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[bcholmes]

I got into a long conversation about silverware while I was in Portugal last week. When you were growing up, did you learn the way to set your silverware on the plate to indicate that you were done or indicate that you were still eating?

Mirrored from Under the Beret.

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[tetsab]

Funky! I'm seeing this: https://blog.bcholmes.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/plates.jpg

(And, of course, forgot to answer that I was taught 'split apart' (typically on an angle) = pause and 'together' = done. (No idea why but I'd also tend to leave them together on an angle for done and not straight down the middle like in this pic but if I was clearing plates it's the together thing that matters less than where they are together on the plate).

[bcholmes]

I have run in to a number of people who learned "fork and knife together, angled with handles at the 4 o'clock position."

[tetsab]

That's super interesting 'cause I do not remember being told any place to put the 'together' utensils but I must have just picked up that they seem to be on an angle and so would have imitated that. Then they would more likely than not end up around 4 / 5 just because I'm right-handed so more likely to be on the right and also more likely for the handles to be toward me than not.