Adopting Good Table Manners

Taking baby steps to learning the skills of using a fork and knife

- Palesa Matjebele

SETTING up a formal table is not easy, but it’s a nightmare when you don’t even know how to use the cutlery. We’re not born holding a fork on the left hand and a knife on the other, so being unable to use them is no sin. But it’s important for one to learn to use them as it saves you from embarrassment in social settings.

‘FORK AND KNIFE’ BASICS

Familiarising yourself with the use of cutlery is just important, not that you have to use a knife to cut through pap when you are at home. But going to a restaurant, and scooping on a Greek salad and a sticky steak with your hands is not amazing either.