中美餐桌礼仪文化对比(3)

2.2.2 How to use and where to put American table ware

In western culture, people use knife, fork, spoon and so on.

2.2.2.1Knife and fork

The basic way of using the knife and fork. Right hand knife and fork in the left hand, is a generic method, of course, if you are left-handed, or you are just like the left hand knife, nor can not accommodating. Request right hand knife is not international standard, but the right hand with a knife cut food more convenient. Hold the fork take method for the index finger straight back. The knife method also differ with situation. It is not be cut food after, again with the right hand fork to send food to the mouth. If a party or casual atmosphere in the family store, of course it does not matter. Food on the table after the basic action, that is, his right hand knife cut it, and then left the food with a fork, fork down food left, fixed, along the side of the fork knife cut about the size of a mouthful of food, food into his mouth fork can be directly.

2) the correct position and the right Angle

There is no way to get your food cut open, and the first thing to start from the position correction. On both sides of the elbow is too high can make the knife and fork Angle is too large, and in vertical state; If the elbow is too low, will make his knife and fork is fallen state, so there is no way to cut will arrange. Correct position is: shoulder and wrist relax on the body, two arms knife with the Angle of the plate at about 15degrees. Such not only can easily cut the food, but also pose looks more elegant.

The movement of the knife there is also a main point, the first to push on the left hand fork, and then gently move a knife, the knife back when not hard, but when go down hard, like this can cut cleanly through the food. Note: the table knife and fork put are fixed, the left-handed when use fork and knife position can be interchangeable, but after the meal, still need to use the tableware according to the normal position, so just to avoid the service personnel. 3) how to put a knife and fork

Dinner for eight

A knife and fork in addition to the function of the food to the mouth, there is about another very important function.Of knives and forks put way conveys "meal" or some "signals" the dinner. The waiter is to judge the guests dining according to the signal, a so as to decide whether to clean tableware and prepare the next service. Note: on one side of the blade must be facing you, the blade for others is a sign of hostility. There is are two by the end of the meal After the meal, the fork can be positive upward, and a alateral to gether with fork and knife blade of parallel on the plate. The display mode is divided into English and French, either way can be, but the most commonly used is French.Will handle into the meal (as far as possible, so that you can avoid falling by touch, the waiter also relatively easy to pick up.

2.2.2.2The right order to use tableware

Although there are so many tablewares at western dinner, the rule for using tablewares is simple. The right order to use tablewares is to pick from outside to inside. There is an exception that when salad is sent together with entrée, the knife and fork that closest to the plate are salad knife and fork. The salad plate is on the left

of the dinner knife and fork. If there is no salad plate, salad knife and fork will send together with salad. The other exception is that oyster fork is on the right hand of dinner plate, which is on the outmost side of tablewares. Spoons are on the right hand of forks. Napkins are also important in western dinner.

2.2.3Reasons that cause the differences between table wares

It is so different for Chinese people and American people to use chopsticks ,knife and fork on the table manners. Why is it so different ? Because China has different nature environment and social environment with American. Chopsticks are made by bamboo .But knife and fork is used to be American normal customs. They use them to cut meat and eat by forks. For eating gesture ,American start to use knife in 16th century.

2.3The right order of dish up 2.3.1Chinese order

A Chinese food out of order An appetizer Usually four large platter of cold dishes. Sometimes types can be up to 10. The most representative is the cold sea sting skin, preserved eggs, etc.

The main course Immediately after the appetizer, also known as the big, big, than actual appropriate table. As indicated on the menu "eight pieces", said a total of eight main dishes. The way of the main course is usually four, six, eight even, because the Chinese believe that number is an even number. On the luxurious meal, main course and sometimes up to 16 or 32, but it is common in six to twelve. These dishes are using different materials, cooperate with sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, five tastes, with Fried, steamed, boiled, Fried, roasted, Fried, etc all kinds of cuisine is tie-in. It out with a light and heavy greasy food order interaction is tie-in, or dry, soup as mating principle. The last is usually ends with the soup.

Dim sum Refers to the dessert after the main course have to offer, such as pies, cakes, steamed stuffed bun, almond, etc. The last is a fruit 2.3.2American order

1) the head plate. The first course in a western food is the first dish, also known as an appetizer. The content of the appetizer usually have cold appetizers and hot

appetizers, common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail cup chicken, cream cake box, bake snail, etc. Because is appetizing, appetizer usually have characteristic flavor, taste is given priority to with salty and sour, and less quantity, the quality is higher.

2) the soup. And Chinese food, western food is the second course of soup. Western food soup can be roughly divided into clear soup, cream soup, vegetable …… 此处隐藏：6043字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……