Fork it over, Fork it under...
I had an uncle who used his fork with the tines curved down. He was a fast eater and always seemed to take another bite of food before he was finished chewing the bite before it. The rest of my family held their forks with the tines curved up.We grew up with Black & White TV and having seen many old movies, to me the only times I saw someone eating with the tines up was at home. My parents were friends with a Polish couple who owned a business in New Jersey and came to Florida during the winter. They also held their fork with the tines curved down.
Yesterday, I formulated this blog but ran out of time to do the research and post it. Again, pressed for time, I'll do a short version. My planned title was 'fork you' but 'fork it over' has some humor intended.
YouTube had dozens of videos about table manners and dining etiquette. The one I wanted to post ran on more than 10 minutes.
So... I selected a shorter one for this blog.All the videos I reviewed said there are two basic styles of holding your fork European and American. Americans are the only ones who hold their forks tines up. I thought the description of how you need a knife to push food onto your fork for the European style sounded less efficient.
Here's my analogy. Winter is coming. Next time you have to shovel snow, I want you to hold the shovel with the curved side down and think about dinner!
Thanks for reading my blog...
Comments (9)
"If it ain't broke...."
I never used a pitchfork tines down.
Thinking about it logically, it should be tines up to pick the food up
and ideally tines down to deposit the food in your mouth.
How's that for a (wrist) turn of events ?
There were few rules about eating spaghetti in my childhood.
yup, there are two distinct dining styles" : the right one and the American.. Most Americans (not all areas) do put down the knife and swap hands for every bite. they just cut everything, then eat it with the fork (in the right hand).. ?
they need a free hand for their gun...
ah, for lunch or dinner the wine" is milk .
I do the cutting and hand swapping. I try to remember to practice with Chop Sticks but I'm a spaz.