Holding a knife and fork

I eat mostly with my feet

But seriously, I learned eating with fork on left, knife on right, I never knew there was another way until I saw a friend eating a steak at a party, and I told him he was eating back wards, he got at me.

One thing I never understood is people eating tacos with knife and fork

Add to that: corn on the cob, hot wings, and pizza.

Which part of "finger food" is unclear?

When did pizza become "finger food"?

[QUOTE=modgirl]I have some rather important business dinners coming up in the next few months (mostly in the UK), and it's important that I (at least appear!) well-cultured.
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Good luck with either method that you choose--you must be a fantastic person to work with, just by virtue of your caring enough to ask the question! I worked in London for 2 years and still travel there frequently--in my experience it has made a difference. I've received specific comments informally and formally in performance evaluations--I feel it was a wise investment on my part (and good fun for the Irish/Aussie/Kiwi roommates who slathered food in butter and loaded everyone w/pints for my 'coaching' sessions).

IMHO, hunching over and eating as in a pie-eating contest is much more brutish than holding the knife/fork in the 'wrong' hand. It's always amusing to see 'well-bred' looking folk lean over 3" from their food (especially on planes) and proceed w/trying to set their own sonic speed records. Are they unconfident in their ability to successfully transport the spot of mystery meat the full 24" from plate to mouth if they were merely leaning forward? Or are the morsels so tasty that they absolutely must minimize plate to mouth time? Oh well, I guess it's ok as long as they're using the 'correct' hand placement...

How else do you eat pizza?

Nobody on this thread said that Americans were superior. So the need for your substitution is because....?

Around the same time as hamburgers.

Because I felt like throwing it in. What other justification do I need?

LOL I have to respect that.

I'm so glad you took that in the spirit intended.

That's just plain bad manners. I'm a smoker, and even if I were at a table full of smokers, I wouldn't light a cigarette until everyone at the table had finished their course.

And, I hope, everyone at all the surrounding tables - for the same reason.

Someone needs to introduce you to Zach's Pizza. The best pizza ever requires a knife and fork. http://www.zacharys.com/about.html

It doesn't really matter ... hold the knife and fork however you want.

A right-handed European, may be even a left-handed, I don't know, would have the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left hand.
On mainland Europe you don't cut potatoes with a knife .. however, I do!

Actually, no. If you're in the smoking section you're in the smoking section. But I'm always conscious of the tables around me and try to be considerate about where I'm blowing my smoke and waving my cigarette.