/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14651843
obsessed

>>14651843
Do they really? Sounds very stupid.

>>14651843
They don't.

>>14651843
every American I've met cuts with their left hand and eats with their right.

>>14651843
source?

Yikes, the Ameribait is really getting shit-tier.

>>14651843
I have not seen this in real life for 20 years.

>>14651925
Why do American directors make actors do that in movies and television shows, then?

>>14651932
Im right handed and do the reverse.

>>14651843
dude i agree, it should be normal to just pick up the meat with the fork and rip it with your teeth. them fat fucks too fancy for that ig

>>14651940
https://www.cuisinenet.com/articles/how-to-use-a-knife-fork-spoon/

They call it the Zig Zag Method.

>>14651843
better question, why do Americans use the fork like a shovel instead of putting the food on the "backside" of the fork like civilized countries

>>14651843
>>14652019
You’re questioning the prowess of an american eater? Sounds like a losing argument to me.

>>14652007
Yikes!

>>14652007
i have literally never, nor ever seen anyone ever, do this. this is the dumbest fucking thing i've ever seen. do you really think americans would switch utensil hands in the middle of stuffing their faces? no. who wrote this?

>>14652007
>Peas!

Another significant difference between the American and the Continental styles of using knife and fork is the American insistence that even the most awkward and contrary foods (peas being the traditional example) must be captured by the unaided fork. In Europe it is permitted to use the knife or a small bit of bread to ease a stubborn item onto the fork.

this entire article is fake and gay. who made this up and why? jews?

This was the "proper" way to so things many years ago and is probably still taught to the type of inbred old money that have etiquette lessons.

>>14651843
I tried doing this recently, it was bizarre and exhausting.

>>14651925
It's real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA2PfKRcm0g#t=8m40s

American vs Continental style dining

>>14652397
Some shit huffing third worlder (yurocuck)

Americans don't even know their own established etiquette. Incredible. You can't make this shit up.

>>14652431
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiAAIxoDbps&t=0m14s

>>14652533
kino

>>14652478
>americans
>etiquette

you're giving us too much credit, anon

>>14651925
I'm from oregon we definitely do and it's the most retarded shit

>>14652007
You can tell this wasn't written by an American because a red blooded freedom lover would never eat peas.

>>14652478
>doing something you know is retarded just because it's etiquette
Do Euros really?

>>14652630

>>14651843
because we are not barbarians

>>14652645
That's called having a culture.

>>14651843
I don't. In a situation like this, I switch the fork to my left hand, knife to my right, and continue to eat with my left until I have no more cutting to do. I then return to eating with my fork in the right hand. It pisses people off for some fucked up reason.

>>14651843
Rentfree

>>14654010
You stupid god damned motherfucking piece of shit. Do you just mechanically vomit out the same bullshit ad nauseam regardless of context and meaning? How do you live like that? It's not even living. It's not a life at all. If you were bashing your own brains out with a hammer you would be demonstrating more intelligence and humanity than you are currently doing.

>>14654025
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>>14651845
fpbp, as always.

>>14651843
It’s a tradition that stems from European etiquette during colonial times. It was considered to be more refined as this method slows down your eating and forces you to enjoy the food more slowly, it’s more ‘sophisticated’. Eventually the Europeans abandoned the tradition, but it stuck in America.

>>14651843
This is the worst __ _________ ______ bait I’ve seen yet

>>14651982
you're a faggot.

>>14651843
braised freshly cut foreskin salad.

>>14651843
someone who does this tried to call me weird for cutting with my left and eating with my right. apparently some people think it's normal to do it that way but i think it's fucked

>>14654639

Are you saying there are actually people that hold the knive with the left hand and the fork in their right hand?

That would be how a retard with assburgers would do it. Can't even imagine how stupid and out of place it would look anyplace. NO ONE does that.

>>14654652
*knife

>>14654652
Sawing takes less refined dexterity than guiding food to the mouth does.

>>14654657

Mind blown. People actually do that. Who would have thought

The fork always goes in the left hand and the knife in the right. Holding either like a pen is unacceptable, as are stabbing techniques. The knife and fork should remain in the bottom third of the plate and never be laid down in the top half.
It's known as etiquette, plebeians.

>>14654658
Right handed people, for one.

Supposedly it was to keep people from eating too fast so more time could be spent on conversing with other people.

Because you cut with your man hand and then pick up the fork to eat with your man hand. It's really not strange and feels natural.

>>14651843
What are you even talking about, spergles McGee?

>>14651843
>eurocucks

>>14651982
same. Why would I cut with my left hand when its not dominant? Holding a fork still is a lot easier

>>14651843
That's me bros..

>>14651843
why do you care?

it's just how we eat, it's not a big deal.

>>14653042
>some rich guy decides that we should eat like retards
>either we listen to him, and you use it to make fun of us for eating like retards (the point of this thread), or we don't listen to him, and that makes us uncultured because clearly culture means doing things you know are wrong just because someone said that's how you do them
Hmm, it's almost like you don't have a genuine opinion here and are just so petty that you're looking for a reason to pick a fight.
Grow up, dude.

