"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/19/2013 5:22 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:45:41 -0500, Tara >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...013/05/top-10-
>>>> rudest-grossest-most-annoying-habits-of-fellow-diners.html
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/beodge3
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes! It's not just *my* pet peeve
>>>
>>> --Cavemen (and Cavewomen): "I know it sounds snobby of me," says a
>>> decidedly nonsnobby Epi editor, "but I can't stand eating with someone
>>> who doesn't hold their knife and fork properly."
>>
>>
>> sort of makes me wonder what that might be.
>>
>>
> Are we talking about eating two-handed European style or fork-in-the-right
> hand American style? I am reasonably proficient at either but there is
> also the correct Thai style with spoon and fork and the Japanese/Chinese
> chopsticks both of which I can handle :-)
>

I am proficient at the "pick up the bowl and shovel food into the mouth and
its surroundings" method.