Eating with your dominate hand - Page 3

ITL · January 12 2013, 12:44 PM

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

I'd be very interested, though, in learning what caused the American method. Is it only spite (doing it as different as possible from the way it's done in the homecountry) or is there a practical reason (having a hand free to grab the revolver lying in your lap)?

I'm sure Bill Bryson explained it in one of his books (Made In America, possibly), but I can't remember what it was...

Nociod · January 12 2013, 01:25 PM

As mentioned, in Europe it's common to use both hands when eating.

The "correct" way to do it is fork in the left hand, and knife in the right hand.

I'm right handed, but the only way that feels right for me is having the knife in the left hand and fork in the right hand.

Maybe it's genetics? All my aunts also eat the same way

trekkiedane · January 12 2013, 02:38 PM

Roger Wilco wrote:

I thought this is the way everybody eats. I can't recall ever seeing somebody switch fork and knife like that, although I don't pay much attention to other people's eating habits.

But the only way to figure out how one is supposed to do it -when in a sorta formal setting- is to observe how others around the table do!

(a friend impressed me once by eating chicken wings with knife and fork)

I do that -maybe because I mostly eat those while sitting by a keyboard though

ITL wrote:

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

I'd be very interested, though, in learning what caused the American method. Is it only spite (doing it as different as possible from the way it's done in the homecountry) or is there a practical reason (having a hand free to grab the revolver lying in your lap)?

I'm sure Bill Bryson explained it in one of his books (Made In America, possibly), but I can't remember what it was...

I read somewhere that it was a way to show defiance against the rule of the English...

junxon · January 12 2013, 02:47 PM

tape a chopstick to each finger.

trekkiedane · January 12 2013, 02:53 PM

^Something like this perhaps?

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Robert Maxwell · January 12 2013, 03:39 PM

thestrangequark wrote:

^Get your mind out of the gutter, Robert.

I didn't realize how that sounded until you posted this. Oops.

I'm not always being a pervert, I swear.

StolenThunder · January 12 2013, 07:24 PM

ITL wrote:

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

I'd be very interested, though, in learning what caused the American method. Is it only spite (doing it as different as possible from the way it's done in the homecountry) or is there a practical reason (having a hand free to grab the revolver lying in your lap)?

I'm sure Bill Bryson explained it in one of his books (Made In America, possibly), but I can't remember what it was...

Indeed. From what I remember, it's because an early eating implement had the fork and knife combined, with the useful bits at opposing ends of a single piece of wood.

trekkiedane · January 12 2013, 07:32 PM

^AH! -the Swiss army knork!?

CorporalClegg · January 12 2013, 07:40 PM

I rarely have need for a knife. Most of what I eat is chopped during prep. Honestly, I think it's the most civilized way to go.

trekkiedane · January 12 2013, 07:47 PM

CorporalClegg wrote:

I rarely have need for a knife. Most of what I eat is chopped during prep. Honestly, I think it's the most civilized way to go.

Why not just blend it and serve it in a beaker with a straw?

No really, who's in so much of a hurry that they need their food almost pre-chewed for them? -There is a difference between fast food and slow food: one is something you do when you're on your own and/or in a hurry and the other is something you do when the social gathering around a meal, not the actual nourishment of the meal, is the main event.

imho and all that...

JoeZhang · January 12 2013, 08:17 PM

The opening post baffled me until I read some of the follow-up posts, I have no idea that Americans did not use their knifes and forks in the same way as Europeans - as someone else pointed out - here we'd maybe see that sort of style in a child or maybe someone who had a disability and couldn't use both hands at once.

So do Americans not do the 8 o'clock (fork), 4 o'clock (knife) placement to indicate that you are taking a rest and then 6 o'clock (both) or 4 o'clock (both) to indicate that you are finished?

trekkiedane · January 12 2013, 08:23 PM

^I think we had a thread about that a couple of months ago

scotpens · January 12 2013, 08:24 PM

trekkiedane wrote:

CorporalClegg wrote:

I rarely have need for a knife. Most of what I eat is chopped during prep. Honestly, I think it's the most civilized way to go.

Why not just blend it and serve it in a beaker with a straw?

Robert Maxwell wrote:

thestrangequark wrote:

Robert Maxwell wrote:

If it's a good enough pie, can't you just bury your face in it?

Get your mind out of the gutter, Robert.

I didn't realize how that sounded until you posted this. Oops.

I'm not always being a pervert, I swear.

No, it's just that, unlike most of us here, you don't have a dirty mind!

thestrangequark · January 12 2013, 11:50 PM

Robert Maxwell wrote:

thestrangequark wrote:

^Get your mind out of the gutter, Robert.

I didn't realize how that sounded until you posted this. Oops.

I'm not always being a pervert, I swear.

It makes it all the funnier!

ngc7293 · January 13 2013, 06:50 AM

Made in America, so there for Fork in Left, Knife in Right and put knife down when done using. HOWEVER, if I am at a restaurant and I get a nice Prime Rib - Medium Rare, I suddenly become European

(both "weapons" in hands until the steaks gone)

January 12 2013, 01:25 PM	#32
Nociod Fleet Captain Location: Norway	Re: Eating with your dominate hand As mentioned, in Europe it's common to use both hands when eating. The "correct" way to do it is fork in the left hand, and knife in the right hand. I'm right handed, but the only way that feels right for me is having the knife in the left hand and fork in the right hand. Maybe it's genetics? All my aunts also eat the same way

January 12 2013, 02:47 PM	#34
junxon Fleet Captain Location: I'm a Romulan now. Romulans are cool	Re: Eating with your dominate hand tape a chopstick to each finger. __________________ I'm your Venus, I'm your fire, At your desire, Captain. - Mr Spock Hello to Jason Isaacs!

January 12 2013, 07:32 PM	#38
trekkiedane Admiral Location: I'll let you know when I get there.	Re: Eating with your dominate hand ^AH! -the Swiss army knork!? __________________ You just assume condescension because I'm European and we're known for not taking Americans seriously. It's a curse. { Emilia }

January 12 2013, 07:40 PM	#39
CorporalClegg Vice Admiral Location: Nuevo México	Re: Eating with your dominate hand I rarely have need for a knife. Most of what I eat is chopped during prep. Honestly, I think it's the most civilized way to go.

January 12 2013, 08:17 PM	#41
JoeZhang Rear Admiral	Re: Eating with your dominate hand The opening post baffled me until I read some of the follow-up posts, I have no idea that Americans did not use their knifes and forks in the same way as Europeans - as someone else pointed out - here we'd maybe see that sort of style in a child or maybe someone who had a disability and couldn't use both hands at once. So do Americans not do the 8 o'clock (fork), 4 o'clock (knife) placement to indicate that you are taking a rest and then 6 o'clock (both) or 4 o'clock (both) to indicate that you are finished?

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January 12 2013, 08:23 PM	#42
trekkiedane Admiral Location: I'll let you know when I get there.	Re: Eating with your dominate hand ^I think we had a thread about that a couple of months ago __________________ You just assume condescension because I'm European and we're known for not taking Americans seriously. It's a curse. { Emilia }

January 13 2013, 06:50 AM	#45
ngc7293 Commander Location: Michigan	Re: Eating with your dominate hand Made in America, so there for Fork in Left, Knife in Right and put knife down when done using. HOWEVER, if I am at a restaurant and I get a nice Prime Rib - Medium Rare, I suddenly become European (both "weapons" in hands until the steaks gone) __________________ Judy Waxhorn: "Lighbulb is shot can't see a damn thing. Prepare to trash the ship. LaForge, disable the warp-core protection system. Troi, take the helm. All hands, prepare for DRAMA."