How to get western-style tableware

In western food, the placement of knives and forks is also meaningful. Your desire to eat can be conveyed by the placement of knives and forks. Let me tidy it up for you. Welcome to reading.

I. Left fork and right knife

Generally speaking, it is the basic technique of holding a fork in the left hand and a knife in the right hand. Simply put, it is to cut food with a knife in your right hand, and then put the cut food into your mouth with a fork. The whole eating process is simple.

Second, the correct posture and the right angle

When eating western food, you should sit up straight, relax your shoulders and wrists as much as possible, keep your arms close to your body, pay attention to your elbows not too high or too low, and keep the angle between the knife and the plate at about 15 degrees.

Third, after dinner.

When you finish a meal, you should put the knife and fork together, with the blade facing your side and the fork facing down, and place them side by side from 4 o'clock to 10 o'clock, so that the waiter can know to come and clean the dishes.

Fourth, other matters needing attention

When eating western food, don't put the plate on it. This is a rude way to eat. At the same time, remember, if you accidentally drop your knife and fork, don't get under the table to pick up the tableware. This is also a rude behavior.

Etiquette knowledge of eating western food

1. Knife and fork: Don't hold a fork like a cello, and don't hold a fork like a dagger of Lady Macbeth. In addition, don't fly around with a knife and fork in your hand to emphasize a certain point of your speech, and don't put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the dining table. Once the knife and fork are picked up and used, they can't be put back. When the knife is placed on the plate, the blade is inward, the head is in the plate, and the handle is placed on the edge of the plate.

2. napkin: don't wipe the lower part of your face with a napkin, but gently wipe it. Don't shake off your napkin and fold it. Don't wave in the air like a flag. The napkin should be on your knee. If you leave the table, put the napkin on the chair and push the chair closer to the table. Move carefully and gently. Don't fold napkins at the end of the meal; Otherwise, the waiter who doesn't know the situation may give it to other guests. At the end of the meal, pick up the napkin from the middle and gently put it on the left side of the plate on the dining table.

3. Chew: Keep your mouth shut when chewing. No matter how amazing your wit is and how good your timing is, you should never talk with food in your mouth. You can't swallow food right away for a quick conversation. You should keep a posture of chewing slowly and smile knowingly after swallowing food to convey your inner activities: there was a punch line just now, but there was food in your mouth.

4. Sitting posture: Remember what mom said, sit up straight and don't put your elbows on the dining table. If your hand is uncomfortable in any position, put it on your thigh.

5. Bread: It is especially important to spread butter on bread. Break the bread into small pieces that can be eaten in one bite, and butter the small pieces before eating. Don't butter the whole bread conveniently.

6. Speed: Not too fast. Whether eating in RitzCarton or GreasePit Hotel in Gerty, it is not only harmful to your health, but also unsightly, especially when dining with others. * * * Everyone should eat the same amount at the same time, and at the same time keep the start and end speed. When you are still drinking soup, it is not advisable for others to taste sweets.

7. Pick your teeth: If your teeth are blocked, don't pick your teeth at the dinner table. If you really can't stand it, find an excuse to go to the bathroom, where you can pick up enough.

8. Lipstick: It is not advisable to leave lipstick on the tableware, especially when working and eating. If you don't bring paper towels, you can go to the bathroom when you enter the hotel, or get paper towels from the bar.

9. Smoking: Even if you eat in the smoking area, you should not smoke while eating. Smoking will affect other people's appetite, which is not in harmony with the whole atmosphere. You should wait until after dinner, and remember: don't use the plate as an ashtray to smoke.

10. Items: Do not put ladies' handbags and men's suitcases on the dining table, and do not put keys, hats, gloves, glasses, glasses cases, cigarettes and other items on the dining table. In short, nothing that has nothing to do with eating can be served.

How to use western tableware

1. When eating, the plate is in the middle, so the knife and fork are on the right side of the plate and the fork is on the left. Generally, people who write with their right hand naturally take a knife or spoon in their right hand, a fork in their left hand and a cup in their right hand when drinking western food.

2. Put knives and forks on the dining table, generally no more than three pairs. For a set meal with more than three courses, you must put a new knife and fork after the meal.

Knives and forks are used from outside to inside in turn, that is, they are placed from outside to inside in advance.

When eating, the left and right hands usually cooperate with each other, that is, one knife and one fork are used in pairs. With some exceptions, when drinking soup, put the spoon on the right-hold the spoon in your right hand. Oysters are usually eaten with an oyster fork in their right hand.

Knife and fork have different specifications and sizes according to different uses. When eating meat, whether you want to cut it with a knife or not, you should use a big knife. Use a medium knife when eating salads, sweets or some appetizers. The fork or spoon usually varies with the size of the knife. Use a large spoon for soup and a small spoon for coffee and ice cream.

6. Don't serve others with your own tableware.

7. You can't stick a fork in the entrance of food, but you should scoop it up. Of course, this rule has become less strict now. The Englishman holds a fork in his left hand, with the tip of the fork facing down, and sends the meat upright. If it is a burnt vegetable, he will put it on a fork and send it out. Americans cut meat in the same way, then put down the knife in their right hand and put it under the meat with the fork pointed upward. Instead of using a knife, he scooped up the meat and sent it out, and ate the burnt vegetables in the same way.

8. If you don't need a knife to eat a dish, you can also hold a fork in your right hand. For example, Italians eat noodles with only one fork and do not need other tableware, so it is simple and convenient to hold the fork with their right hand. If there are no large pieces of meat to cut, such as vegetarian dishes, just vegetables and non-staple foods that don't need to be cut, then it is reasonable to eat with a fork in your right hand.

9. To be on the safe side, don't tell me what to do when holding a knife and fork. It is polite to put a knife and fork on a plate when talking or talking. This is also a kind of respect for the people next to you.

10. Forks and spoons are ok, but knives can't be put in, whether there is food on them or not. Besides etiquette, knives are also dangerous.