I've tried to find this information in the internet, but I couldn't find any good articles on this topic. None of the articles talks about the table manner for all countries in the world. Each article only talks about 1 or 2 countries.
What is the silence code that tells the waiter that you are finished?
Argentina
- cross fork and knife in the middle of the plate
British
- knife and fork together at four o’clock
- fork on the left and knife on the right
- knife blade facing in
- fork tines facing down
Canada, United States
- place knife and fork (tines up) side by side on the plate at the 10:20 o'clock position, with the handles of your silverware at the four
- fork on the left and knife on the right
- the blade of the knife facing the fork
- fork tines facing up
Columbia
- place the knife and fork horizontally across the plate
France
- knife and fork on the plate together in the middle
Germany
- place fork and knife parallel across the right hand side of plate
Italy, Switzerland
- place knife and fork (tines up) side by side on the plate at the 5:25 o'clock position
- fork on the left and knife on the right
- the blade of the knife facing the fork
These are all I found so far....
If you know more, please let me know.
Source:
Family Education
Wikipedia
Admin Prof
BBC
eDiplomat
1 comment:
Very informative
It would be even better if there are photo illustrations.
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