To avoid an awkward situation during dinner at a restaurant or holiday dinner, you need to know about how to fold the equipment during and after meals. There are certain rules of etiquette and table manners, which have been developed over the years, while in Europe and in America, they are a little different. For example, in Europe, adopted during the meal always hold a fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand, while on the other side of the ocean is sometimes permissible to shift fork in the right hand.
Cut with a knife and fork eating meat and poultry, spring rolls, omelets, etc. For fish dishes use a special knife and fork.
During lunch or dinner, do not eat hurriedly. If you need to take a drink of water, just put the fork and knife so that the handles, they relied on the table.
Many people mistakenly believe that when lunch or dinner is over, you need to put the knife and fork crosswise, but this is not the case. On the contrary, it is a sign for the waiter to take your plate.
In fact, when the meal is finished, the instruments are placed parallel to each other. Thus in Europe adopted laying fork prongs down while in America, on the contrary, it is usually put up teeth.
To learn how to fold cutlery on a plate - in the infographic:
