[phil2004uk]

She reminds me of my Sister I think...When some people eat with their fork like they are posh...you know what I mean when they use the fork the wrong way round. No wonder she dropped half her potato...you meant to use it like a shovel...that's why it's bent the way it is.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

[Livia]

LOL... I'm hoping the OP is joking or I'm retracting my LOL.

[phil2004uk]

Originally Posted by Livia

LOL... I'm hoping the OP is joking or I'm retracting my LOL.

LOL all you want if I'm not joking because I hate people who do it, I'd like to know why though as I am openminded, but in a restaurant AKA Beefeater LOL or something that's not posh, I would pick a roast tato up without cutting in half like my sister tells me too lol...I like chomping on something huge rather than being sissy and cutting it

[Livia]

Originally Posted by phil2004uk

LOL all you want if I'm not joking because I hate people who do it, I'd like to know why though as I am openminded, but in a restaurant AKA Beefeater LOL or something that's not posh, I would pick a roast tato up without cutting in half like my sister tells me too lol...I like chomping on something huge rather than being sissy and cutting it

So if you were, say, somewhere a little more elegant than a Beefeater, would you use your cutlery properly then? I'm not asking you out to dinner here, incidentally.

[phil2004uk]

Originally Posted by Livia

So if you were, say, somewhere a little more elegant than a Beefeater, would you use your cutlery properly then? I'm not asking you out to dinner here, incidentally.

Well I don't really go in a beefeater, I'm not into pub meals...I probably wouldn't touch a restaurant either, both ends of the scales are bad, you've got the snob/yob ends to deal with, so I prefer something sweet and relaxing...Like maybe I'll one day try going out for a curry at a restaurant, those little chicken pieces can be picked up with a fork in a normal way. No need for fancy nandy pandy pretend fakeness oh look how i'm holding a fork poshness

Like with Chips if I went to a chippy (Not often as I do oven chips at home) I would eat the greasyness with my naked fingers, it's all about the senses, sometimes having a sniff by putting it near me nose before passing it into my opening

[Livia]

Originally Posted by phil2004uk

Well I don't really go in a beefeater, I'm not into pub meals...I probably wouldn't touch a restaurant either, both ends of the scales are bad, you've got the snob/yob ends to deal with, so I prefer something sweet and relaxing...Like maybe I'll one day try going out for a curry at a restaurant, those little chicken pieces can be picked up with a fork in a normal way. No need for fancy nandy pandy pretend fakeness oh look how i'm holding a fork poshness

Like with Chips if I went to a chippy (Not often as I do oven chips at home) I would eat the greasyness with my naked fingers, it's all about the senses, sometimes having a sniff by putting it near me nose before passing it into my opening

I'm really sorry that you think eating wonderful food and drinking great wine in a nice restaurant would equate to "poshness". I think that's all do to with your perception and little to do with the kind of people who might be eating there, and using table manners.

To be honest... I still think you're kidding. Well, I half think you're kidding.

[fingers]

Originally Posted by Livia

So if you were, say, somewhere a little more elegant than a Beefeater, would you use your cutlery properly then? I'm not asking you out to dinner here, incidentally.

They have special cutlery for infants and people who are unable to use proper cutlery!

[phil2004uk]

Originally Posted by fingers

They have special cutlery for infants and people who are unable to use proper cutlery!

What! I'm sorry but a fork is shaped to be used where the food goes on the inside of the curve!
Do you see people shovelling mud with the back of the shovel FFS!

[Lex]

Originally Posted by Livia

So if you were, say, somewhere a little more elegant than a Beefeater, would you use your cutlery properly then? I'm not asking you out to dinner here, incidentally.

Is there 'REALLY' anything more elegant than a Beefeater Livia?
Or are you just trying to show off??

[phil2004uk]

Originally Posted by Lex

Is there 'REALLY' anything more elegant than a Beefeater Livia?
Or are you just trying to show off??

That's the only place I could think of...I don't eat in any place...What's with the Elegance crap...Who wants to be snobby...

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Lex

Is there 'REALLY' anything more elegant than a Beefeater Livia?
Or are you just trying to show off??

LOL... Nah, Beefeater is haute cuisine, innit.

[terryrow]

i do use a shovel, dont drop anything then.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

What do you mean?

You can use your fork as a board to then cut across food with the knife. You don't especially have to use a fork like a shovel.

[Lee.]

Using a fork like a shovel??

God no!!

You're touching on one of my pet hates here! Jesus! I feel a super-rant re table manners coming on!!

[phil2004uk]

Originally Posted by happyland

Using a fork like a shovel??

God no!!

You're touching on one of my pet hates here! Jesus! I feel a super-rant re table manners coming on!!

mwhahaha let's go

I love putting a whole load of mashed potato lining the boundaries of the strips of metal of the fork from the tips to the left side of the curve where the gaps dissapear and it meats the pure metal part. YUM...and then if I have some Roast Potatoes, I will push it in, and it will look like a toffee apple on a stick as I move it to my lips

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by phil2004uk

mwhahaha let's go

I love putting a whole load of mashed potato lining the boundaries of the strips of metal of the fork from the tips to the left side of the curve where the gaps dissapear and it meats the pure metal part. YUM...and then if I have some Roast Potatoes, I will push it in, and it will look like a toffee apple on a stick as I move it to my lips

PMSL
This is a very Americanised way of using a fork, and very unsightly! Prongs of the fork should curve downwards and food placed on top of fork, small mouthfuls at a time..
This isn't being "posh" as you put it, but just simple manners and acceptable table etiquette!

[phil2004uk]

Originally Posted by happyland

PMSL
This is a very Americanised way of using a fork, and very unsightly! Prongs of the fork should curve downwards and food placed on top of fork, small mouthfuls at a time..
This isn't being "posh" as you put it, but just simple manners and acceptable table etiquette!

Ohhh But looking at Laura doing that with the fork was like listening to someone scraping their nails down a chalk board...I felt like OMG I can just about imagine the scraping from the fork as it touches the ceramics...Ohhhhh no...The same with Tights...I couldn't wear them or even touch them

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by phil2004uk

Ohhh But looking at Laura doing that with the fork was like listening to someone scraping their nails down a chalk board...I felt like OMG I can just about imagine the scraping from the fork as it touches the ceramics...Ohhhhh no...The same with Tights...I couldn't wear them or even touch them

Aw.. god! People who use their teeth instead of their lips to remove food from the fork! aaaargh. I could scream!

Lol.. what have you got against tights??

[Boothy]

I agree with the OP. You've gotta shovel!

[Jezzy]

Best thread on here atm, lol

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by phil2004uk

She reminds me of my Sister I think...When some people eat with their fork like they are posh...you know what I mean when they use the fork the wrong way round. No wonder she dropped half her potato...you meant to use it like a shovel...that's why it's bent the way it is.

No you are not

http://www.ehow.com/how_2107398_use-...-properly.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Fork-and-Knife-Properly

[MargeryFan]

I think a healthy mixture of both methods is advisable.