White is for public chopsticks and black is for private chopsticks. The "two chopsticks system" means that a person is served with two pairs of chopsticks, each in a different color, and each with its own division of labor. One pair of chopsticks for eating and one pair of chopsticks for taking food, which prevents and reduces the chances of cross-infection of many infectious diseases.

Dining etiquette

First, let's look at how to eat: eating around the table is the best and most brutal place to test everyone's etiquette. Guests eat while chatting, listening to others' tall tales, paying attention to other people's demeanor ... And so on, often for more than two hours. Generally, who should sit where should wait for an invitation from the hostess before being seated. Usually, the man is seated between the two women, because the hostess usually wants to arrange the seating according to gender harmony, and because the man has a sacred duty to take care of the women sitting next to him and to talk to them.

The napkin on the plate should be folded in half and placed in the lap, not around the neck like a baby. Hands on the table, on either side of the plate, never propped up on the elbows! On the right side of the plate are the knife and spoon, and on the left side the fork. Often three cups are placed in front of the plate, a large one for water, a small one for white wine, and a medium one for red wine. Bread is usually placed in a basket or a suitable container, and it is generally best not to "steal" a piece before the first course is served. Don't drink before you start eating, and you should wait for the hostess to invite you to start before you begin eating.

Guests generally take the appropriate amount of food from their plates and pass it on to their neighbors. The men are responsible for serving the food and wine to the women in the next seat. If you feel that you have had almost enough wine, then don't try to be brave and leave the glass in a full state so that others won't pour you any more wine. Remember to wipe your lips before drinking to keep your glass clear and clean throughout the meal. When you need to wipe your mouth with a napkin, it's best to hold the napkin in both hands for this.

There is a lot of dining etiquette, and it's usually about what's "inappropriate" or "forbidden" to do, such as:

1, don't talk with your mouth full of food

2, keep your mouth shut while you're eating and don't make annoying noises

2, keep your mouth shut while you're eating, and don't make annoying noises

2, keep your mouth shut while you're eating, and don't make annoying noises. sound

3, do not blow with your mouth when the soup is very hot (to make it cooler)

4, in case of accidental fish spikes in your mouth, do not use your fingers to pull them out, but gently place them on a fork from the corners of your mouth and then put them on the edge of your own plate.

5. Generally speaking, it's rude to dip a piece of bread into the sauce on your plate. - Eat cheese or cheese, do not eat like breakfast jam like, to a piece to

6, do not use their own knife to cut the bread, bread should be torn into small pieces to eat, do not like to gnaw on large buns like a big mouth bite

7, the meal is over, put the knife and fork on their own plate, fork tines down, do not cross the place

8, at the table with toothpicks is very unseemly, absolutely! To remember this taboo

9, the hostess signaled the guests can leave the seat, the napkin does not need to be folded, the side up side of the napkin on their own plate next to the can.

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