Why do Americans cut food with right hand then use fork with right hand. rest of world uses fork in left hand?

I dont know!! its weird. Something i only noticed after moving to the states 7 years ago. Its as funny to me as it is to my friends who always comment that i still hold my fork with my left hand.

when I starterd to watch more TV, and had to eat my meals in front of it, I started to do this myself, I am british BTW and can do it the proper way.

Because we have to be different!

its basically the hand you use more, and i think most people in the US is right handed, i have a friend who is left handed and he eats,holds his fork with his left hand. so i don't see how it could be a tradition to eat with the right hand.

Good question. I'm not aware of the historical basis. I usually eat with the fork in my right hand, but when I cut I use the left.

I don't know why But try it the other way like we do it. It's HARD to do. I tried your way once and bout choked......lol Couldn't do it! I gave up! ☺

SOME Americans cut food with one hand and use a fork with the same hand. They do that because it is considered a gracious mannerism, taking a bit more time between bites of food. As for the rest of the world, many cultures do not use flatware and some others do not use forks. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, but since we're in the category of Etiquette, it is always polite to make your guests feel comfortable, no matter what customs they use. Good luck !

I'm not American, but I do that, because I'm a very right-hand dominant person and I look clumsy using a knife or fork in my left hand :)

I'm American and i do cut food with my right hand and then transfer the knife to my left hand and use the fork in my right hand but it is because i am right handed. I do have friends who are left handed and they use their fork in their left hand. I don't think it's an American thing i think it depends on what your dominate hand happens to be.