On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:24:38 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred)
wrote:

>In article <a_adnRYVIs-8kSrbnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Nancy Young" <rjynly@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote
>>
>>> But to return to the topic -- I was taught to use fork in left and
>>> knife in right if the stuff needs cutting. And we don't chop it all
>>> then eat like you do; we cut a bit off and stuff that down before
>>> cutting off another bit.
>>
>>Who cuts up all their food at once? I don't know if it's
>>bad manners or just frowned upon, but usually you just cut
>>off your next bite. Cutting up the whole thing at once is what
>>parents do for their small children.
>
>G'day Nance,
>
>I'm happy to be shown I'm wrong, but the impression we have here in Oz
>is that "Americans" chop stuff up, then switch the fork to the other
>hand to shovel the bits into the mouth. Are you saying they do this
>one bite at a time? Or have I got my ethnics mixed?
>
>Cheers, Phred.

i do a couple of bites at a time. no sense going hog wild.

your pal,
blake