How to properly use a knife and fork | European Style Dining

[@biancalawrence3178]

Your demonstration was perfect. This is way of eating is easiest and displays the most elegance. (Switching from hand to hand every five minutes is not elegant.) Growing up with European family, this is how we were taught. In formal settings the way you eat shows your respect towards your host who has prepared your meal for you.

[@ColieBear18]

Just because you don't prefer something doesn't make it inelegant. What an incredibly rude thing to say coming from someone who clearly thinks they are the epitome of manners. The American style of etiquette is just different it doesn't make it less than.

[@chrischarman8707]

so elegant. tres bien Madame.

[@VintageFordChannel]

I just ate a baked chicken with my hands, opened a beer with my teeth, all the while loading my rifle with my feet. Lifeskills.

[@WilliamsPinch]

😂

[@oliver_night2000]

I catch flies with chopsticks, slice bamboo with a sword in the other hand, all while breakdancing on a cotton rug.

[@nappymodel]

😂

[@duarraltd9118]

You're a legend 🙌

[@SaigonBaby100]

😂❤

[@covegirl06]

It’s difficult for me to do anything with my left hand. So I end up constantly switching my knife and fork between my left and right hand.

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

When dining in American style, you are permitted to switch. However, in the European style, you must become accustomed to holding the knife in the right and fork in the left. With practice, you can do it.

[@covegirl06]

@@CPTM1 thank you! ☺️ I became interested in learning how to properly use cutlery to eat when I was at work one day eating chicken thighs that was being served for lunch. I’m sitting there looking like a sloppy little kid, with chicken grease all over my fingers lol. I look over at my co-worker and she’s eating her chicken with a knife and fork, so clean and graceful. I felt embarrassed. I never even knew you could eat chicken with a knife and fork. I just want to look like an adult while I’m eating 😂. But all these unnecessary rules does kinda make me wanna say to hell with lol. So I’ll take your advice and just do what works best for me.

[@CPTM1]

@covegirl06 I am 35 years old, and I am British. I would eat that chicken thigh with my hands also. If it was a boneless piece of chicken like a breast, then I would use a knife and fork. You do you! Eat like a slob. Who cares. As long as you are enjoying the food, we all eat like slobs, i would rather be a slob than a snob, snobby people are up their own arse. I could go to a fancy restaurant and still use my hands to pick and eat something. Who cares 😅 but seriously, when it comes to which hand you should or shouldn't use with knife and forks. That is totally up to you.

[@CPTM1]

@covegirl06 infact i have chicken thighs 😅 I might make them for my dinner now

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

That is permitted in the American dining style.

[@delf5724]

I just love the dress❤❤❤

[@আবিরআহমেদ-চ৩ব]

Thanks for making is clear short sim👍❤️🔥

[@dnm5373]

Thank you ❤

[@shellybless7260]

It's the hairstyle for me 😊

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Thank you so much.

[@SaigonBaby100]

🤣

[@jetblackfoot]

Perfectly done. Regards from London.

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Awwe thank you so much.

[@Savannagachalife]

No

[@jetblackfoot]

@@Savannagachalife yes

[@mikeg8276]

I prefer European style dining, but it’s difficult for me to eat certain things this way (salad, rice dishes, peas, etc.) without looking like a crab person 😩

[@barbaraschneider7922]

that´s not European style wha sheshows,that´s the British/english style-in Germany wedon´t dine like that,we hold the forks and knives the same way the Americans do

[@camembertdalembert6323]

What you see in this short is what to do when you need to cut something into pieces like meat of big vegetables. The index finger gives you more strength to press the tool in the bottom direction.

[@barbaraschneider7922]

yes@@camembertdalembert6323

[@oliver_night2000]

I eat rice with 🥢

[@oliver_night2000]

​@@barbaraschneider7922I'm Russian, and we eat like that. It is European style.

[@SamosNGANGA]

Thank 'u very much ❤

[@UchennaObikwelu-z5l]

Thanks for sharing, would you like to use knife and fork to eat rice?

[@IvanFoxDrift]

Obviously that knife cuts because it's sharper than the regular dinner knife types

[@defaultabundance]

Thank you! Would you please show us how to eat salmon elegantly?

[@1ayosim]

thank you.

