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Originally Posted by DanaC
I wasn't aware of that custom.
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It's an internationally famous Americanism. You can tell the Americans across the restaurant by watching how they handle their forks. They never turn them over unless they've been learning Euro-style.
It's one way not to eat your meat in a big hurry so your brain's hunger center has time to catch up with your stomach, with salubrious results for the waistline.