Learn the American way of holding a fork and knife as part of table etiquette:
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0:00 So, what’s the American Style?
At the core, it means that you eat the majority of your food with your dominant hand and your fork only. While you eat with your dominant hand, your other hand rests on your lap or underneath the table.
0:12 What does the American Style look like?
Basically, you hold the fork in your dominant hand, and you only move it to a non-dominant hand when you cut. So, let’s say, for a steak: your fork moves to the non-dominant hand, you cut, you put the knife down, you switch hands, and you eat the piece of meat. If you want to cut another piece, you repeat the procedure again.
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I cannot unsee this now its weird AF
Wrong, that's what the American style is.
Why shouldn't you hold your fork with your non-dominat hand while eating? Is it expecting that people are too bungle or silly to manage the procedure of bringing the food to the mouth with the non-dominant hand? 😱😂
No mention on why, when switching hands, the fork turns upside down to resemble a spoon?
Disgusting
Too much work and time, My guests would’ve left by the second serving…
I am right handed. I do everything right handed. However, I cut meat left handed. People have noticed and questioned it. That's the way I was taught.
We never move the fork. Dominant hand always.
Leave the word etiquette out sounds better for Americans they gut none neither do they have any culture or manners
Americans are the worst eaters they gut zwei etiquette no table manners at all !
Haha, "american style" is an oxymoron…
If you’re ambidextrous, you don’t have to do that slow last part of switching the old fork from hand to hand.
Use hands
Cut up the food then use the fork like a spoon? That’s how little children eat in the UK!
What an awkward American way to eat.. like need eat fish all filleted with no head or skin.. I’m Eurasian born American
Wrong.
I mean, it's right for the "American style", but overall, it's wrong.
The French way is much easier.
At the core it means you're wrong.
US style table manners: Cut all the food into small pieces then put the fork in the right hand , sit on your left hand, put on a baseball cap, lean forward and scoop in the food.
Is it just me or I would love Raphael to stay as European as possible rather than turn into an American ! That's part of the appeal for me towards him.
Americans have style and etiquette?
There's neither style nor etiquette in holding your cutlery like a five year old.
😂😂 I have a European family member who does this. I'm left handed I don't switch anything. 😄
Anyone who bothers to switch hands with their fork is 'special'. That is a stupid waste of time. My Dad never could get me to waste time like that, when there was steak on my plate. 🥩
Americans seem to plure everything together and use the fork for everything…
Americans, world's #1 in doing everything the wrong way.
Horrifying. This explains why so many Americans eat with their hands.
I cant stand to watch Americans trying to use cutlery.
Hi, American here, born and raised. Been in this country 35 years and have never once seen some psychopath do this.
WRRRROOOOOOONG
The American way includes-most importantly- that you cut the next 3 or 4 bites if elegant or the whole thing if not.
Hand switch after every bite is goofy
The correct way is fork in left hand, pointing down, knife in right at all times. Fork goes into the piece of food nearest to the left and knife cuts to the right of the fork. You then lift that cut piece of food to the mouth with the lift hand, keeping the fork pointing down. If you're eating something soft, like mashed potato, the knife is used to push some food onto the back of the fork. Can't bear watching Americans get so tangled up with their cutlery!
So bloody uncouth.
This is so dumb. I know this is etiquette and is fancy and stuff but not practical for someone starving who just wants to eat and also is left handed predominately because most cultures consider the left hand dirty.
I use the fork in my dominant hand and the knife in my left. No switching happens. Why would you switch?
Somebody told me I was proper because I ate like this and I’m just like idk where I got it from my other hand has to be in my lap it’s comfortable
Switching hands when you are eating is a sign of a PROL! …..😄🫣🤣.
Perhaps you may need feet to help yourself to eat your meal. Don't listen to him.
I feel like you truly only switch your hand to cut one time, if your cutting a steak I would say most people would slice their steak into bite sized strips to eliminate switching.
What an absolutely bizarre and childish way to eat
I feel seen. Exactly how I eat.
How does the fork position figure into the equation? I use my fork 'upside down' to pull a part of my meal to my mouth most of the time. It is rare I would use the fork 'right side up' like a spoon unless it is something like peas or corn/maize kernels…
I thought fork position meant Continental vs other styles.
Thank you for the etiquette lessons.
Yo lo bendigo que enseñe a comer y tener buenos modales, en general las nuevas generaciones son muy mal educados, saludos
I prefer English etiquette at the table.
The American way is too inefficient
Thank you
Instructions are confusing. Americans only have dominant hands.
Indian hand style better than 1000%
I’m English and I eat in the American way
I don't like people eating like pigs. Eat like Americans. Little at a time.