In article <46B5EDB0.31BB@NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM>,
Sky <skyhooks@NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM> wrote:

> Julia Altshuler wrote:
> > (snipperdoodles)
> >
> > I'm curious about how we learn these things. I don't recall my parents
> > ever showing me how a knife and fork were used specifically. They'd
> > correct me at the table if I did anything overtly disgusting, but they
> > were lax about specifics. I do remember a time in elementary school
> > when I was eating with a friend. I was holding my fork in my left fist
> > and having trouble managing the meat. My friend's mother showed me how
> > to hold the fork correctly. Other than that, I think I learned
> > everything from observation. Now it's so ingrained that I'd have
> > trouble using another method.
> >
> > --Lia
>
> I recall being told to switch hands with my knife and fork. Knife in
> left hand, fork in right, then cut the food. Then switch the fork to
> the right hand and eat. That always seemed inefficient to me, but as a
> kid when I tried to eat European style with the fork in my left hand (I
> had copied a recent European house guest), my grandmother made point to
> correct me. I always did what my grandmother told me to do as a kid,
> especially at her dinner table <g>.
>
> Sky

My parents taught me the same technique. To do otherwise seems awkward.

I don't even think about the hand switch, I just do it.
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