Table manners are the rules used during meals, which may also include the use of equipment. Different cultures observe different rules for feeding behavior. Each family or group sets its own standards for how strict these rules should be enforced.
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Western Europe (including English)
Traditionally in Western Europe, the host or host takes the first bite unless he instructs otherwise. The host started after all the food for the course had been served and everyone sat down. In a religious household, family meals can begin by saying Grace, or at a dinner party the guests may start to eat by offering some good comments about food and thanks to the host. In a group eating situation it is considered rude to start eating before all the groups are served their food and ready to start.
The napkin should be placed in the lap and not tucked into the clothes. They should not be used for anything other than wiping your mouth and should be placed folded in your chair seat if you must leave the table while eating or laying folded on the table when the food is finished.
The fork is held with the left hand and the knife is held properly. Forks are held generally with tines down, using a knife to cut the food or help guide the food to the fork. When no knife is used, the fork can be held with tines up. With tines up, balance the fork on the side of the index finger, held in place with the thumb and forefinger. Under no circumstances should a fork be held like a shovel, with all the fingers wrapped around the base. A bribe full of food should be plucked on a fork and you should not chew or bite food from a fork. The blade should be held with the base to the palm of the hand, unlike the pen with the base between the thumb and forefinger. Knives should not enter the mouth or licked. When eating soup, the spoon is held in the right hand and the bowl away from the diner, scooping the soup in outward motion. The soup spoon should not be put into the mouth, and the soup should be brewed from the side of the spoon, not the tip. Food should always be chewed with closed mouth. Talking with food in the mouth of a person is considered very rough. Licking a person's fingers and eating slowly can also be considered rude.
Food should always be tasted before salt and pepper are added. Applying herbs or seasonings before the food is seen as an affront to the cook, as this shows a lack of confidence in the chef's ability to prepare meals.
Butter should be cut, not scraped, from a butter dish using a butter knife or a side plate knife and inserted into the side plate, not spreading directly to the bread. This prevents butter on a plate from collecting bread crumbs when passed. Rolls of bread should be torn by hand into pieces of mouth size and applied individually, from butter placed on the side plate, using a knife. Bread should not be used to dip into soup or sauce. Just like butter, cheese should be cut and placed on your plate before eating.
Only white or rosé wine is held by a glass rod; red by bowl. Pouring your own drinks when eating with others is acceptable, but more polite to offer pouring drinks to people sitting on both sides. Wine bottle can not be overturned in ice bucket when empty.
It is rude to reach someone to take food or other items. Visitors should always ask for items to be forwarded to the table to them. In the same vein, the visitor must forward the items directly to the person asking. It is also rude to sip food, eat noisily or make noise with cutlery.
Elbows must stay on the table
When a person finishes eating, this should be communicated to other diners and wait staff by placing a knife and fork together on a plate, at about 6 o'clock position, with a tine fork facing up.
At family banquets, children are often asked to ask permission to leave the table at the end of the meal.
If the mobile phone (or other modern device) rings or if the text message is received, the visitor must ignore the call. In exceptional cases where the diner feels the call may be urgent, they should ask to be forgiven, leave the room and take a call (or read a text message) outside of earshot from other visitors. Placing a cell phone, key, handbag or wallet on the dining table is considered rough.
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North America
Modern etiquette provides the smallest amount and type of equipment needed for dining. Only equipment to be used for planned meals should be set. Even if needed, the host should not have more than three equipment on either side of the plate before eating. If additional equipment is needed, they can be brought to the table along with the next course.
A 10-15-inch tablecloth over the edge of the table should be used for formal dinners, while placemats can be used for breakfast, lunch, and informal dinners. Candlesticks, even if not lit, should not be on the table while eating during the day.
Men's hats and unisex should not be worn on the table. Women's hats can be worn during the day if they visit others.
Phone and other disturbing items should not be used at the dinner table. Reading on the table is allowed only at breakfast, except the restaurant itself. Urgent problems must be addressed, after apology, by stepping away from the table.
If food has to be taken out of mouth for some reason - hole, bone, or gristle - the basic rule according to Emily Post, is that it comes out the same way. For example, if the olives are eaten by hand, the pits can be removed by hand. If the olives in the salad are eaten with a fork, the pit should be kept back to the fork inside someone's mouth, and then placed onto the plate. The same is true for small bones or fragile fragments in the diet. A visitor should not spit anything into a napkin, certainly not a cloth napkin. Since napkins are always put on laps and raised only to wipe the mouth of a person, hidden food may accidentally fall into the lap or to the floor of the host. Unwanted foods should be swallowed.
Forks can be used in American style (in left hand while cutting and in right hand to pick up food) or European Continental style (fork always in left hand). (See Fork etiquette) The napkin should be left on a chair only when leaving temporarily. After leaving the table at the end of the meal, the napkin is placed loosely on the table to the left of the plate.
