Holding a knife and fork
Jan 9, 2005 | 6:58 pm
#31
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For all practical purposes, I'm U.S. American...but I do eat with the fork in the left, knife in right. It's just much easier than dropping one utensil and switching to another.
HOWEVER, I do have Europe-based family members (in Spain and the U.K.). Since I find the stereotypical European "superiority complex" rather humorous, just out of spite, I eat the "American way" when I'm with my Euro relatives...just to bug them.
HOWEVER, I do have Europe-based family members (in Spain and the U.K.). Since I find the stereotypical European "superiority complex" rather humorous, just out of spite, I eat the "American way" when I'm with my Euro relatives...just to bug them.
Jan 10, 2005 | 10:45 am
#32
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Originally Posted by letiole
Someone needs to introduce you to Zach's Pizza. The best pizza ever requires a knife and fork. 
Jan 11, 2005 | 2:32 pm
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Gestapo
Originally Posted by scubadiver
I am told the left-right fork switch betrayed more than one American flier to the Gestapo when they were hiding with the resistance. So perhaps those that suggest "blend" may be offering a life skill.
Wow! I thought that, with the exception of the speech police at various Ivy league schools, the Gestapo was gone...
Jan 14, 2005 | 6:25 am
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Originally Posted by Analise
Someone needs to introduce you to Bad Boy's Pizza on 86th Street in Brooklyn. It just doesn't get any better. ^
Slice it with the knife, then have it as finger food ;-)
To be honest, it's depending on my mood, the kind of restaurant, the kind of people i'm with to consider pizza as silver- or finger-food.
By the way, eating grilled or roasted chicken in germany is kind of ok. In france for example, it's an absolute "no-no".
How about a new Topic about pizza-places?
JN ;-}
Jan 15, 2005 | 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by Jack Napier
By the way, eating grilled or roasted chicken in germany is kind of ok.
Last edited by taucher; Jan 15, 2005 at 8:52 am Reason: speeling
Jan 16, 2005 | 3:24 pm
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Originally Posted by taucher
Really, is there any other way to enjoy Gckele at the Cannstatter Wasen?
So everybody going to Munich for the Octoberfest, take some extra days and check Stuttgarts "Cannstadter Wasen" too. It's just a 2 hours car-ride
Sometimes, I'm so off topic...
Last edited by Jack Napier; Jan 16, 2005 at 3:27 pm
Jan 17, 2005 | 11:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Analise
As long as people follow the universal rules of eating with their mouths closed, elbows off the table, no talking with mouths full, and no slirping of liquids, respect for others is thereby obvious.
Example: I have only been to Japan twice, but both times my interpreter has explained that slurping the noodles is a polite, time-honored sign of good appetite and enjoyment. (I took my daughters with me on the second trip because I knew they would love a week of slurping without reprimand.)
To the OP: Good luck with your *left-handed* meal(s). If anyone even notices I would hope they would not be so boorish as to comment. Your method may be a bit unique but at least IMHO it is neither inappropriate nor impolite.