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

My pleasure.

[@luxpursuits]

Don't lick/touch the form when transferring food to mouth

[@lynwoodsoundzofficial]

Well I just realized I do it European style, interesting I never knew it was a difference

[@carolyn7298]

What if there is nothing on the plate that needs cutting, do you still use a knife to help guide the food onto the fork? Do you still use the fork in the left hand?

[@stumpfy]

Yes always knife in right hand and fork in left with tines down (never as a shovel for food)

[@SaigonBaby100]

​​@@stumpfyI run my fork thru food,raise to my mouth and chew...nice n simple.. live and let live

[@WalburgisLuppus]

I was taught you always have your fork and knife in your hands as she shows, irregardless of whether or not you have to cut something, because you use both as a complement to one another. They are helpmates so to speak.

[@carolyn7298]

@@WalburgisLuppus I do that myself. I use it to guide the food onto the fork. Much nicer than using your fingers!

[@WalburgisLuppus]

Yes, indeed 😊 Have a nice week!​@@carolyn7298

[@rubitinkerbell9478]

Can you please show me how to use spoon and fork

[@rosevictor617]

Thank you for tech me

[@mariabarrera5286]

Yeah and you're not supposed to do cut it all at once. You gotta cut each bite as you go along 😫

[@stumpfy]

It is seen as childish to precut your meal and a fork should always be tines down and held in the left hand

[@RAPHA-1982]

What is the timing between the chewing and the final “hmm” sound.

[@newbengraham4775]

i just realized why queen elizabeth allowed a certain amount of time for each course. and when she was done so were you.

[@monikachatterjee-w5n]

But knight should be in right hand nd fork in left.. thats what i know

[@moviearchives9613]

Is that not what she's doing in the video?

[@MondoLT]

You turn the fork facing up if it’s soft to cut and that’s look like egg so I think you turn it up

[@steponikchad9859]

Right on the money. That's Euro style

[@carolletene214]

This is way to sofisticated for me😫 When ever i try to learn that i find myself not enjoying my meal and starving 😢

[@guelorboyo6543]

bravo madame

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Thank you so much.

[@tareqanamtheworriorking8378]

I love the European style more then American style.

[@victoriahardin1560]

What loud place are you eating fancy?

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

A restaurant where guests dine and converse. It's normal.

[@joanwoods7740]

You are supposed to move your fork to your right hand after cutting. And never put the fork in your mouth upside down. But, it's food and it's eating so who cares

[@flinchus]

Why the fk do you need to swap your utensils between hands after cutting food? Are you toddlers or something? You not able to use a fork with your left hand lol? Primitives.

[@SoberTea]

Putting the fork in your mouth upside down like that just looks so wrong

[@SaigonBaby100]

sure does...looks awkward

[@libertynow4047]

This is why I am starving

[@SaigonBaby100]

lol

[@張寧-j2i]

Since it's trendy Mukbang on Korean show. I wonder how was American style for meal manner in U.S.

[@anthonyemmm]

Nah I’m a savage at the table lol

[@SaigonBaby100]

😳🤣

[@td1768]

I prefer our African way of eating.

[@workemaild6350]

with your hands and a rock?

[@KellyKelly-qd7my]

I'm Persian. We eat wit our hands. It's much more fulfilling. Want to learn how to eat pilaf with your hands? It's a form of art 😊

[@michaelraymon111]

​@@workemaild6350you a clown

[@samantha-dj7et]

You are stupid ​@workemaild6350

[@KellyKelly-qd7my]

I'm Persian Caucasian (from Caucasus). I eat with my hands. It's tastier this way 😉

[@MRAKA47]

Never take the fork straight to mouth

[@CurativeNutrition]

Flaring your elbows while cutting your food is not a good idea. I love your dress xx

[@imaobongetok9061]

Wow lovely

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Thank you so much.

[@bruh-ri5by]

i thought this was normal imo

[@Chromebandana]

Nah eating how tf I want

[@SaigonBaby100]

preach!🤣

[@Prince_Jacob_11]

i dont get it, where are the mummies?

[@paulasantos6301]

arms stick to the body too...in etiquette courses they make you eat with card boards in your underarms, so you eat without dropping them

[@SaigonBaby100]

a gr8 reason to stay away from etequite courses......

