Comments on: Left handers: What hands do you hold your cutlery in when eating in restaurants? http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants Your Gourment Stainless Steel Cooking Shop Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:21:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: berry http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants/comment-page-1#comment-988 berry Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:40:59 +0000 http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants#comment-988 Opposite of the right-handed. Knife on left, fork on right.<br><b>References : </b><br> Opposite of the right-handed. Knife on left, fork on right.
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]]> By: calif_forever http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants/comment-page-1#comment-987 calif_forever Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:59:59 +0000 http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants#comment-987 I am a lefty so my answer is qualified. Knife on left hand and fork on right hand. To hell with the stupid and draconian old-fashioned rule- knife on right hand and fork on left. People should be able to hold their utensils with any hand they feel comfortable with.<br><b>References : </b><br> I am a lefty so my answer is qualified. Knife on left hand and fork on right hand. To hell with the stupid and draconian old-fashioned rule- knife on right hand and fork on left. People should be able to hold their utensils with any hand they feel comfortable with.
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]]> By: PDawg http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants/comment-page-1#comment-986 PDawg Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:47:59 +0000 http://www.stainless-steel-cooking.com/blog/left-handers-what-hands-do-you-hold-your-cutlery-in-when-eating-in-restaurants#comment-986 The correct positioning of cutlery is not determined my the dominant hand. The fork should be held in the left hand, tines down and the knife in the right hand held with the fore-finger along the top of the back of the blade. The knive is used to cut with long even strokes, not a sawing/hacking motion. My understanding is that our American cousins would then transfer the fork to the right hand for use, though we in the Commonwealth poo-poo such affectations - though if advised in advance that we were dining with a Yank, we would forgive this "Americanism" . The operation of cutlery is not a difficult or demanding task, and therefore south-paws, such as myself, merely adapt to conform with ettiquitte when the situation requires it. One should always remember... Ettiquite and manners are not just signs of a good upbringing and class - they are a mark of respect towards the people around us.... Even if they ARE right-handed!!!<br><b>References : </b><br> The correct positioning of cutlery is not determined my the dominant hand. The fork should be held in the left hand, tines down and the knife in the right hand held with the fore-finger along the top of the back of the blade. The knive is used to cut with long even strokes, not a sawing/hacking motion.

My understanding is that our American cousins would then transfer the fork to the right hand for use, though we in the Commonwealth poo-poo such affectations – though if advised in advance that we were dining with a Yank, we would forgive this "Americanism" .

The operation of cutlery is not a difficult or demanding task, and therefore south-paws, such as myself, merely adapt to conform with ettiquitte when the situation requires it.

One should always remember… Ettiquite and manners are not just signs of a good upbringing and class – they are a mark of respect towards the people around us…. Even if they ARE right-handed!!!
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