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Why do we eat with our forks in our left hand?

  • I was always told to eat "proper" and place my fork in my right hand and knife in my left. Does anybody know where this derives from?

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    Actually, you can use both. You can cut your meat with your right hand while holding it in place with your fork in your left, and then eating that cut piece. (Although this is considered strange by some.) The other way is to cut a few pieces of meat, then lay the knife down and switch your fork over to your right hand to eat. But you can only cut 2 or 3 pieces at a time to eat. Any more is considered a sign of bad manners as well. Personally, I think everyone should be able to eat the way they are most comfortable. We aren't such slaves to proper "etiquette" the way they were in the 50's, and this is a good thing.

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well i'm right handed but i cut with my left and fork with my right. had a great laugh when out with my family for a meal. i mannaged to elbow my brother in laws arm every time he went to put the fork near his mouth. i

tsk esquire

I don't. I use my left hand to hold my knife, and i'm right handed, i just think is much easier to control my fork with my right hand

Nadia

For right handed Americans, most people will hold the fork in the left hand to stabilize the meat and cut with the knife in the right hand because the right hand is dominant. This means they must then shift the fork to the right hand to get the bite from the plate to the mouth. Europeans will however frequently keep the fork in the left hand as they lift the food to the mouth. Europeans also will often load food on the back of the fork with the knife. They make fun of Americans who cross switch the fork. Why do we do this ? Like many proper manners, it is done in polite society.

Chief

The supposedly proper way to set the table is the fork on the LEFT and the knife on the RIGHT because we assume the person is right-handed as the majority of people is. However, once the eater sits down, he/she can switch to suit his/her way. You can't force a left-handed person do things the right-handed people do.

calib_forever

It used to be that you ate with your hands, but kept your knife in your right hand (due to about 90% of the population being right-handed) to defend yourself if attacked, as you would be vulnerable while eating.

Darren R

I'm right handed, but I've always cut with my left hand and eaten with the right without switching hands. =/ I guess I'm strange.

K-Rex

that's odd I am right handed and I hold the knife with my right hand and the fork with the left

kim1032002

i eat with fork in my right and knife in my left and i get stick for it!! at christmas dinner with my ex's family, they noticed i was what they called a 'cacker'........ my dad is the same but most of my other relatives eat the opposite way,,,, i never knew there was a correct way to do it, i just do it how i feel comfy! i cut easier with my left hand when eating.... despite being right handed

sinnedfairy

Probably from someone who's right hand was paralyzed.

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