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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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[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.