Most Americans cut food with the knife in the right hand and fork in the left and then switch the fork to the right hand to eat (after putting down the knife). Europeans are more economical in their movement - they use the fork in their left hand and leave the knife in the right and cut out the cutlery shifting.
Ah, I see what you mean. I've seen the "cutlery shifting" done here occasionally as well, though it's usually not common in public places such as a mess hall, cafeteria, restaurants etc.
I didn't know that it was a widely-used way of handling cutlery in the US. In this case it looks as if kristen999's friend was right. *G* You learn a new thing every day.
Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. :-)
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Date: 2009-02-27 08:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-27 09:38 am (UTC)I didn't know that it was a widely-used way of handling cutlery in the US. In this case it looks as if kristen999's friend was right. *G* You learn a new thing every day.
Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. :-)
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Date: 2009-02-28 12:35 am (UTC)