[@MetaNgandu]

Even behind l can cut it ine 😅😅😅

[@mari00999]

In this video, you look like Princess Tiana

[@mari00999]

I mean you are beautiful

[@italkwhatever]

Mam...I just want to eat

[@SaigonBaby100]

best comment!🏆

[@khodges2]

Props lady. Good thing that’s not American style. People have no manners here.

[@_00w_]

I really didn’t need this tbh it just popped up😑

[@jaredtrembath6382]

Good girl

[@SaigonBaby100]

😂

[@Jana-kx4fv]

Make sure your elbowes are closer to your body than shown in this video.

[@SaigonBaby100]

yeah...the more self conscience and uptight the better!🤣

[@sihemlachaal5105]

Why is she using a steak knife😮

[@albertinaninajoaobatista5806]

American is a headache 😂. I prefer European ❤

[@kiana3901-o5s]

Nobody in Europe (except maybe high-class dining) is worrying this much about which hand to use and how to hold the utensils. Just hold it however you can cut and eat best, without making a scene (scratching your knife on the plate and stuff like that) preferably. Also nobody will bat an eye if you use your hands to eat ribs, pizza, sandwiches, chicken wings or fries. And nobody will actually look whether you wash or wipe your hands or not. Though you should of course, as that is a general rule anywhere in the world.

[@BlackCoffeeee]

Sorry. I'm European. I'm definitely no snob but if I see someone eating in a restaurant and they're not using this technique, then it's like having to sit with a neanderthal. Unless you're eating at a fast food restaurant then you better eat like this or it's a big lose.

[@kiana3901-o5s]

​@@BlackCoffeeee Are you really European? Where in Europe have you seen people eat this way? Do you mean Britain? If yes, they always want to be the "special one" or "odd one out", so that's no surprise

[@BlackCoffeeee]

@@kiana3901-o5s Yes I'm really European and are you seriously asking where I've seen people eat like this? Everybody eats like this, in every single European country. It's the standard. Anywhere a knife and fork is given at a table you'll see people eating like this. I have to assume you're not European if you don't know this. How could you not? You've been to restaurants that provide metal cutlery, right?

[@SaigonBaby100]

cut...dig in w fork..put in mouth....however feels natural to u... I hate pretentious

[@moonwalker486]

🙏

[@cheshirebowman4465]

Nice one girl.English bowman from UK

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Thank you so much.

[@maxxonthebeat]

American style is always better than European. That whipping motion especially, would be of considered degrading dining etiquette

[@RobertU-w5p]

Why in God's name would you eat with your fork upside down and poke the roof of your mouth

[@Martini923]

Never hold your knife like a pencil,

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Only when it is a fish knife.

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Only when holding a fish knife.

[@peternielsen6510]

Etiqutte is not waving a smudged knife around in the Air to spill on yourself or others. No points for this video

[@vtownslimm]

She lost me at European style

[@Baalenci0]

Deniggatised

[@kashannarodriuez3047]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Thank you so much.

[@jsmith498]

Well done. It's painful watching American adults eat like babies.

[@sark4786]

lol

[@theyarnycaterpillar]

You're explaining to be neat with potato all over your knife and fork. Looks weird to me. Wouldn't it be nicer to show and explain when the fork and knife are still clean? Love your dress. And you have a nice voice. 🤗

[@tamanawilson9265]

No! I have been looking for a video exactly like this because everybody keeps demonstrating how to eat without any freakin food on the plate!

[@chimchimgirlz]

oh please get over yourself

[@fromtheinside-outschoolofe1411]

Thank you for the compliment. When I've is eating food, you will see food on the utensil. Show a little grace. I hope you captured the lesson. Thank you for commenting.

[@alananiicole]

Well, I loved this demo. For me, It helps tremendously to see a real authentic example.

[@APimpNamedSlick]

This is corny.

[@randomuser5443]

Im a red blooded american, that’s how i eat. My dad is also red blooded american

[@ridhwan4861]

eating with left hand is wrong islam

[@larry-kp9sp]

Silly woman

[@funblogst.v2411]

Rather than i use my hand...🤣

[@mediterraneanworld]

to wipe your butt?