Cutlery manners ?

[junetta]

For the past two years we have been invited to a mate's house for Xmas dinner. They have an eight year-old daughter who eats with her fingers and never closes her mouth when eating. I found the whole thing pretty disgusting. My children and grandchildren have always been taught table manners as my parents taught me.

I overheard someone inviting them for dinner this year and we weren't included. Thank goodness for that!

[Bonnyboy]

Slightly off topic but still about cutlery and prompted by the Knork post earlier. If you have to purchase such items try a site like this - Disabled Accessories

They should ask if you are on any disability benefit, in receipt of carers allowance etc. If they don’t and you are then tell them, such products are VAT exempt.

[katex]

Originally Posted by Sparkologist

My question is: In which hand should I hold a trench spade when eating, as I find this the quickest & most efficient way of clearing my plate.

A JCB digger would not be big enough for you Sparkolgist ! ... Looked at his plate piled up tonight ... exclaimed 'Gosh' .. reply was "eaten half of it already" .. Lettie: sure he has got a tapeworm ..can't keep that sort of figure scoffing all that, must get plenty of exercise .. LOL.

[Bonnyboy]

I dint put the flippin link into my previous post, too late to edit. Sorry.

Here it is - Disabled Accessories

[Studio25]

Originally Posted by david1

Like using your soup spoon away from you to scoop up the contents; doesn't make sense, has further to travel to yer gob, and tipping the plate towards the centre of the table to grab those last remaining drops.....

I always understood it to be that you eat from the "far end" of the plate to minimise the chance of getting scalding hot mushroom soup dripping on your gonads. Scooping from the edge of the plate instead of the middle is supposedly for the same reason (the edge of the bowl is cooler than the middle).

Originally Posted by mrskitty

...my nan (on the 'bad side' as i used to say) used to read magazines whilst she was eating her dinner once everyone else had left the table!

Your nan did exactly the right thing. Manners are there for public consumption. When you're alone- do whatever you want, nobody will complain.

It's only a problem when, as in Junetta's post, you have one parent who is militant about kids eating with their mouth open and another who thinks they should do what they want as long as they get the balanced diet.

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by katex

Do put my elbows on the table when out ... good to have them slightly apart, hands together to give a bridge for your chin to rest on to look seductively at your escort (not that I have had the opportunity for some time like )

Wow! How do you manage to get the arresting police officer to take you out to dinner?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Sparkologist

My question is: In which hand should I hold a trench spade when eating, as I find this the quickest & most efficient way of clearing my plate.

P.S. Should one cock one's pinky finger whilst eating with this piece of hardware.

No Sparks, you only cock your pinky finger when drinking from a bucket

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

I dint put the flippin link into my previous post, too late to edit. Sorry.

Here it is - Disabled Accessories

Your theory may not be that daft really BB, I know that all the medical equipment that I purchase is VAT exempt, if its for personal use. I'm nearly sure that if say a doctor, buys the same equipment for use in the surgery it is subject to VAT

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by flashytart

this thread takes me back to when i first met Reece's gran (his dads mum)
she had never ever been into McDonalds before, i ordered her meal, took it over to her and she asked me 'where are the knives and forks?'

i couldnt stop giggling for ages

Ha haaaa....how funny!

When I was a child and McDonalds first opened in Accy I asked my Grandma to take me there in the school holidays when she was looking after me. She had never been in a McDonalds before.

We went in, she told me to sit down and save the seats whilst she went to the counter. When she came back with the food on the tray she said 'oh I've not got knives and forks, I'll go and get some.'

She was horrified when I said there aren't any knives and forks here.

She said 'well how are we meant to eat this then? With our fingers?'

The look on her face when I said yes was hilarious...I thought she was going to collapse!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Lilly

Ha haaaa....how funny!

When I was a child and McDonalds first opened in Accy I asked my Grandma to take me there in the school holidays when she was looking after me. She had never been in a McDonalds before.

We went in, she told me to sit down and save the seats whilst she went to the counter. When she came back with the food on the tray she said 'oh I've not got knives and forks, I'll go and get some.'

She was horrified when I said there aren't any knives and forks here.

She said 'well how are we meant to eat this then? With our fingers?'

The look on her face when I said yes was hilarious...I thought she was going to collapse!

Ya Lilly we're like that us old uns I can honestly say I've never been in a McDonalds, but I did an occasional Wimpy bar years ago

[katex]

Originally Posted by jambutty

Wow! How do you manage to get the arresting police officer to take you out to dinner?

The Last Supper ?

Do enjoy eating with my fingers ... and who eats chips with a knife and fork .. just not the same is it !

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by katex

The Last Supper ?

Do enjoy eating with my fingers ... and who eats chips with a knife and fork .. just not the same is it !

I was miffed when they stopped using news paper to wrap your supper up on the way home from the pub

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by katex

The Last Supper ?

Do enjoy eating with my fingers ... and who eats chips with a knife and fork .. just not the same is it !

Once in a while I will make myself a late night snack of just a plate of chips (cooked in beef dripping) with salt and vinegar and a chunk of sharp cheese, but I use a fork rather than fingers.

It stops the remote from getting greasy.

[katex]

Originally Posted by jambutty

Once in a while I will make myself a late night snack of just a plate of chips (cooked in beef dripping) with salt and vinegar and a chunk of sharp cheese, but I use a fork rather than fingers.

It stops the remote from getting greasy.

Ha ha Jambutty, know what you mean .. just eaten a toasted hot cross bun lashed with butter and lemon curd ... me mouse pointer is hurtling all over my screen ...

[Sparkologist]

Originally Posted by jaysay

No Sparks, you only cock your pinky finger when drinking from a bucket

Oh ******, that's where I've been going wrong all these years.

If I can find a picture of my glass bucket, I'll post a picture.