To think this is very odd??(lighthearted)

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(Lighthearted post to prove point to OH)

My OH only ever uses a fork not a knife?? No matter what he is eating he will only ever use a fork and thinks that's completely normal, he says I'm weird for using a knife ???

Please tell me that this is weird

The knife-averse haven't answered the question about whether they order things that need to be cut up with a knife when out. I attend a lot of work functions where there is always meat if some sort, often in the bone, that needs a knife. What would you do then?

I feel sorry for people who have not mastered the skill of using a knife and fork properly. I don't comment or show disapproval , it's just how I feel.
And I'm not British so it's nothing to do with the Queen of England but Meghan Markel would look at bit sad if she only used a fork when dining with her in laws to be.

Heavens when I read these threads I realise what people must think of me St conference lunches etc. I use fork in right, held in the same way as a spoon, for most food. If food requires cutting and stabbing I would use my left hand to cut, but then put knife down. I may occasionally use my hand to help stray peas onto my fork. At home we we eat most things with our hands, but if eating out i would only do this with burgers and chips and things.

Fabulousfrumpyfeet my mum calls that cack handed. My sister used to do it but my mum taught her how to do it properly.

I bet Megan markle has had lessons on how to eat/behave.

So, fabulous if you had, say, pie for dinner at home (or a similar meal like stew, or pasta, ie one designed to be eaten with cutlery), would you eat that with your hands?

I hope so Eliza.
Even better she may have learned from her parents.

This place has gone to the dogs.

Not stew or pie no, as that would be too saucy. Unless the stew was to be eaten with bread. But rice for example, there is a method of eating with hsnds. In my defence it's a cultural thing, but I was brought up here and taught how to use a knife and fork in the traditional way. I don't find it very comfortable but having read this thread I might be more conscious of how I eat in public!

I bet Megan markle has had lessons on how to eat/behave
That says it all, you have to be trained so you dont look like your working class.

But how does he eat big hard to divide with a fork stuff like steak?

This reminds me of the time that a friend decided you could tell if someone was posh by asking them if they ate cake with a fork or a spoon as a child.

I remembered using a patesserie fork because my DM epitomised middle class. DH however, was brought up to eat cake with his bare hands

You're... Julie not 'your' 😄

fabulous cultural differences I get. I’m the strange one when I visit my friend in India!

My mum was very strict on table manners, as were her parents whereas my dad's were terrible. I remember vividly how often she'd tell him he was holding his knife incorrectly. I've grown up to be exactly the same as her and think tables manners are so important.

I remember once as a child cutting up all my food straight away then putting the knife down and using just my fork. My mum told me off right away and I never did it again!

I do find it odd and honestly I'm so interoperable when it comes to table manners I'm not sure I could bare it I'd have to say something ! (Not if it was an occasional thing meeting a friend for dinner or whatever but certainly if it was my OH)

Ophelialovescats I use 'your' rather than 'you're' to flush out the pedants

Julie8008 Wed 14-Feb-18 21:36:46
I bet Megan markle has had lessons on how to eat/behave
That says it all, you have to be trained so you dont look like your working class.

No you don't, not for normal people.

I meant that being American, the manners of the English aristocracy may have been something she would need to be advised on. As would the majority of the British population, most probably. But most people don't need to be made aware of normal manners if they've been brought up rather than dragged up.

I better not bring up blowing noses on serviettes then....

oops

Or napkins Murphys 😉

What on earth do people eat at home that generally only requires fingers???

Other than junk / freezer food i can't think of much that can easily be eaten solely with the fingers.