Hello! Fellow Brit Here! I Usually Hold My Fork With The Prongs Facing Downwards, Unless I Have To Scoop Something, Like Beans, Twirl Spaghetti Or Noodles, Or Scoop At A Pot Noodle, Which Are Some Of The Times I Use A Fork With The Prongs Facing Upwards!
Brit here to answer your question, depends on what you're eating. Most of the time we hold it with the fork facing downwards but sometimes we have to scoop stuff or twirl it like spaghetti. For the most part downward prongs is used for cutting food to keep it in place and depending on the food eaten it usually stays on the prongs quite nicely without falling off. Otherwise we'll scoop it.
I’m British and I use my fork in my right and knife in my left. I once had a teacher tell me off for it but I can’t use my knife and fork any other way 😂
As an American I find the British way of eating less confusing, less time consuming , more efficient. Eating rice or peas American style with no knife means the diner may use their left hand/fingers to push food onto their forks which is unsightly.
If you were say eating mashed potato or potato and peas and gravy, you can stab the potato first then use the knife to push some peas up against or onto the shelf created by the potato or piece of meat. You have to always think with each mouthful created how to arrange the forkfull.
Just to help answer some of the questions in the video: You insert the tines of the fork into the food to keep it in position while slicing with your knife - like you were carving meat. You then pick it up and place it in your mouth. The food should not fall off, unless you have overcooked it. This is far more efficient than scooping for most food - that’s what a spoon is for. For things like peas and mashed potatoes, you would place the fork with the tines pointing flat on the plate and brush the food onto the fork with your knife and lift up towards your mouth. Holding a fork in your right hand would be considered poor etiquette, and somewhat childish, unless there was an obvious issue with doing so (we’re talking missing arm levels of ailment here). People do also eat burgers in a restaurant with a knife and fork but hands are acceptable.
@@FlorFlorifera neither task requires enough dexterity to swap over. Plus a survey from well over decade ago suggest three quarters of left-handed people in the UK eat the same as right-handed people
@@thomasdj8464 the world doesn't revolve around UK and the rules about which cutlery goes into which hand was made due to what is more comfortable. Try eating with knife and fork switched, then you'll see how easy it is the other way around.
@@FlorFlorifera I never said it did. I was explaining the logic discussed in the video. This includes a lot of the societal preconceptions that come along with that. You came up with a valid point which I then explained how that does not stand.
@@thomasdj8464 really, first try eating with cutlery switched and then say how it "doesn't stand". The times when being left- handed was frowned upon have passed. And it is a totally valid reason for switching knife and fork. It's up to the person to do it or not. Many left- handed people were forced to do everything as right- handed, so they got used to it. But as long as you do everything at the table correctly, switching hands because of it is fine.
The way I was taught it in Britain was that if you wanted to use the fork for shoveling you had to put the knife down but keep the fork in your left hand. If the knife is in your hand the fork has to be arches up.
No scooping edges of the fork are use to scoop food on tip of knife for portioned bites. If using spoon and fork use edge of fork to slide on spoon then eat .
in britain but mainly England we do that so we can stab our food easer and when try do it any other I cant do it and the entire left hand thing is a lie when yes you don't switch hands while eating because it makes you look week in England because you cant hold a fork for a long period of time so u can use your right hand if you want but u Americans eat food wierdly and I have been doing for 12 years
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The 'uk' style seems like an upper class etiquette thing; we definitely don't do that normally. Except for left hand for fork - that is usually the standard but some people do switch it up. Unless the downward prongs is referring to when cutting food with your knife so you keep it in place, of course; that's just common sense to me. lol
There is some historic reason behind it. I’m sure I read somewhere that it’s been that way for Americans since the Wild West. When typically eating around a camp fire you would have one utensil, a fork, and need to eat quickly and be able to stop eating and go in a hurry. It does look bloody odd though when you watch Americans eat. It’s almost like watching children eat. 😂
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As a brit i can say i dont use a fork and knife like that….and if just using a fork ill use my right to hold but when holding both a knife and fork i hold the fork in my left and knife in my right because it feels more comfortable to me
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Hello! Fellow Brit Here!
I Usually Hold My Fork With The Prongs Facing Downwards, Unless I Have To Scoop Something, Like Beans, Twirl Spaghetti Or Noodles, Or Scoop At A Pot Noodle, Which Are Some Of The Times I Use A Fork With The Prongs Facing Upwards!
British people stab there food to eat it
Brit here to answer your question, depends on what you're eating. Most of the time we hold it with the fork facing downwards but sometimes we have to scoop stuff or twirl it like spaghetti. For the most part downward prongs is used for cutting food to keep it in place and depending on the food eaten it usually stays on the prongs quite nicely without falling off. Otherwise we'll scoop it.
You use the knife to push food securely onto the fork's prongs lol. It can hold a surprising amount of food without falling off.
I’m British and I use my fork in my right and knife in my left. I once had a teacher tell me off for it but I can’t use my knife and fork any other way 😂
You know, forks aren't spoons, there's no need for 'shoveling'
its an american thing
As an American I find the British way of eating less confusing, less time consuming , more efficient. Eating rice or peas American style with no knife means the diner may use their left hand/fingers to push food onto their forks which is unsightly.
