Western dining etiquette:

1, the most suitable sitting method is to sit from the left. When the chair is opened, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table. The leader pushes the chair in, and the legs bend and touch the chair behind, so you can sit down.

When sitting, keep your body straight, don't put your elbows on the table, don't tilt your feet, and keep a certain distance from the table to facilitate the use of tableware. Don't fiddle with the tableware on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and gently put it on your knee.

2. When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from outside to inside, with a fork in your left hand and a knife in your right hand; When cutting things, hold the fork in your left hand to hold the food, cut the food into small pieces with a knife in your right hand, and send it to your mouth with a fork. When using a knife, the blade should not be outward. When eating, put down the knife and fork in a figure of eight and put them on the edge of the plate respectively.

Don't sip soup, but shut up and chew when eating. Don't lick your lips or smack your lips. If the soup is overheated, don't eat it until it is slightly cold. Don't blow it with your mouth. When you drink soup, scoop it out with a spoon. When the soup in the soup plate is almost finished, tilt the outside of the soup plate slightly with your left hand and scoop it out with a spoon. After eating the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) and aim the spoon at yourself.

4. When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, don't spit them out directly. You can spit it gently on the fork with a napkin and put it on the plate. If there is a small amount of food left on the plate, don't scrape the bottom of the plate with a fork, let alone help you eat with your fingers, but help you eat with a small piece of bread or fork. When eating noodles, roll them up with a fork and send them to your mouth.

5, bread is generally broken into small pieces and sent to the mouth, do not bite the whole piece of bread. When spreading butter and jam, break the bread into small pieces before spreading it.

Extended data:

As far as western countries are concerned, due to the geographical proximity of European countries, there have been many large ethnic migrations in history, and cultures have already infiltrated and merged with each other, and there are many similarities between them.

Furthermore, religious beliefs in western countries are mainly Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism (only a few people believe in Islam), which is the main branch of Christianity, so dietary taboos and dining customs are basically the same. As for South America, North America and Oceania, their cultures are also in the same strain as those of Europe.

Therefore, whether westerners have a clear concept of "western food" or not, China people are basically the same as other orientals in this part, but they are completely different from oriental food.

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