@@HYPERxSONICxFANx2012 Okay... I know that this comment was from a year ago, but why did you watch it if you aren't interested in basic dining etiquette?
SSJR Dude maybe your social circles like to fart publicly too, and maybe just maybe you have nothing to do with hard finance and serious client bonding dealing with unicorn companies. If you had these you might had changed your animal instinct for stuffing your face with greasy food while at a 7 course restaurant, just saying.
I'm super happy I randomly came upon this because ALL those are dishes I've NEVER eaten outside of home for the fact that I've always been way too embarrassed to try being I know I'll make a humiliating mess 😳😳😣 I need to try and practice all these that she teaches!
Everyone needs to watch your videos Ms .Nancy. This was so helpful. I wish everyone could watch your videos. It's so helpful and not everyone had parents, or help when younger to learn these things. Your a Godsend! Blessings.
Dear heaven I do hope the chef has properly separated the oyster from the shell! If not, don't go back! This is the first time I have ever seen a fish knife.
Hello Mrs. Mitchell, This series brings back memories of my upbringing. Fortunately I never had to eat complicated foods like shrimp cocktail. Just a few notes on what is happening, Many fine restaurants do not serve the proper cutlery anymore (or their new owners don't know basic dining table etiquette), they will for example use a sharp knife as an all purpose knife (which makes it difficult to serve butter) or they only place a spoon which one has to use as a knife. Fine linen - some will give you a small paper napkin in lieu of a regular napkin which you might as well leave on the table. Some restaurants bring the pan they used to fry your dish and you are supposed to eat of the pan, others bring the food on the side dishes and expect you to serve yourself. Sometimes the whole pot is brought and some people use the bread to wipe the sauce off (it is not Swiss fondue). Strangely enough some are serving food on square plates or on wood boards. They call it "fusion" but it might as well be confusion. I call it garbage. Whatever brought down these lowering of etiquette and standards, who knows.
My Dad always had shrimp cocktail when they went to a "fine dining" restaurant. Mom and I hated it but she'd serve it when they had a party or special occasion. I always saw the shrimp dipped into the cocktail sauce. Maybe if you get it in a martini glass, putting a dab of sauce in the glass is the way to go. Seems odd.
These dining habits should be taught from home First before children get to old and think they should go out in public and eat anyway except when eating in fast food it appears anything goes
I will never have the guts to order a whole fish on an important meal, Spaghetti I have ordered so many times. If you know how to make a perfect roll, it's actually impressive.
its good knowledge ... but for me...i just use the plane old fork and spoon ...its so versatile...even at chinese restaurant i straight ask for fork n spoon... btw i.know how to use chopsticks... at the end of the day...eating using bare hands is awesome!... fyi wash your hands before and aftr you eat! peace !
What happens if you are at a formal function where they decide the menu for you? ...And they serve you something you simply cannot eat? Like the fish course, but you're deathly allergic to fish? How do you reject the meal without being rude?
Normally when the invitation is extended to you and you accept, you make it know that you have an allergy to fish or you dont eat meat, etc. So the host or hostess knows to provide you with something that you can eat.
When the server brings it, simply raise your hand to face level and say quietly, "no fish for me, thanks." If your table mates are boors, you don't have to explain, simply say you "weren't in the mood for it tonight".
Shall we discuss whole Artichokes? Yes, the leaves are finger food. You hold them flesh side down and scrape them between your teeth. When you get to the base, you use a fork.
I agree. lDon't eat pasta in public. It's rude. I will never understand the popularity of places like Olive Garden. Grrrrr. Pasta is very easy to make at home. I never pay to have someone else make pasta for me.
The only comment I have is that if you want to be really formal, you would be provided with a crescent shaped "bone plate" for placing fish bones after they have been removed. It would go along the charger plate between the charger and the bread plate and would be removed when the fish course is removed. Type "bone dish" on ebay to see what one looks like.
