Fork with Spoon or Knife?
By dyupe_moe
@dyupe_moe (225)
Philippines
March 14, 2007 1:30am CST
I've been to a lot of countries lately and I've noticed how different cultures are. I was raised using a spoon and fork when eating (not only for soups), seldomly using a knife. I can even cut my food to smaller pieces using just a spoon and fork! When I visited other countries, forks and knives are prepared on the table so I usually ask for a spoon to make my eating easier. :p
What about you guys? Prefer a knife over a spoon? Or a spoon over a knife? The shovel or the ax?
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2 responses
@Minesky (245)
• Philippines
14 Mar 07
Yap, being in a country where we are used to using fork and spoon, it was an eye opener when you go to other countries and see that they use a fork and knife.
But go to a nice hotel, and dine there, no dinner spoon is provided either!!!
I recall having a recent dinner in a cruise ship, and my friend was laughing at me when I panicked when I saw lots of forks, knife, spoons on my table, trying to recall the dining etiquette I was taught years ago on which to use first!!!
Currently I am now used to the fork and knife, well, better than asking for a spoon, and be given a soup spoon (a bit wider... now that is a shovel!!!) Cheers!
@dyupe_moe (225)
• Philippines
14 Mar 07
A soup spoon! I know that. I think when it comes to dining etiquette, you should be using the outermost utensil going in. Or I may be wrong... :)
@totalearnings (1603)
• India
14 Mar 07
shovel or axe for eating lol at that. i am comfortable with a spoon as i am used to eating rice mostly. fork or knife isnt a difficult task for me to use unless i am eating that requires cutting into pieces before eating.
@dyupe_moe (225)
• Philippines
14 Mar 07
Just thought that it would be a figure of speech for the shovel and ax since I heard that when you use a spoon, you're "shoveling food" to your mouth. Hahaha. Glad you had a kick out of that!
