It would be very hard to find someone who doesn’t like to eat. Eating is one the greatest traits that we get for being human. And eating correctly is always appreciated and perceived as a sign of good education. So, to help you hone your skills at the table, here are a few suggestions on table manners.
Table Manners Tip #1 – Tasting
Accepting another person’s offer to taste a morsel of her dish – or offering a bite of yours – are acceptable table manners as it’s handled unobtrusively. Either hand your fork to the person, who can spear a bite-sized piece from her plate and hand the fork back to you, or (if the person is sitting close by) hold your plate toward her so that she can put a morsel on the edge. Don’t be tempted to hold a forkful of food to somebody’s mouth or reach over and spear something off someone else’s plate.
Table Manners Tip #2 – Excusing Yourself
When you need to get up to go to the restroom, it isn’t necessary to say where you’re going-a simple “Excuse me, please; I’ll be right back” is sufficient. At other times, a brief explanation is in order: “Please excuse me while I check with the babysitter.” Leaving without a word is rude.
Table Manners Tip #3 – Posture
You needn’t sit stiff as a rail at the dinner table, but hunching your shoulders over the plate (a posture often associated with using a fork like a shovel) is a definite “do not.” Likewise, slouching back in your chair (which makes it look as if you’re not interested in the meal) is bad table manners when eating with others.
Table Manners Tip #7 – Seasoning Food
When at a dinner party or restaurant, proper table manners dictate that you taste your food before seasoning it. Hastily covering a dish with salt or drowning it in ketchup implies that you think the cook’s creation needs improving on.
Table Manners Tip #8 – Chewing Food
Once you start to eat, don’t literally bite off more than you can chew: Take a manageable bite, chew it well, and swallow it before taking another. Also remember that smacking, slurping, and collecting food in a ball in one cheek are major faux pas. When you have a mouthful of food, it is bad table manners to do two more things: taking a drink and talking. If you have more than a few words to say, swallow your food, rest your fork on your plate, and speak before you resume eating.
Table Manners Tip #14 – Eating Quietly
The essence of good table manners is unobtrusiveness, a courtesy that includes eating quietly. Noise impedes conversation. Scraping a plate or loudly chewing ice is unpleasant to listen to and considered impolite.
Table Manners Tip #52 – When to Sit
When all the women are seated, the men sit down.
Table Manners Tip #57 – Eat Slowly
Savor the meal and eat slowly; it encourages conversation and conviviality
Table Manners Tip #84 – Restaurant Ordering Sequence
How to order will depend upon whether you’re the host or guest, what type of meal you’re going to be eating, how many people are at the table, and whether the guests are male or female. The host is the person that will be paying the check. His order is generally taken last. In a group, the server may decide how the ordering will proceed. Normally, women’s are taken first.
The list has one hundred and eight tips about good manners. If you would like to see the entire list, you can visit http://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/table_manners/table_manner_tips.html
Some of these may not apply to your country, but it’s important that you know most of them to show some education while eating. Considering others is always a sign of good manners and most of these tips seem to deal with thinking about other people. When you are ready, we can begin the lesson.
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