Forky Forky, Knifey Knifey

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Bizarre question time:

Which hands do you guys hold your knife and fork in when eating? :crazy:

On the TV, everybody seems to hold their fork in their left hand. I use my right hand for the fork - being right-handed, my right hand is dominant, so I use that for the fork, leaving my left hand for the knife.

(I half expect RI to come along and vote "I use my fingers"...)
 
I use my left from now on, no way am I doing anything the same as a Ford fan..

Kidding, I use my right too, mainly because I'm right handed. :dunce:
 
Fork left, knife right. It just feels like I need more "precision" with my knife, whereas the fork just holds the food.
 
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It just feels like I need more "precision" with my knife, whereas the fork just holds the food.
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I'm the exact opposite :lol:

All I use the knife for is to cut stuff up; the fork goes into my mouth with the food, so I feel the need for more precision with the fork (so I don't poke myself in the eye and whatnot).
 
Fork left, knife right, like you're supposed to. I need more "accuracy" with my fork, wheras the knife just cuts the food.
 
Yes. I'm actually a little ambidextrous as long as I'm not writing.

Really, though, all the knife does is go back and forth. Why the hell would you need your strong hand for that?
 
Fork left, knife right. (Unless I'm not using a knife, then its fork in the right hand)
 
I can't wait to go to Japan and eat stuff with my left hand. People are going to throw up on me.
 
daan
Fork left, knife right. (Unless I'm not using a knife, then its fork in the right hand)
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Yeah, exactly the same here.

Then when eating pizza or anything of the sort I use my fingers.
 
Fork in right hand is common amongst lefties. Though I'm a lefty myself and have it the proper way round.
 
I just use a fork. I hold it in my right hand. If I'm eating a steak or anything else that needs cutting, I have someone cut it for me.
 
Fork left, knife right.

Though at 16 I still don't feel comfortable eating beans/peas with the fork in my left hand :dopey: So I'm a bit if a switcher.
 
I cut with my left, and fork with my right. If Miss Manners has a problem with that, she'll surely appreciate the accuracy of my fork-in-the-eye technique.
 
That's in no way a proper table setting. Learn some etiquette, young man!

Spoon goes above the plate, pointing to the left. Dessert fork goes just below that, pointing to the right.
 
Fork in left, knife in right (I’m right-handed). Isn’t that the way all righties do it?
 
Thing is, if you're right handed, you start by grabing the knife with the left hand and the fork with the right one. If you want to cut something like meat or chicken, you switch the utensils to the opposite hands, so you can cut the meat with the knife on your stronger hand, which in this case, is the right one.

If you're a leftie, like myself, you do the opposite.



Ciao!
 
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North American Style
Normally, a utensil should be used with the same hand that you use to write. If you are right-handed, place the fork in your right hand.

It might be very difficult to cut some types of foods, such as a big steak, so use your judgment when it comes to using a knife. This can lead to heavy maneuvering when foods, such as meats, require the use of both a knife and fork to obtain a bite of a manageable size. Simply take the fork in your left hand and turn the tines so that they point downwards. This will allow you to better hold the meat in place while the right hand operates the knife.

Once a bite-sized piece has been cut, set the knife down on the plate and transfer the fork to the right hand.

European Style
(European Style or Continental Style)

This method of using utensils is simply more efficient and less formal [than American]. Use common sense; if the occasion calls for a more formal technique use the American Style.

According to the European Style , the fork will remain in the left hand and the knife in the right. When food is cut, the fork is used exactly as in the American Style.
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What's with all the styles??? Can't we just have one?! :crazy:
 
Il Padrino/Ozzy: Well I don't so that's messed up that theory :p, maybe I'm just an alien from the now un-planet Pluto..

Atleast I don't use anything else other than my hands.
 
For me it depends on who is sitting to my right.
One of my sons is a lefty. I keep eat "American" (Fork in right, switching to cut meat as need) if Lefty is on my left.
If he is on my right, I eat "European" keeping my fork in my Left and my knife at the ready in my right.
The knife also makes a good biscuit, for us midwestern boys to trap things like peas and corn, so we can get them on the darn fork...:lol:
 
Famine
That's in no way a proper table setting. Learn some etiquette, young man!

Spoon goes above the plate, pointing to the left. Dessert fork goes just below that, pointing to the right.
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LOL! Hey, this thread is about fawks und kniyfs, not spoonz n' puddin.
 
Meh, I'm right handed and I have the fork on the left and knife on the right. It always feels a bit awkward to cut food with my left hand...
 
Famine
That's in no way a proper table setting. Learn some etiquette, young man!

Spoon goes above the plate, pointing to the left. Dessert fork goes just below that, pointing to the right.
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That's so wrong.

Utensils should always be pointing away from the diner, and arranged so that there is a simple progression towards the place setting from the outside as successive courses are delivered.
 

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