India
In a formal setting, the host requests guests to start eating. Generally, one can not leave the table before the host or the oldest person finishes the meal. It is also considered impolite to leave the table without asking permission from the host or the elders. Usually whoever finishes first will wait for someone else and after everyone finishes all leaves the table.
In traditional Indian food arrangements, the following are observed. Usually the dishes are served with a small amount of all the food.
The main rule of eating is to use your right hand while eating or receiving food. Hand washing, well before sitting at the table and after eating, is important.
A small amount of food is taken at a time, ensuring that food is not wasted. It is considered essential to finish each item on the plate in honor of the food served. Traditionally, food should be eaten when served, without asking for salt or pepper. However, it is now acceptable to express a personal preference for salt or pepper and to request it.
Distorting or playing with food is unacceptable. Eating at a moderate pace is important, because eating too slowly can imply dislike of food and eat too quickly is considered rude. It is generally acceptable to burp, slurp, or spit. Staring at other restaurant dishes is also considered rude. Does not deserve to make a sound when chewing. Certain Indian foods can create sound, so it's important to keep your mouth shut and chew at a moderate pace.
At the dinner table, attention should be paid to certain behaviors that may indicate disturbance or irreverence. Answering phone calls, sending messages, and using inappropriate language is considered inappropriate when dining and while parents are present.
China
Seating and serving customs play an important role in Chinese eating etiquette. For example, visitors may not sit down or start eating before the host (or the guest of honor) has done so. When everyone sat down, the host offered to pour tea, starting with a cup from the oldest person. The youngest person is presented last as a tribute to the elders.
Just as in Western culture, communal tools (chopsticks and spoons) are used to carry food from communal dishes to individual bowls (or dishes). It is considered rude and unhygienic for a visitor to use his own chopsticks to pick up food from dishes and communal bowls when the equipment is present. Other rude behaviors with chopsticks include playing with them, separating them in any way (like holding one in each hand), poking food with them, or standing vertically on a plate of food. (The latter is very rough, evokes incense images or 'joss' sticks used for funeral rites). Rice bowls can be lifted with one hand to spoon rice into the mouth with chopsticks. It is also considered disrespectful to look for the preferred piece on the plate rather than taking the piece closest to the restaurant as a symbol of fairness and sharing with others.
The last piece of food on a communal plate was never served to myself without asking permission. When offered the last meal, it is considered rude to refuse the offer. It is considered good for visitors not to leave little food on their plates or bowls. Seasonings, such as soy sauce or duck sauce, may not be routinely provided at high quality restaurants. The assumption is that perfectly prepared food does not require seasoning and the quality of food can be well appreciated.
Korean
In a formal setting, the meal starts when the oldest or most senior restaurant at the table picks up one of the meals on the table. Before taking part, the intention to enjoy their food should be disclosed. Similarly, the satisfaction or enjoyment of the food must be disclosed at the time of completion. Occasionally, there are some dishes that require additional cuisine or are served at the table. In this case, the youngest or lowest ranked adult restaurant should perform this task. When serving, visitors are served food and drinks in descending order starting with the oldest or highest restaurant for the youngest or lowest ranking.
Rice is always consumed with a spoon and never with chopsticks in a formal setting. Taking a plate or bowl of someone and bringing it into the mouth is considered rude.
Usually, visitors will have a bowl of soup on the right with a bowl of rice on his left. Or, the soup can be served in one large communal pot to be consumed directly or put into an individual bowl. The cutlery will include a pair of chopsticks and a spoon. A common chopstick etiquette should be followed (See Chopstick Etiquette), but rice is generally eaten with a spoon instead of a chopstick. Often some forms of protein (meat, poultry, fish) will be served as a main course and placed in the center of the table within reach of the visitor. Banchan will also be distributed throughout the table. If eaten with a spoon, banchan is placed on a spoonful of rice before entering the mouth. With chopsticks, however, it is fed to the mouth directly. The last piece of food on a communal plate should not be served to yourself without asking permission first, but, if offered the last bit of food on a communal plate, it is considered rude to refuse the offer. A bowl of rice or soup should not be taken off the table while eating, an exception made for a large bowl of Korean noodle soup. Sipping while eating noodles and soups are generally accepted. Often chew with open mouth.
If alcohol is served with food, it is a common practice that when alcohol is first served for the oldest restaurant/highest ranked for toast and for visitors to clink their glasses together before drinking. Clinking glasses together are often done throughout the meal. A host should never serve alcohol for themselves. Likewise, it is considered rude to drink alone. Instead, follow other visitors and serve and serve alcohol. Alcohol should always be served to older and taller visitors with both hands, and younger or lower visitors may divert their views from other visitors when drinking alcohol.
See also
- Eat the utensil etiquette
- Intercultural competencies
- Montreal-Philippines cutlery controversy
- Social grace
References
External links
- Japanese table manners
- Malaysian eating etiquette
- Etiquette of a US job interview
- US job interview, Q & amp; A
- US general dining etiquette
- Eat Culture in the Philippines
- Table manners for children
- Teaching Table Manners
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