Yeaa, 100 years ago. The place for bones is at the edge of your plate. I actually like the idea of the separate dish but their use went out when people stopped having household help, which surprisingly, even middle class people did do into the early 50's. It wasn't unusual for a middle class woman to have a "maid of all work."
My question is: how do I eat corn on the cob with dentures? At home I take a sharp knife and cut the kernels off. Would this be considered bad manners? I could just ignore the corn, of course!
People need to calm down about her cutting the spaghetti. This video is meant for more formal occasions where you want to avoid as many blunders as possible. Spaghetti is messy. Do I personally think that spaghetti should be eaten like this? Absolutely not, but I am not going to trash this sweet, old lady. She is just trying to teach you how to eat at more upscale locations. If you don't like it, then don't watch it and move along.
No, it is a terrible faux pas and insult to an Italian cook. Honestly, unless I knew my guests knew fine pasta dishes, I would not serve any type long pasta at a formal meal. She may be sweet, but her teaching is gauche. If you asked for a spoon in a fine Italian restaurant, they would be mortally offended. Oh, you'd get it, maybe, but you'd notice a difference in service.
with the fish, if there is rice or another side such as potatoes 1n the plate, do you use the fish knife as dinner knife with those sides? Does anyone know. And do you change your grip with the sides or continue to hold it as if it was a pencil?
I hope you have a video showing where you put the dessert spoon and fork when you finish a dessert that was served in a dish at the top of an 8 to 10 inch stem. Cookbooks and etiquette books show the correct placement to begin with, but not where to put them when you finish. Thanks. Please label your video accordingly.
Anything that is contrived to be served in a tall stem glass should have a "liner" under it. You place the spoon and fork on the liner. Same goes for any dessert served in anything but the plate itself.
I love your video.I think the way you showed how to eat spaghetti was perfect.I have used all ways,it just depends on the mood im in to use what technique.I will show this to my 19 year old daughter.I never knew there was a knife for fish.Thanks
Off. Hold the skewer in the left hand, unless you're a leftie then reverse, and use the fork held upside down to slide the pieces off. Place the skewer(s) diagonally across the rim of your plate and enjoy.
Good advice, but leave the tail of the fish on. It makes it easier to remove the skeleton when you want to reach the second fillet. And pronounce that final 't' in England, or they'll think you're being pretentious!
Pretentious and annoying. I had these double glasses that looked like large brandy snifters. You put crushed ice in the big part, arranged the shrimp around it and filled the smaller center bowl with cocktail sauce. AND you removed the tails and provided cocktail forks.
Drumsticks can have the meat removed with a knife. Put your fork into the meatiest part and "fillet" the meat off the bone. Some people say ribs too but there often isn't enough meat in one place to get a good grip. If you're at a BBQ or ribs joint, it's ok to use fingers but please try to keep the sauce IN your mouth, not on your face.
Because fancy restaurants are just hash joints with expensive menus. There's no refinement or service anymore. All they want is to turn tables. They aim for 3-4 turnover a night. Gone are the days when they knew letting a party sit and enjoy every course, while being served lavishly, over a period of aboutt 2 hours meant getting a huge tip. My parents would occasionally take me to some of the best restaurants in NY. Back then, waiting table in a fine establishment was a profession and done with pride. No longer. Now you have college kids whose idea of eating out is McDonalds or Chuck E Cheese and who were given their food straight on their high chair trays with no dishes or implements. That to me is one of the most revolting things I have ever seen a parent do. Disgusting. My daughter always had a plate and I would keep a damp cloth next to me to use as a napkin for her. Of course babies make a mess, but they learn if you bother to teach them.
If somebody serves spaghetti or corn-on-the-cob at a sit down dinner they should be beaten ... If they serve COTC the host should provide you with corn holders skewers..
@@xadam2dudex Weird, in all the time I've spent being Italian, having Italian relatives and being in Italy, I never saw anyone be unable to eat spaghetti properly.