My entire diet consists of Jaffa Cakes and Yorkshire Gold Tea. I have no need of cutlery.
If you were say eating mashed potato or potato and peas and gravy, you can stab the potato first then use the knife to push some peas up against or onto the shelf created by the potato or piece of meat. You have to always think with each mouthful created how to arrange the forkfull.
Just to help answer some of the questions in the video:
You insert the tines of the fork into the food to keep it in position while slicing with your knife - like you were carving meat. You then pick it up and place it in your mouth. The food should not fall off, unless you have overcooked it. This is far more efficient than scooping for most food - that’s what a spoon is for.
For things like peas and mashed potatoes, you would place the fork with the tines pointing flat on the plate and brush the food onto the fork with your knife and lift up towards your mouth.
Holding a fork in your right hand would be considered poor etiquette, and somewhat childish, unless there was an obvious issue with doing so (we’re talking missing arm levels of ailment here).
People do also eat burgers in a restaurant with a knife and fork but hands are acceptable.
Well, being left- handed is a good excuse to have your fork in your right hand and the knife in the left.
@@FlorFlorifera neither task requires enough dexterity to swap over. Plus a survey from well over decade ago suggest three quarters of left-handed people in the UK eat the same as right-handed people
@@thomasdj8464 the world doesn't revolve around UK and the rules about which cutlery goes into which hand was made due to what is more comfortable. Try eating with knife and fork switched, then you'll see how easy it is the other way around.
@@FlorFlorifera I never said it did. I was explaining the logic discussed in the video. This includes a lot of the societal preconceptions that come along with that. You came up with a valid point which I then explained how that does not stand.
@@thomasdj8464 really, first try eating with cutlery switched and then say how it "doesn't stand".
The times when being left- handed was frowned upon have passed. And it is a totally valid reason for switching knife and fork. It's up to the person to do it or not. Many left- handed people were forced to do everything as right- handed, so they got used to it. But as long as you do everything at the table correctly, switching hands because of it is fine.
But what about Australia
Idk, hands?
Lol
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The way I was taught it in Britain was that if you wanted to use the fork for shoveling you had to put the knife down but keep the fork in your left hand. If the knife is in your hand the fork has to be arches up.
No scooping edges of the fork are use to scoop food on tip of knife for portioned bites. If using spoon and fork use edge of fork to slide on spoon then eat .
For the question . We turn it up when we get food on it and use like Americans when scooping, hope this answered you question
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For the fork pointing down i belive its to hold your food down while you cut it and then turn it back right up by stabbing it or scooping it
Well obviously for spaghetti you twirl the spaghetti onto the fork tines. You can use the plate or a spoon as the base when twirling.
and then in the us if your left handed the knife goes in the right hand
I use a knife to cut on my right hand and fork on my left hand.
We don’t say fork and knife because it sounds a little like you’re saying f*ckin’ knife
in britain but mainly England we do that so we can stab our food easer and when try do it any other I cant do it and the entire left hand thing is a lie when yes you don't switch hands while eating because it makes you look week in England because you cant hold a fork for a long period of time so u can use your right hand if you want but u Americans eat food wierdly and I have been doing for 12 years
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I mean you use both no? If you're cutting it's downwards but if you scoop food it's upwards 🤷🏼♂️
Someone the fork is pointing down it means you’re going to cut
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The 'uk' style seems like an upper class etiquette thing; we definitely don't do that normally. Except for left hand for fork - that is usually the standard but some people do switch it up.
Unless the downward prongs is referring to when cutting food with your knife so you keep it in place, of course; that's just common sense to me. lol
We (US) say knife and fork. I've never heard anyone say fork & knife.
I use both 🤷♀️
There is some historic reason behind it. I’m sure I read somewhere that it’s been that way for Americans since the Wild West. When typically eating around a camp fire you would have one utensil, a fork, and need to eat quickly and be able to stop eating and go in a hurry.
It does look bloody odd though when you watch Americans eat. It’s almost like watching children eat. 😂
What about NZ???
Boggles me it matters so much! I just hold it in a way that's comfortable yet people always think it's stupid..
Courgette vs zucchini video
Ok! I will make a courgette vs zucchini video! Can you write a script for it? How can I send it to you when I am done? Do you have an email I can send it to?
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I’m British and I do it the ‘American’ way 😂 I think people only tend to do that to be proper but I don’t care, I prefer to use it like a shovel too
As a brit i can say i dont use a fork and knife like that….and if just using a fork ill use my right to hold but when holding both a knife and fork i hold the fork in my left and knife in my right because it feels more comfortable to me
In the UK we stab it we use a spoon like a shovel
The prongs facing downward... how do you scoop... every british person.. ever heard of a spoon
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@@AmberKacherian I had to ditch Instagram. Too many ads, and I was being censored.
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You just twist your wrist lol. It's only downturned for cutting, to hold the food in place! Right hand for fork if there's no knife.