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    The document provides guidance on proper table manners when eating in Britain. It outlines that the British pay close attention to etiquette, even for children, and emphasize using cutlery over hands. Some key points covered are to wait for your host to start eating, chew with your mouth closed, avoid elbows on the table, and place cutlery at a finished plate. The document also explains how to hold and use cutlery properly when eating in Britain.

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    The document provides guidance on proper table manners when eating in Britain. It outlines that the British pay close attention to etiquette, even for children, and emphasize using cutlery over hands. Some key points covered are to wait for your host to start eating, chew with your mouth closed, avoid elbows on the table, and place cutlery at a finished plate. The document also explains how to hold and use cutlery properly when eating in Britain.

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    The document provides guidance on proper table manners when eating in Britain. It outlines that the British pay close attention to etiquette, even for children, and emphasize using cutlery over hands. Some key points covered are to wait for your host to start eating, chew with your mouth closed, avoid elbows on the table, and place cutlery at a finished plate. The document also explains how to hold and use cutlery properly when eating in Britain.

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    TABLE MANNERS IN

    ENGLAND
    Group 1
    CHIRITA ANDREEA ROXANA
    ANDREESCU SEBASTIAN IONUT
    ANGHELUS ROBERT ALEXANDRU
    ROTARIU VICTOR DANIEL
    What should I do or not do when I
    am eating in Britain?
     The British generally
    pay a lot of attention to
    good table manners.
    Even young children
    are expected to eat
    properly with knife and
    fork.
     We eat most of our
    food with cutlery. The
    foods we don't eat with
    a knife, fork or spoon
    include sandwiches,
    crisps, corn on the
    cob, and fruit.
    Things you should do:
     If you cannot eat a certain type
    of food or have some special
    needs, tell your host several
    days before the dinner party.
     If you are a guest, it is polite to
    wait until your host starts eating
    or indicates you should do so. It
    shows consideration.
     Always chew and swallow all
    the food in your mouth before
    taking more or taking a drink.
     You may eat chicken and pizza
    with your fingers if you are at a
    barbecue, finger buffet or very
    informal setting. Otherwise
    always use a knife and fork.
     Always say thank you when
    served something. It shows
    appreciation.

     When you have finished


    eating, and to let others
    know that you have, place
    your knife and fork together,
    with the prongs (tines) on the
    fork facing upwards, on your
    plate.

      
     In a restaurant, it is normal
    to pay for your food by
    putting your money on the
    plate the bill comes on.
    •
    Things you should
    Never lick or put your knife
    not do:
    • Never blow your nose on a
    in your mouth. napkin (serviette). Napkins
    • It is impolite to start eating are for dabbing your lips and
    before everyone has been only for that.
    served unless your host says
    that you don't need to wait. • Never take food from your
    Never chew with your mouth
    neighbours plate.
    •
    open. No one wants to see • Never pick food out of your
    food being chewed or hearing teeth with your fingernailsIt
    it being chomped on. is impolite to put too much
    • It is impolite to have your food in your mouth.
    elbows on the table while you • Never use your fingers to
    are eating.
    push food onto your spoon or
    • Don't reach over someone's fork.
    plate for something, ask for
    the item to be passed. • It is impolite to slurp your
    food or eat noisily
    • Never talk with food in your
    mouth.
    Things that are ok to do:
     It is ok to pour your own
    drink when eating with
    other people, but it is more
    polite to offer pouring
    drinks to the people sitting
    on either side of you.
     It is ok to put milk and
    sugar in your tea and
    coffee or to drink them
    both without either.
    I am not used to eating with a knife and fork. What
    do I need to know?

    • We eat continental style, with


    fork in the left hand and the
    knife in the right (or the other
    way round if you are left
    handed). At the top of your
    plate will be a dessert spoon
    and dessert fork.
    • 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
    How to eat with a knife and fork in England
    • The fork is held in the left hand
    and the knife in the right.
    • If you have a knife in one hand,
    it is wrong to have a fork in the
    other with the prongs (tines)
    pointed up.
    • Hold your knife with the handle
    in your palm and your fork in
    the other hand with the prongs
    pointing downwards.
    • When eating in formal
    situations, rest the fork and
    knife on the plate between
    mouthfuls, or for a break for
    conversation.
    • If you put your knife down, you
    can turn your fork over. It's
    correct to change hands when
    you do this, too, so if you are
    right handed you would switch
    and eat with the fork in your
    right hand.
    Eating with a fork
    • If it is your sole eating
    instrument, the fork
    should be held with
    the handle between
    the index finger and
    the thumb and resting
    on the side of your
    middle finger
    BON APPETIT!
    MIND YOUR MANNERS!
    • WEBBLIOGRAPHY:
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_manners#British_table_manners
    • http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/CUSTOMS/behaviourfood.html
    • http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Personal/Manners.htm

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