[Magdalen] Coffee Cups vs Wine Glasses

[Marion Thompson]

I happily adapt to whatever is happening around me.  Some circles of 
more Brit influence go one way, other do not.  My mother really tried to 
instill the Brit way in me, and it pretty much reigns supreme in those 
circles of my life.  I'm happy and comfortable day in day out with the 
USA way, but would not  eat that way in a more formal setting.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 9/7/2016 1:42 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/7/2016 1:25:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
>
> Or maybe  it really is another example of the great American/Canadian
> divide.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>   
> Do Canadians use the standard British handling of  flatware/silverware?
> I'm referring to the placing of a fork inverted with the left hand, and
> then
> the right hand is used to position/impale (a friend calls it "shoveling")
> food
> unto the fork which is then guided into the mouth?
>   
> Or do Canadians join with the USA to cut food with the fork inverted  by
> the left hand but then switch to the right hand to guide the food laden
> fork into the mouth, all the while dropping the left hand into the lap  (to
> "hold
> on to a loaded gun?")?
>   
>   
>   
> David S.
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