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[ImperialSnob]

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I saw these threads on another forum and they seemed cool.

This post has been edited by ImperialSnob: Jun 19 2013, 08:03 AM

[McBadgere]

Like an empty table...*Stares wistfully into distance*...

So, just so I know, what is the correct placement of cutlery at a dinner party?...

[mALX]

Like an empty table...*Stares wistfully into distance*...

So, just so I know, what is the correct placement of cutlery at a dinner party?...

Silverware is set up in the order of its use/from left to right, IE:


Left of plate: Salad fork (same as a dessert fork - the shorter fatter fork) is outer, dinner fork (the long slender fork) is alongside the plate.

Right of plate: Knife goes closest to plate (sharp edge facing plate), then soup spoon (larger fatter), then the dessert spoon (small spoon).

Napkin goes on the left near forks (unless you want to make a fancy shape of it and put it in the middle of the plate).

Bread and butter plate goes above the forks/ glass of water goes above the spoons, and wine glass goes to the right of the water glass.


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This post has been edited by mALX: Jun 27 2013, 02:49 PM

[Kazaera]

Like an empty table...*Stares wistfully into distance*...

So, just so I know, what is the correct placement of cutlery at a dinner party?...

Silverware is set up in the order of its use/from left to right, IE:


Left of plate: Salad fork (same as a dessert fork - the shorter fatter fork) is outer, dinner fork (the long slender fork) is alongside the plate.

Right of plate: Knife goes closest to plate (sharp edge facing plate), then soup spoon (larger fatter), then the dessert spoon (small spoon).

Napkin goes on the left near forks (unless you want to make a fancy shape of it and put it in the middle of the plate).

Bread and butter plate goes above the forks/ glass of water goes above the spoons, and wine glass goes to the right of the water glass.

The way I always remember this: start from the outside, move inwards, and things for dessert are above the plate.

I do have trouble remembering whether the bread and butter plate is on your left or right. There was once an Incident in which half the table at a formal dinner had to pass their bread plates around because I picked the wrong one, and I was sitting next to the head of my college at the time and in fact that whole memory is labeled "abject humiliation! do not open!" on my mental bookshelves. You'd think that sort of thing would lead to you not making the mistake again... alas, I still can't remember which way round it goes. I'm just now really really afraid of getting it wrong.

Er. Questions!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

[mALX]

Like an empty table...*Stares wistfully into distance*...

So, just so I know, what is the correct placement of cutlery at a dinner party?...

Silverware is set up in the order of its use/from left to right, IE:


Left of plate: Salad fork (same as a dessert fork - the shorter fatter fork) is outer, dinner fork (the long slender fork) is alongside the plate.

Right of plate: Knife goes closest to plate (sharp edge facing plate), then soup spoon (larger fatter), then the dessert spoon (small spoon).

Napkin goes on the left near forks (unless you want to make a fancy shape of it and put it in the middle of the plate).

Bread and butter plate goes above the forks/ glass of water goes above the spoons, and wine glass goes to the right of the water glass.

The way I always remember this: start from the outside, move inwards, and things for dessert are above the plate.

I do have trouble remembering whether the bread and butter plate is on your left or right. There was once an Incident in which half the table at a formal dinner had to pass their bread plates around because I picked the wrong one, and I was sitting next to the head of my college at the time and in fact that whole memory is labeled "abject humiliation! do not open!" on my mental bookshelves. You'd think that sort of thing would lead to you not making the mistake again... alas, I still can't remember which way round it goes. I'm just now really really afraid of getting it wrong.

Er. Questions!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

One cord.

[ghastley]

One cord.

I though that was the answer to "How long is a piece of string?"

And while I'm here ...

It's "unladen" not "unlaiden", and the swallow flies at a rate of 42. (The units are unspecified).

[mALX]

One cord.

I though that was the answer to "How long is a piece of string?"

And while I'm here ...

It's "unladen" not "unlaiden", and the swallow flies at a rate of 42. (The units are unspecified).

I like the "unlaid swallow" best.

[Kiln]

One cord.

I though that was the answer to "How long is a piece of string?"

And while I'm here ...

It's "unladen" not "unlaiden", and the swallow flies at a rate of 42. (The units are unspecified).

I like the "unlaid swallow" best.

I don't, they're always in a bad mood.