table manner of england
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Table Manner In England
By:Anik Maghsarita
Muslichatun Ni’mah
Things YouShould Do
Tell your host, if you can’t eat some special food Wait until your host starts eating swallow all the food in your mouth say thank you when some one served something
Shouldn’t Do It is impolite to have your elbows on the table while you are eating. Never lick or put your knife in your mouthDon't reach over someone's plate for somethingIt is impolite to put too much food in your mouth.Never pick food out of your teeth with your fingernails
How to Eat Breadtake some
butter from the butter dish with
your bread knife and put it
on your side plate
How To Eat with knife and forkHold your fork in the left hand with the prongs pointing downwards.
Hold your knife in the right hand with the handle in your palm
If you are eating at a formal dinner party, you will come across many knives and forks. Start with the utensils on the outside and work your way inward with each subsequent course
Food should be cut "one piece at a time" directly prior to eating
When resting between bites, the knife and fork are crossed on the plate
When you have finished eating, place your knife and folk together
How to Eat Soup
• Spoon the soup from the center of the plate away from you, towards the center of the bowl
• When resting, place the spoon in the bowl
• When finished, place the spoon on the right side of the under plate where the soup bowl
How to eat Dessert• Fork should be
held in the left hand and the spoon in the right, the dessert with the spoon, one bite at a time
Some dishes require their own etiquette.• Asparagu
s: eaten with fingers, start with the head.
• Oysters: use an oyster fork to detach
the oyster from its shell.
Peas• hold the tines
of your fork down to spear a few peas at a time and eat them.
Sandwiches – Hamburgers –
Pizza• cut it in fourths
and then cut small bite-size pieces from each quarter to make it easy to ea
How to use napkin
The Table Setting
Seating Arrangement
•When there is a single table, the host and hostess usually sit at opposite ends, or occasionally in the center of the table facing each other
• The highest ranking male generally sits to the right of the hostess• For large family gatherings it is often policy to put age groups together
Kinds of Cutleries in Table Manner
Kinds of Chinaware
Kinds of Glass
How to Handle The Glass