Table setting
@allknowing (153544)
India
April 1, 2023 8:57pm CST
I doubt if anyone sets their table the way one sees in the photo.
It is unimaginable that there were times when tables were set in the manner that you see in the photo. In those good old days there were a retinue of maids to take care of that And today most have no maids and in that scenario I would not be surprised if food is served off the gas range
I am sure there will be dinner sets and cutlery languishing in cupboard and never brought out even if there are guests.
What's your style?
Image Credit:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:12_Course_Table_Setting.jpg
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
2 Apr 23
I do set an informal, but normal setting for around here. On the odd occasion we actually eat at the table, that is. When it's just Dale and I, we eat while we watch TV.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
Dining table is an all purpose table here (lol) We have a buffet table from where food, cutlery and crockery is picked up, even when guests are around
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
@1creekgirl We have an open concept. The dining portion of hall leads to the buffet/kitchen area. We have no doors.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
2 Apr 23
@allknowing I think a buffet style of eating is good.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
@LadyDuck Hope your husband's health condition will be good and you will be able to entertain your guests in style
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
We used to set the table but now it is buffet style We have a buffet table and guests help themselves. Most guests are family and friends but when someone from the office turned up it was a different story and that is when we were living in the city
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@LadyDuck (502262)
• Italy
2 Apr 23
@allknowing I set the table when I have guests and I serve them. I hope to have guests again soon, as soon as my husband feels better and we can stop going to the hospital for tests.
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@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr 23
When I first bought my dining table (the first time I'd ever had the space to have a dining area), I was determined to eat meals at it. We mostly did so - evening meals with my two sons or any other time we'd be eating together. It stopped being a regular thing, I think, once the pandemic started and I worked from home. Now my dining table is my work table and I'm too lazy to clear it up each evening and set up for work again each morning 
Saying that, we will still sit at the table if I have time off and it's worth me clearing my work stuff away!
As for setting the table, I don't think that's something I've ever really done. I just serve dinner and bring out cutlery at the same time. I'm not sure I'd know what all the other things are for!
Saying that, we will still sit at the table if I have time off and it's worth me clearing my work stuff away!
As for setting the table, I don't think that's something I've ever really done. I just serve dinner and bring out cutlery at the same time. I'm not sure I'd know what all the other things are for!1 person likes this
@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
Even ours is a work table It is so placed that we can watch tv have a check on the kitchen and next to it is the table with the computer.
We used to eat in style but not any more
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@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr 23
@allknowing Mine is deliberately placed so that we can't watch TV while sitting at the table! I wouldn't say we've ever eaten in style, though!
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@allen0187 (59704)
• Philippines
2 Apr 23
No table setting where I'm from.
It is the usual plates and cutlery. Nothing fancy like the one in the photo.
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@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
2 Apr 23
A spoon and fork, and a single plate each are enough for me and my guests, and sometimes a small spoon and saucer for dessert. I see such table settings once in a while in movies of ultra-rich families. Even rich families nowadays do away with such.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
The English before they left introduced these bizarre table settings for us. It is well nigh impossible to set a table such as the one you see in the photo.
Same here - fork and spoon, soup spoon and a dessert spoon.
Food. cutlery and crockery is taken from the buffet table The dining table is not set (lol)
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
2 Apr 23
All that prim and proper British.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
3 Apr 23
@RebeccasFarm We do use a few of those but no setting the table
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
3 Apr 23
I do not think even the British will use them now (lol)
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Apr 23
That seems to be the order of the day these days
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
3 Apr 23
Same here. We have a buffet table that serves the purpose. Food, cutlery and crockery is picked from there Not much entertaining either. Cupboards are loaded.
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@Adie04 (17405)
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2 Apr 23
I have seen this when I go to the hotel and in my friend's faculty since her faculty is business, economics and accountancy faculty, and one of the course offered there is hotel business management. So yup, I have seen this and understand the meaning of that placing.
My style usually put the utensils upside down after eating; at home or outside.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
3 Apr 23
You mean you wash those utensils I suppose every one does that too.
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@Adie04 (17405)
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3 Apr 23
@allknowing Oh, that's another thing. Before eating, I always ask for hot water to sterilise the utensils, especially when I eat outside.
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