Table Manner of England

Table Manner In England

By:Anik Maghsarita

Muslichatun Ni’mah

Things YouShould Do

Tell your host, if you can’t eat some special food Wait until your host starts eating swallow all the food in your mouth say thank you when some one served something

Shouldn’t Do It is impolite to have your elbows on the table while you are eating. Never lick or put your knife in your mouthDon't reach over someone's plate for somethingIt is impolite to put too much food in your mouth.Never pick food out of your teeth with your fingernails

How to Eat Breadtake some

butter from the butter dish with

your bread knife and put it

on your side plate

How To Eat with knife and forkHold your fork in the left hand with the prongs pointing downwards.

Hold your knife in the right hand with the handle in your palm

If you are eating at a formal dinner party, you will come across many knives and forks. Start with the utensils on the outside and work your way inward with each subsequent course

Food should be cut "one piece at a time" directly prior to eating

When resting between bites, the knife and fork are crossed on the plate

When you have finished eating, place your knife and folk together

How to Eat Soup

• Spoon the soup from the center of the plate away from you, towards the center of the bowl

• When resting, place the spoon in the bowl

• When finished, place the spoon on the right side of the under plate where the soup bowl

How to eat Dessert• Fork should be

held in the left hand and the spoon in the right, the dessert with the spoon, one bite at a time

Some dishes require their own etiquette.• Asparagu

s: eaten with fingers, start with the head.

• Oysters: use an oyster fork to detach

the oyster from its shell.

Peas• hold the tines

of your fork down to spear a few peas at a time and eat them.

Sandwiches – Hamburgers –

Pizza• cut it in fourths

and then cut small bite-size pieces from each quarter to make it easy to ea

How to use napkin

The Table Setting

Seating Arrangement

•When there is a single table, the host and hostess usually sit at opposite ends, or occasionally in the center of the table facing each other

• The highest ranking male generally sits to the right of the hostess• For large family gatherings it is often policy to put age groups together

Kinds of Cutleries in Table Manner

Kinds of Chinaware

Kinds of Glass

How to Handle The Glass