you have cut up a few pieces you can then rest the knife along the top right part of your plate, and then use youre right hand to eat with the fork. The other way is to hold have the fork in left and knife in right and cut as earlier described, but this time you only cut a piece of food at a time and instead of resting the knife you keep it in your right hand. After you cut a piece you then eat it from the fork that is still in your left hand.

Answer 3

Having grown up in Europe, when I came to the U.S., I had the feeling people ate like savages. In the steak-cutting scenario, on many occasions I witness holding the fork as if it were a weapon piercing down a live animal, and the whole switching of silverware after each bite to me only meant someone was missing their first 7 years and never learned proper table manners… But then again, we ate pizza with a knife and a fork! These days I tend to be less judgmental but still we teach our 3-1/2 year old to:
1. hold the fork in his left hand, knife in his right (dominant) hand
2. have the piece of food to be cut face the left side of the plate
3. cut just one bite by smooth back-and-forth motion close to the fork, on its right
4. since the cut bite is to the left of the plate, it can be brought to the mouth with the left hand, in one clean motion without switching silverware or crisscrossing hands
5. for a 3-1/2 year old, he’s doing a great job…
With that said, in Arab countries eating with the left hand is considered offensive. In Japan ‘not’ loudly slurping your soup means you're not enjoying it, making the hosts uncomfortable… So it is all a matter of traditions and upbringing, but the less mess gets created on the plate and the less flailing of hands and silverware over the meal, the better one’s manners look.

Answer 4

The knife is always held in your right hand. The fork is always with your left. The knife cuts only a piece of meat at a time. Dont cut the entire steak in bits and pieces.
Use the fork held in your left hand to bring it to your mouth.
This is the most common way of eating, with knife and fork. However, some people are used to eating with a spoon and fork, and in this case. it is acceptable also to put the knife down after cutting a bite size portion of your meat, pick up a fork with the same right hand, and use the fork to put the meat into your mouth.

Answer 5

It depends on whether you are left or right handed, for a right handed person you hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in the right cut the meat change the fork to the right and eat 1 piece of meat at a time and thoroughly chew it before swallowing and then drink.

Answer 6

You should put the fork in your non dominant hand and the knife in your dominant hand. You are supposed to cut one piece at a time instead of cutting the whole piece at once. Cut it, then eat that piece. When you are ready for another bite, you cut another piece.

Answer 7

There are two ways to use a knife and fork to cut and eat your food. They are the American style and the European or Continental style. Either style is considered appropriate. In the American style, one cuts the food by holding the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left hand with the fork tines piercing the food to secure it on the plate. Cut a few bite-size pieces of food, then lay your knife across the top edge of your plate with the sharp edge of the blade facing in. Change your fork from your left to your right hand to eat, fork tines facing up. (If you are left-handed, keep your fork in your left hand, tines facing up.)

The European or Continental style is the same as the American style in that you cut your meat by holding your knife in your right hand while securing your food with your fork in your left hand. The difference is your fork remains in your left hand, tines facing down, and the knife in your right hand. Simply eat the cut pieces of food by picking them up with your fork still in your left hand.

Answer 8

if it is a nice enough restaurant that you are worried about the etiquette, good rule of thumb whichever side the knife is placed use that hand, then again dining is dining eat with which hand you feel comfortable with.

Answer 9

What a question......Just eat ...just eat.