What does it mean when you cross your knife and fork?
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What does it mean when you cross your knife and fork?
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Different cultures have different eating or etiquette habits regarding table manners.
In the U.K. when we have finished eating, we place the knife and fork together ( side by side)in front of us.
In other places they position them across the plate or as you mention, cross them. Whatever method used, it’s a way to indicate your done.
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When you cross your knife and fork over your plate it signals to the waiter that you are not finished with your dinner. When you place the knife and fork together diagonally across your plate you are telling the waiter that he or she can remove your plate, and go on to the next course. These rules are not so much observed in the US but they are in Europe. “Tiffany’s Table Manners for Teenagers” a book that you can still buy at Tiffany’s, states that this is the way to do it.
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It means you are commemorating the battle of Hogmanay, when the Bonnie Prince Archie took an errant musket ball to the sporran and was forced to flee back over the Mudflats of the Clyde.
Today, the truly patriotic will cross their knives and forks to symbolize the clash of Claymore against Bayonet, and will then spit in their after-dinner coffee as a salute to the king beyond the mud. In the words of the bard himself:
“ Scots wha’ hae nae braw wee willy breeches the noo ”
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What does it mean when you cross your fork and knife?
If you’re dining out and put your utensils down,
Putting them down parallel is a signal to the waiter that you’re done and they can take your plate (perhaps because this is easier with the utensils aligned);
Crossing them means that you’re not done, just pausing for a moment, and don’t want your plate to be taken away.
At least, such are the table manners my mother taught me. I have no idea how this translates to North America, where many people put their knives down all the time and use their forks right-handed, which where I grew up is something only small children would do
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According to etiquette and personal branding expert Mindy Lockard, the way to signal that you ‘re resting, — meaning you haven’t finished eating — is to lay your fork and knife separate but parallel on your plate. … According to continental convention, your fork and knife should be crossed like an X, not parallel.
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In Germany when you finished a meal at a restaurant, if you left your knife and fork on the plate and they were crossed, it meant that you did not enjoy the food.
On the other hand, if you left the knife and fork on the plate parallel to each other, that meant you did enjoy the food.
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That you have not yet finished your meal and is a sign for the waiting staff in a restaraunt to leave your plate where it is.
If placed side by side then this tells them you have finished and they can take your plate
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In my family, when the knife and fork are crossed and sitting on the plate, it is a signal to the waiter/host that you have not yet finished your meal and the plate is to be left on the table. To my dismay, some waiters don’t know this. I had a beautiful piece of half eaten steak left on my plate when I left the table to speak to a friend for a moment who was at the bar. Knife and fork appropriately placed but steak gone upon my return.
Perhaps I should have asked for some extra food or compensation but I don’t like to make scenes. Ordered a large dessert.
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Nothing at all in my culture. It may be something in more formal settings.. But as far as most of the time; not much at all.
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depends if you mean just crossed at use ends with handles off each side, means I am not finished yet don’t touch my plate, if lay them down middle side by side means I am done
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“According to etiquette and personal branding expert Mindy Lockard, the way to signal that you ‘re resting, — meaning you haven’t finished eating — is to lay your fork and knife separate but parallel on your plate. … According to continental convention, your fork and knife should be crossed like an X, not parallel.
Why do we put your knife and fork together?
If you really enjoyed the meal and want to show your server, place your knife and fork horizontally across the plate with the blade and tines pointing right. This will also indicate you have finished.”
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