"Peter A" <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21210241bae99611989ce6@news-server.nc.rr.com...
>> I have been trying to adopt the "European" system simply to avoid all
> the switching between hands. I find that with the fork in my left hand I
> can do the simpler things, such as spearing a piece of chicken or
> tomato, but some things - for example, buttered peas - still require the
> greater dexterity of my right hand.

Hmmmm we either spear them or squash them onto the back of the fork if we
are in company, or we push them, with the knife onto the front of the fork
sideways.