>>14651845
Obesed

>>14651843
I'm American and I switched to continental style over 20 years ago in high school when watching some cultural video about Spain in Spanish class. It's objectively superior. I don't know where our etiquette rules came from but I suspect Victorian influence.

>>14652397
Worse, g*rmanics

"Etiquette" is for pretentious faggots. I hate to break it to you, but you aren't nobility (and if you actually are from a noble bloodline you've already lost by posting on 4chan). As long as the food isn't flying everywhere you dont have to worry about table manners.

>>14651843
>tfw I'm left handed and this has never been an interruption for me
feels fucking good man
I also use the mouse with my right hand so I can eat and shitpost at the same time, it's fucking awesome.

I just realized Europeans are ALL left-handed. How is this possible?

I know you're supposed to not switch hands but I still really hate having to use the fork with my left hand for absolutely anything. It's a perpetual struggle and makes eating a chore. Why torture yourself? Just switch and lift the fork up to your mouth with your right hand. What is the big deal?

>>14654133
Seems to me like it's a good bait thread if it's getting replies.

>>14658204
>Left handedness is the sign of devil worship
>Europeans are all left handed
A COINCIDENCE?

I do this but I believe this is secondary to me being left handed and thus learning things backwards rather than it being taught to me for etiquette reasons.

>>14658182
So you think holding your fork like a shovel at a dinner party would be acceptable?

>>14651843
I eat right handed normally, but my based stepmom is English, and taught me how to do it left hand and upside down, tines go straight in. I also use spoons left hand when pushing peas on with a butter knife ( in public, I use my thumb at home)

>>14658236
well for starters you can eat your steak by cutting it one bite at a time rather than having to cut the whole thing up at once. I guess you like cold steaks.

>>14652431
Wtf, do people really switch hands?
I'm American and I just use my left hand to bring my fork to my mouth since I'm not some mouth-breather who can't do basic shit with their left hand.
Also, I don't bend over my plate like in the video to bring the food on my fork to my mouth. Why do they do that?

>not just spearing the whole steak on your fork and eating it like an animal
fags

>>14659818
>not cutting with your left

>>14659581
I mean you'd look a bit retarded sure, but I wouldn't dwell on it or get offended over the "lack of manners" or whatever. As long as the food isn't spilling off your fork or out of your mouth, you're fine.

>>14659887
>not just picking it up with your hands and tearing out chunks with your teeth

>>14659887
This anon gets it

>>14659818
It's an extra step to savor your food which Europeans already do by naturally eating slowly. Americans scarf down shit as quickly as possible so we added an extra step. You don't do it because you're an unwashed plebian.

>>14660000
*plebeian
Quads confirm illiterate retard.

>>14651843
Personally, I eat Medieval style.
>Knife only, no fork
>Rude to touch food with your left hand, but fingers with your right hand are fine and encouraged
>BYO knife, spoons provided as needed but they'll count that shit to make sure it comes back
>Plates made out of bread, but it's rude to eat them

>>14660049
>Personally, I eat Medieval style.

Keeping the knife in your dominant hand keeps you prepared for groid attacks. Don't relax.

>>14651843
No, retard. Literally everyone just uses a dedicated fork hand and a dedicated knife hand.

>>14659790
I cut one piece at a time. But I still switch hands. It’s especially laborious to eat something like peas. The proper way is to guide them onto the fork using the knife, and then gingerly lift them using your non-dominant hand, hoping to god you don’t drop any and look like an idiot. Better to switch hands and save yourself the embarrassment.

>>14660467
Not everyone. I don’t and I’m not ashamed of it

>>14660403
It’s so much easier to cut with your left. I mean it’s a very simple see-saw motion. Meanwhile everything you do with a fork is more complicated. I say the rules of etiquette should be changed so the fork goes on the right. Lefties can still use the retarded way.

I cut with my left and eat with my right. Simple. Sometimes no knife if it's not needed for the dish and I just shovel it inside.

I can't believe an adult male would ever care about some dining "rules" as if it matters.

>>14660529
I just tried it. It feels a little unnatural, but I could see myself getting used to it with time. Really, I just wish I could have two right hands.

>>14651973
More time to talk. Eating onscreen isn't about eating.

>>14651845
Obsessed with taking obvious bait.

>>14654118
ironic huh

>>14651982
im left handed and do the reverse.
fork left knife right

>>14658102
rent free

my mom cuts my food for me

>>14661698
Does she jerk you off as well?

>>14651843
We definitely do this. I'm not sure why other Americans are denying it when it's a pretty established practice. It comes down to etiquette which isn't always about practicality.

>>14661732
no she doesn't call me a jerk she calls me her special boy

why do americans never wash their hands

>>14661811
>Europoors don't stick their hands in their crotch then sniff their hand for fun
Why live?