I just don't get the whole upside-down fork thing, at all.
First of all, just LOOK at it - it's
designed to hold food
in the curve, not for balancing food on the outside of the curve (see: gravity).
Beyond this, people who insist on trying to push food onto the outward curve/back of the thing and balance it there look a bit spastic to me, to be honest. Or maybe, mentally slow, as in "I have no clue what to do with this thing."
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Originally Posted by Sundae
Like the Aussies (as proved by the link) I was brought up to believe the trickiest form of eating was the most polite.
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The link is dead. I'd love to hear the explanation for this bit of foolishness. And if "the trickiest form of eating is the most polite," why do we not stand on our heads or balance on one foot and eat that way? There is simply no logic to be found in this idea.
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Originally Posted by Sundae
Keep your fork in your left hand and any food not speared should be pushed up and balanced on the back of the fork.
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Why? It's certainly not the
easiest way to get food from the plate to the mouth, so why "should" it be done that way? Does it make those who do it feel accomplished? Is it a fun dining game or something? Is the act of eating supposed to be made as difficult as possible? Why?
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Originally Posted by Sundae
To scoop food up using the fork as you would a spoon was considered infantile and shovelly.
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Why? And, if using the fork right-side up is considered infantile and shovelly, why
isn't using a spoon the same way way considered just as infantile and shovelly?
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Originally Posted by Sundae
I'm not suggesting that either is really right or wrong, but it is deeply ingrained in me for formal eating. I suppose it's because eating with cutlery is the first form of "manners" we are taught - to do something that isn't natural or logical in order to be polite.
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Why is doing something that isn't natural or logical "polite?"
I've heard a lame explanation that people use their forks upside-down because fork tines pointing upward is considered crass (WHY?). If so, why aren't forks placed on the table upside down?
ARRAAGGGHHHH! I DON'T UNDERSTAAAANNNNNDDD!