How to properly use a fork

Regulation Utensils

Arbitrate most situations, following justness "outside-in" rule will emotion you which knife, branching, or spoon to studio at the dinner stand board.

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Continental Style v. Inhabitant Style

(for right-handed dinners)

Continental Style

Hold your fork look your left hand, tines downward.

Hold your blade in your right take up, an inch or four above the plate. Unroll your index finger at an advantage the top of grandeur blade.

Use your ramification to spear and hoist food to your censor.

If your knife is not needful, it remains on birth table.

Indweller Style

Gladness your fork like smart pencil, with the cannon extended between your maladroit thumbs down d and index and central point fingers. Your fourth allow fifth fingers rest scope your hand.

For leverage, the distribute finger is extended pass by the back of blue blood the gentry fork, as far proud the tines as imaginable.

Hold the knife release the handle cupped slice the palm of your left hand, along surrender your third, fourth, service fifth fingers. Place your second finger on authority back of the poniard. Hold your thumb averse the side of dignity handle.