Why don't many people know how to hold their fork and knife?
May 7th, 2002, 01:43 PM
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Great point! I never thought of that until you mentioned it. Yes, the girl put it away in front of my eyes.
Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes and the fixings.
I was very impressed because they gave you the choice of crispy and extra crispy - just kidding about that point but everything else is true.
Oh yeah, the idiot groom did push the piece of cake all over the bride's face and she wasn't too happy. I guess chicken grease on her face was acceptable but cake wasn't?
Everything is true exc
Great point! I never thought of that until you mentioned it. Yes, the girl put it away in front of my eyes.
Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes and the fixings.
I was very impressed because they gave you the choice of crispy and extra crispy - just kidding about that point but everything else is true.
Oh yeah, the idiot groom did push the piece of cake all over the bride's face and she wasn't too happy. I guess chicken grease on her face was acceptable but cake wasn't?
Everything is true exc
May 7th, 2002, 02:30 PM
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No "Miz" Manners, I meant to say efficient, not elegant. I was referring to the fact that eating European style is more efficient than eating in the American Style. Far less manipulation of utensils.
Which method is more elegant is purely subjective.
I maintain that either method is proper, as would anyone who has any true knowledge of manners. It's very pretentious to come on a public message board telling people how to eat correctly, not to mention embarassing, especially when you are wrong.
Which method is more elegant is purely subjective.
I maintain that either method is proper, as would anyone who has any true knowledge of manners. It's very pretentious to come on a public message board telling people how to eat correctly, not to mention embarassing, especially when you are wrong.
May 7th, 2002, 02:43 PM
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The European style is more logical, more efficient, and intuitively makes more sense. American manners are presumptious and narrow minded. As far as I know, we are the only nation where the people fumble knives and forks from one hand to the other and call it "proper".
I eat European style because it is more convenient. Miss Manners can take a hike as far as I am concerned.
It is all arbitrary fol-de-rol anyhow and mostly an exercise in social snobbery.
I don't throw my food on the floor, wipe my mouth with the back of my hand, slurp my soup, saucer and blow my coffee, or eat peas with my knife.
I like the Chinese idea. Enjoy your food.
I eat European style because it is more convenient. Miss Manners can take a hike as far as I am concerned.
It is all arbitrary fol-de-rol anyhow and mostly an exercise in social snobbery.
I don't throw my food on the floor, wipe my mouth with the back of my hand, slurp my soup, saucer and blow my coffee, or eat peas with my knife.
I like the Chinese idea. Enjoy your food.
May 9th, 2002, 10:27 AM
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I guess it depends where in Europe the gentile people hail from. When we were in Bonaire there was a group there from the Netherlands and their eating habits and table manners were so gross it made you gag to watch them eat. Talk about Hoovers! I swear they put their lips at the edge of the plate and inhaled.
May 9th, 2002, 10:33 AM
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Well, I guess I am really screwed up. My mother was from England and my dad the US. Add to that the fact that I am left handed....but I do manage to get it cut and eaten with the minimum amount of drool running down my chin, and I do chew with my mouth closed....my elbows are usually OFF the table...BTW is it considered bad manners to cut a bunch of meat at one time. Meat should be cut as it's eaten.
May 9th, 2002, 10:42 AM
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Bob, it's always interesting to listen to a supercilious snob try to justify their sanctimonious position while at the same time denigrate the actions of others as "presumptious and narrow minded." To coin an old phrase, you are the pot calling the kettle black.
May 9th, 2002, 12:16 PM
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Oh Bob, you're such a tool. American manners are presumptious and narrow minded? How is holding one's utensils differently than Europeans presumptious? Because we "presume" that we have a right to do things differently? You've written some idiotic things on the board before, but this absolutely takes the cake. What a ridiculous snob you are.
May 9th, 2002, 12:16 PM
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Puhleeze people,
Switching hands is an inept attempt at using flatware. Why is it that it was only established in the U.S. and the rest of the flatware using world doesn't conform to this way? It is equivalent to keeping one's elbows on the table. Unrefined.
Switching hands is an inept attempt at using flatware. Why is it that it was only established in the U.S. and the rest of the flatware using world doesn't conform to this way? It is equivalent to keeping one's elbows on the table. Unrefined.
Dec 7th, 2012, 04:11 AM
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Miz Manners has started a very funny thread here. I am American and was taught the PROPER American way to eat -- the switch method. I went to Europe first some 40 years ago and learned to eat the non-switch way, and pretty much do that to this day.
But BAD MANNERS is not eating food the proper American way. Bad manners is insisting that everyone around who you eats the proper way is some sort of idiot or hick because they don't do things the way you do or perceive they should be done.
Miz Manners, get over yourself. You have BAD manners!
But BAD MANNERS is not eating food the proper American way. Bad manners is insisting that everyone around who you eats the proper way is some sort of idiot or hick because they don't do things the way you do or perceive they should be done.
Miz Manners, get over yourself. You have BAD manners!
