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<blockquote data-quote="Azten" data-source="post: 2472300" data-attributes="member: 33270">Raging Epistaxis posting under PbP account.&nbsp; Oops.As to the origin of the 'American' style vs. the 'Continental' style I seem to remember learning a long time ago that the American style dates back to colonial days.&nbsp; Something about not trusting a colonial with a knife in his hand all the time during a meal.&nbsp; Or perhaps is was not trusting a continental with a knife in her hand all the time and wanting to be different in the colonies.&nbsp; Dunno, but interesting if true.1. Right2. Decatur, Illinois, USA3. Knife right, Fork left, tines down*4. Knife on plate, Fork right, tines up*5. (Don't like cheesecake - but I'll imagine it's key lime pie** as a reasonable substitute...) Fork right, tines up6. Right7. ('taters) Fork right, tines up*In an informal setting, I tend to cut up the whole piece of meat at once and then lay the knife down.&nbsp; The fork is transferred to my right hand to actually eat the meat.&nbsp; I can't say whether I consistently eat tines down or up, but up feels more 'right'.&nbsp; I find the zig zag / cut 1-2 pieces then eat method annoyingly inefficient when all I want to do is eat.In a formal setting, I find myself pressured to adhere to zig zag conventions even if not everyone else is because I 'know it's the &quot;right way&quot; to eat'.**&lt;Homer&gt;Mmmm m m m&nbsp; Key Lime Pie (drool) &lt;/Homer&gt;R'&nbsp; E</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Azten, post: 2472300, member: 33270"] [b]Raging Epistaxis posting under PbP account. Oops.[/b] As to the origin of the 'American' style vs. the 'Continental' style I seem to remember learning a long time ago that the American style dates back to colonial days. Something about not trusting a colonial with a knife in his hand all the time during a meal. Or perhaps is was not trusting a continental with a knife in her hand all the time and wanting to be different in the colonies. Dunno, but interesting if true. 1. Right 2. Decatur, Illinois, USA 3. Knife right, Fork left, tines down* 4. Knife on plate, Fork right, tines up* 5. (Don't like cheesecake - but I'll imagine it's key lime pie** as a reasonable substitute...) Fork right, tines up 6. Right 7. ('taters) Fork right, tines up *In an informal setting, I tend to cut up the whole piece of meat at once and then lay the knife down. The fork is transferred to my right hand to actually eat the meat. I can't say whether I consistently eat tines down or up, but up feels more 'right'. I find the zig zag / cut 1-2 pieces then eat method annoyingly inefficient when all I want to do is eat. In a formal setting, I find myself pressured to adhere to zig zag conventions even if not everyone else is because I 'know it's the "right way" to eat'. **<Homer>Mmmm m m m Key Lime Pie (drool) </Homer> R ' E [/QUOTE]

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