Etiquette for using tableware:

1, a fork is a tool for putting chunks of food into your mouth. Don't eat directly with your hands. If it is difficult to fork food with a fork, you can use a small piece of bread or a knife to help; But never use your hands directly. Foods that can be held directly by hand include bread, asparagus tips, chicken wings and pizza.

2, the American fork method is: the right hand holds the knife, and the left hand holds the fork, that is, the left fork and the right knife; When the right hand is not holding a knife, you can hold the fork with your right hand.

3. Unless there is a special knife rest on the dining table, when not in use, the knife should be placed flat away from the dinner plate, with the blade facing itself. Don't put one end of the knife on the plate and the other end on the dining table.

Dinner etiquette:

1, in family dining, one dish is often passed to everyone, and you have to pass it to the next person in the same direction as other dishes. When you pass the plate, you can take food from it. When taking it, don't take more than the people at the table, let everyone at the table take one. If you don't want to eat the handed food, pass it to the next person, but never explain why you don't eat it or make any comments. If someone brings you a dish, he will ask if you need it. You can simply answer "yes, please give some" or "thank you, I don't need it"

According to American custom, you don't have to finish all the dishes on the table, and it's not impolite to finish all the dishes on your plate at last. Don't ask others why they don't eat a dish or why they don't finish it.

3. Don't judge the food on the table, and don't judge the weight of the food.

4. Keep your mouth shut when you eat. Don't make any noise when eating, and don't talk when there is food in your mouth; There should be no inappropriate noise when eating.

When you need to leave the table, just say "sorry" or "sorry, I have to leave for a while". Don't explain in detail why you want to leave, let alone say "I have to go to the toilet".

At a formal banquet, the man must stand behind the seat and wait for the lady to sit down. Before eating, the host should say a prayer of thanks before cooking, which is very common in American families. Guests should join this prayer of thanks, at least keep quiet during prayer to show respect. If the invited guests have different beliefs, the host's prayer of thanks should not include abstruse religious ceremonies.

7. You shouldn't burp, cough, yawn and sneeze at the dinner table. In case you do, apologize to everyone and say "I'm sorry"

8. In America, dinner is a more formal meal. It's impolite to put your elbows on the dining table. You shouldn't put your elbow on the table all the time, but this is obviously the habit of many people in China. In order to better integrate into the lives of local people, we should gradually change these little tricks.

Etiquette at the end of the banquet:

1, as long as you put the tableware in the center of the plate in parallel, the handle of the tableware is on the right side of the plate, and the fork is up, this is the standard for you to eat a good dish. Whether you finish eating or not, the waiter will take away the plates and tableware together. So don't put used tableware on the dining table.

If you are invited to a restaurant or a formal banquet, don't propose to pack the leftover food home at the end. Although the host often politely asks the guests to take the leftover food home, as a guest, you shouldn't ask for it first.

3. Put the napkin on the chair, which means come back. Gently put the napkin on the left side of your main dish, which means you have finished the whole table.