Western dining etiquette:

1, the most suitable sitting position is to sit from the left. When the chair is pulled away, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table, and the leader will push the chair in. When the legs bend and touch the chair behind, 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, the left hand holds the fork to hold the food, and the right hand holds the knife to cut the food into small pieces and send it to the mouth with the fork. When using a knife, the blade should not face outwards. When you put down your knife and fork at dinner, you should put them in a figure of eight and put them on the side of the plate.

Don't sip soup, but shut up and chew when eating. Don't lick or pat your lips. If the soup is too hot, please wait until it is a little cold before eating. Don't blow it with your mouth. When drinking 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 drinking the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) and point 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, you should roll them up with a fork and put them in 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 their cultures have already infiltrated and merged with each other and have a lot in common.

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 European culture.

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

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